bobinator said:
I absolutely believe it to be true based on stuff I was told/heard/saw at the time, so believe me or not, I don't care. I don't have 20 year old texts and screen shots in a secret folder anywhere or something.
I do think they got to a point where they were no longer needing to do it, and like I mentioned I think Drew kind of figured out it's hard to sustain a true winning culture that way and hit on this "get old, stay old" idea. I don't think they've just been blatantly abusing the rules for 20+ years, I think there was a 4-5ish year stretch toward the beginning of the Drew era where he was doing it and it kind of kick-started some of their success.
And I guess what I'm saying is I don't doubt what you heard, but every fanbase in America has heard things about rival/regional schools or opponents they face. A whole lot of things were heard about Texas A&M's #1 recruiting class.
I don't doubt there was some shady stuff going on, but there was shady stuff going on at every major conference school. Hell, some basketball fans use to rail on other schools for going for coach "package deals", when we were right there like everyone else offering guys jobs to get the kid to follow.
For a program that was coming off one of the biggest scandals of all time, I have a hard time believe anything that egregious was going on and just managed to avoid the eyes of the NCAA or actual proof leaking.
Not asking you to surface 20 year old unsealed files or anything, but most signs point to fans/coaches that simply did not like a program like Baylor making headway.