Young talked to BYU players, who were already in under portal, to come back to a system that was brand new and unproven. He stopped them from going to much bigger programs, like Kentucky, whose history and lack of honor code, will always put them in the running for top 100 players.
Hall and Saunders could have gone anywhere they wanted, but they chose to come back after talking with Young. He is bringing in for visits, a level of recruits, I have never seen on this level in 40 years. I like Pope and would have loved for him to stay, but denying Young his credit for recruiting BYU’s top portal players, is just being disingenuous.