What is maddening is this whole construct via implication that HCBS just out hours and out works everyone else. That's a choice, as cRusty has alluded to in the past, it could be just be an inefficient use of time. Like writing congratulatory notes to players who just beat the team that you're paid $3 million a year to coach. That's purely a psychological thing that as some former players have alluded to is a bit self aggrandizing and pedestal placing, but also builds a perception of LHC Bill Snyder being kind of old cool and really classy. This all builds a strawman that somehow a whole new coach and staff just won't "get" K-State, so whelp, we better just stay with Sean because he "gets it".
I saw an article discussing how Herman was getting on a plane to go recruit after two hours of sleep after a Thursday night game. Other coaching staffs work long hours and still find a way put together effective game plans AND recruit (as much as allowed) during the season. Recruiting is hard work, recruiting at a slightly higher to higher level is very hard work that requires lots of long hours. There's now, thanks in large part, but not entirely to LHC Bill Snyder (see, Tuck Nation would meltdown over not giving full credit to Snyder) plenty of positive things to sell about K-State. Ron Prince was hired because of one guy ego driven idiot who thought he knew more then anyone else and who wanted to fuel his ego driving legacy. I'd like to think that UPKS and ADJC are a lot smarter then that ego maniacal clown was.