Changing the culture is a big deal. Everything I've heard as well supports that the staff wasn't too distraught about most of these kids leaving. Recall that many of these kids didn't even bother to petition the draft ad board nor ask Golden for his opinion.
That being said, I'm certain that Golden saw real potential in Streeter. Certainly, it doesn't make sense that he would want to rid himself of a guy who was blooming under his coaching, was working harder than he had ever worked, and who played a position where they had barely anyone of significance coming back.
If Streeter or his fam actually asked Golden for his opinion, is anyone going to question whether Golden wouldn't give them sound advice??? It's crazy to think otherwise.
Once Streeter left, I think the staff measured up his loss and others. I'm sure losing Vernon, Forston, and some others, weren't considered terrible losses because of rampant rumors that they wanted no part of U Tough amongst many things. Those guys weren't negative losses. Losing Washington wasn't a huge loss with our depth. Losing Streeter who was only beginning to blossom couldn't have been huge because they were losing a guy who didn't have enough common sense to stay around and who had not reached his potential.
We didn't lose any 1st rd guys. We lost a guy, Miller, who everyone on the planet knew was gone. That's it. Otherwise, it allowed them to bring in all their guys before the sanctions hit.