While the OP could be just as right as anyone else who is guessing at all this, I do have some concerns with this theory. 1) typically teams could care less about other teams that lose out on coaches/players to do such a "face-saving" move; 2) If Miami were truly in a damage control stage, they'd have other candidate lined up for interviews, even if they weren't seriously being considered for the appearance of us having moved on to other candidates, which we have not and basically have stopped the process until Fisher decides; 3) I think this "damage control" would be a waste of time because everyone knows we are "all in" on this Fisher thing, so anything short of landing him will be viewed negatively by most of the fans. Unfortunately, as much as our own FO has created this mess, the press has multiplied the drama around it 10 times to what it should have been.