To hell with Ron Wellman and his LOWF approach to his job. If Wake does not hire Shaka, Marshall, or Howland; it is because of Ron Wellman. Either he blew the search or he (as an AD) is such damaged goods that no really good coach is willing to work for him even if he drives up in a loaded Brink's truck.
It past time for the "powers that be" to figure out just how bad the AD situation is. Maybe they are finally realizing that their AD was pulling the wool over their eyes to cover up his incompetence.
You may be right about the phrase in bold. Shaka may have picked up the phone and called Dino who explained Ron Wellman in detail. So it is possible that Shaka "understands", and it's therefore "understandable" that he would refuse to work for a dishonest, incompetent AD.
The rest of your post is enabler bullshit.