You don’t think other schools are already reaching out to those guys? And once he was told to leave, he needed to build a staff. Would it have been any better if he had them stay if they were going to move on eventually? Think those guys who’d be ultimately leaving would be doing some poaching? Think Mateer ended up at OU by coincidence when his OC moved?
This stuff happens all the time and everywhere. I’ll bet even Sark, Banks, etc, made a few whispers to players wondering about their future at Bama.