While Texas football experienced a lot of struggles on the field in the last decade or so, the success on the recruiting trail never waned. Texas recruited well in the last few coaching regimes throughout the 2010s and early 2020s. The problem for Texas was developing all that talent in brought in via the recruiting trail to translate that into wins on the field.
And there was no bigger disparity for the last few coaching regimes for the Longhorns in terms of success on the recruiting trail and success in the win column than with former head coach Charlie Strong.