They are faculty. Of course they want education to always be the priority. If the athletic department, President, and/or Board of Trustees are saying we should be like Duke, then yeah, we'd have something to worry about.
Who ever said they wanted Miami to be more like Duke? I've seen posters complain that Miami should have had a better record since Duke also had a first year head coach and was able to figure a way to go bowling. Aside from that, no one wants Miami to be like Duke in football - average to bad...