I'll take a stab, in reverse order. Reveal nothing, but avoid making the sort of idiotic statements Wellman would make. I think they're doing that. I thought Currie's statement was fine, even good actually. He's walking the fence.
I would do this, generally speaking:
1. Figure out as soon as I could what's going to happen. Currie knows WAY more than we do about this.
2. If there are enough schools committed to the ACC to make it survive, negotiate as big an exit fee as possible from those who will leave, and add the best available schools. Likely starting with Oregon State and Washington State.
3. If not, seek out proactively the best landing spot possible for WFU. If our basketball program was worth a crap (it's not, no matter how hard we try to convince ourselves that it is), I'd focus on the Big 12. I'd treat it like college applications. Here's my safety conference, here's my reach conferences, etc. I'd want to have some agency in where we end up, as opposed to just watching it all fall apart and either hoping for the best or trying to convince people that we're just fine no matter what and are better than everyone else (another Wellman approach).
Theme: even if my choices are not ideal, I'd identify them, and make one. I would not leave my future conference affiliation up to chance.
The problem (which is not a WFU-only issue) is that people sometimes have decision-paralysis, because they are afraid of making a bad decision and having to own it. So they cling to the failing status quo. That's generally a bad strategy when it involves the allocation of money.
Chance favors those in motion. I hope- and generally believe- Currie is moving as hard as he can. Time will tell.
