That's part of the problem. South Florida is a mercenary culture, it's amazing how many high school coaches down there are obviously Anti-UM, will actively drive kids away from the school, and somehow they keep their jobs and influence. Maybe because I grew up in a different environment, but I couldn't imagine a Dallas HS coach actively pushing kids away from UT for OU, and it not being a legit issue. FSU and UF might as well have half the coaches in South Florida on their payroll, because they work as recruiting agents for those schools.
It's as cutthroat as it gets.
Coach gets a new job somewhere, the good players follow him there.
I also wouldn't say the coaches are anymore anti-UM than the city is. There are a **** load of UF, FSU, and other schools fans around. We haven't been good in these kids lifetimes. What have we given them besides talk of whatever the new coach plans when they come in? Hopes and dreams for this program will only get you so far, you need to show it on the field.
Texas is a different animal. That state is all about being a Longhorn or Aggie. Kind of how when you're in Alabama, they ask who you're for, Bama or Burn. We won't ever see that kind of devotion and following down south.
Lastly, what we're seeing is the big state schools catching up and lapping us in the NIL arms race. Those big alumni bases can generate a ton of money and quickly. We've gotta start making our dollars more valuable. You do that by winning and then producing draft picks.
We're basically Nebraska right now, a once great who thinks they deserve something because or what we did long ago. Kids today don't care about that. To add to it, moving away has never been as close as it is now. All games are televised and since there's NIL (pay for play), it's no big deal to get momma and the siblings to a game wherever. Most kids back in the day stayed close to home, that day is gone.
Gotta become relevant. Last night was a step, but it's a long stairway.