So it would've been hard for Underwood to "win" a recruiting battle for a player they were no longer offering and no longer recruiting.

Not that I expect you to understand any of this. You're the weirdest alleged "fan" of a team ever. I hope you enjoy finding weird and inexplicable reasons for shitting on "your" coach while you can-- you were probably one of the people who said during last season that Texas made a mistake with Shaka Smart too. (Shaka Smart is the coach for Texas, in case you didn't know who that was.)