No, you don't understand it, because there is a chasm of space between "believing whatever you want" and having a higher burden of proof between accusations thrown toward your coach/program/family/friends etc versus a rival or a stranger. The latter is just human nature, and it's arrogant and ridiculous of you to expect that to be thrown out for you. Just because a rival fan doesn't require your incredibly high Duke-tinted standard of what constitutes evidence to consider something a mark against K does not mean they're delusional. I don't expect rival fans to give Cal our degree of benefit of the doubt. That would be stupid.
And we could have done away with all of that if you were prepared to demonstrate that you were above these "sliding standards". All you had to do was to concede the Lance Thomas point and I was fully prepared to join you in that magical land where we attempt to evaluate all programs/coaches on an even playing field with regards to burden of proof. You chose not to. Presumably because of, again, your own bias which I and other non-Duke fans have no obligation to share.
