re: It ain't just Bama...coaches will go to the NFL.

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It is not nearly the same as it was pre NIL and transfer portal. College kids have commitment issues as it is. Throw in the easy out with the transfer portal or another school waving some cash in their face, and the job of retaining the roster is now nearly impossible.

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I'd argue what you're saying is that failing to look after the well being of your players (recruiting your roster) used to not hurt teams as much as it does now.

On that note you're correct.

But good college coaches did it well before NIL. Not doing so created "locker room issues" and other problems with players that had huge negative impacts on a team but perhaps were harder to trace to a coach not doing their job.

The only difference is now it makes it more obvious which coaches aren't doing what they always should have done. Coaches should always have been making sure their players are happy or at least content with their life in college. If there were problems the coaches should have been helping to address them, or realizing that the player had a problem they couldn't address and preparing to deal with that player being unhappy or transferring.

The good college coaches (both position coaches, coordinators and head coaches) already were addressing these issues 20 years ago.