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[QUOTE="Townie72, post: 2217489, member: 780"]
Of course "challenging doesn't equate to against". With the challenging comment he was telling us that this was going to be a much more difficult environment to succeed in than was the Old Big East.

That's probably why he was against it when it was being considered. He wanted to succeed not fail. He would have preferred an easier path, not a harder one. He wanted to remain in a situation where SU had some leverage and not the ACC where it's a pretty open secret that UNC and Duke have a bigger voice than ours.

SU is an outlier in the ACC. Whereas the other BE school's might agree to whatever we said because we might leave the Conference, the old ACC schools don't care all that much. We could pretty easily be replaced. SU is a school that was thrown a life preserver by the ACC and every knows it (or should know it).

He is now reconciled to the fact that the Old Big East is dead and that SU had no choice but to go to the ACC when invited. So, his public comments reflect that. He's trying to put a little lipstick on the pig.

He's carefully choosing his words as in "It'll be challenging" which a bright fan might be able to see was a coded message saying, it's going to be tougher than it was in the BE, so you might want to ratchet down your expectations.

Of course some of the fan base seemingly unaware of the new reality of the ACC are running around waving their arms insisting that something has to be done about this, Fire the coach (or insist he retire)! Spend lots of money on facilities!
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