Jeremy Crabtree (friend of goEMAW), was on BITB the other day talking about recruiting, the topic strayed to Charlie Strong and Texas. Crabtree, who is typically very subtle about any criticism, was very clear that Texas high school coaches are NOT responding well to Charlie Strong. They don't like him. Crabtree seemed quite convinced of this. He then pointed out that aTm and Sumlin ARE well received by Texas HS coaches.
Then, you have Charlie Strong at Big 12 media days take some random question and seemingly absurdly go into a long winded tangential statement about how great Texas high school coaches, and how he loves them so much.
I immediately thought, "that dude is mumped." I don't see Charlie Strong winning at Texas. He's getting out recruited, when he has every advantage in the world. There is NO way Texas fans accept being like Kansas State, where they are forced to ignore recruiting rankings. Won't work. They won't accept it.