That might be the case now, but it wasn't always the case. UT had to fight for recruits when he first started. He created the monster that they have now. I'd love to get a former assistant here at CU so he could show us how to build a program. If the college game is about recruiting then Mac is one of the best ever. Ever. As a HC I think Mac is good, but not excellent, despite his amazing recruiting classes and his streak of 10+ winning games seasons. It comes with the territory now because you can hear the UT fanbase grumble at the lack of MNCs and Big 12 championships.
At UNC Mac locked down the state, similar to Butch Davis now at UNC. If you can do that at UNC with teams like SCar, Clemson, Duke (yeah, yeah), NC State, Wake Forrest, Tennessee and a host of other smaller schools around you can see why he is so successful at the premiere university in Texas.
He still loses top recruits, especially to OU, and there are UT fans that get upset because Stoops is a lot more relentless in his pursuit of a lot of top Texas guys. As of right now he is more of a manager than he was when he first got there, but he built that recruiting beast.