Not too long ago somebody posted some supposed insidery information about how detached Bill was from recruits and current players. Said he rarely, if ever, interacted with the current players any more. I can't find the post but have thought a lot about it lately. If true, I think it's likely a deliberate move by Bill to ensure there's not a sudden rush out the door when he hangs it up creating an even bigger talent vacuum than necessary. I think this season is it for him and I think he's been intentionally setting the conditions for this move for the past year or two.
Bruh, he did three in home visits in the last three weeks.
Ok, but that doesn't really invalidate my theory. I don't follow his itinerary so I have no idea who he actually visited but I'm thinking three visits in three weeks prior to the first early signing period is nothing other than window dressing. The KSU recruiting sucks narrative aside, why NOT make a visit to get a kid to sign and then hang it up after they've already signed an LOI? If I'm not mistaken, they have to sit out a year or something if they decommit after signing an LOI.
I think the biggest threat of an exodus is with the players already on the roster hence the lack of interaction. He's conditioning them for when he calls it quits. It'll be no big deal to them because they haven't seen or heard much from the guy in a long time anyway. It also seems to me that most of the pictures, tweets, etc. have featured the commits with the recruiters (Seiler, Coleman, Dickey, even Sean) and less Bill than in years past. Again, I think this is intentional.
