It will not be Dan Mullen. Just ignore those threads. He had a lazy streak in him before he got a huge buyout.
In this age of portal/NIL, recruiting is even harder, a coach has to be in a constant state of evaluating the portal, determining players worth and retaining current players. The days of developing 2/3 stars into 4 stars is over. You send two years developing that 2 star and before his breakout third season he takes a higher NIL deal.