Seriously, did I ever claim anything good about Herman or his staff? If your going to cite win percentage as a determinant factor at small schools in recruiting hotbeds, then I will refer you to Tom Herman's 85% win percentage at UH. Traylor is a fantastic recruiter, but he isn't the 2nd coming of DKR or Bear Bryant or whomever people make him out to be.
And yes, it was obvious as could be when Traylor left who he was feeding info to because they all of a sudden fell off the face of the earth on coverage. Traylor was rumored to be FCB's primary source for info when he was on the staff. FCB's coverage and inside information dropped to zilch after Traylor was let go and FCB was one of the biggest drum beaters for how big of a mistake that was. In addition, FCB still goes out of his way to be exuberant in any praise he can possibly throw Traylor's way.
Lets look at some evidence:
Who broke the news that Traylor was being hired.....FCB
Who broke the news that Traylor got a pay raise.....FCB
Who broke the news that Fenves, Perrin, Strong, and UT run-game coordinator Jeff Traylor(shocking) flew to Tulsa to hire Gilbert--FCB
Who broke the news that Traylor wasn't retained---FCB
Who just had a preview of the game with the opposing coach--FCB
I am not an insider, but I do know people who know things. The commonly held belief among them is that Traylor was one of the sources for the Bonito hit piece from FCB.
"The myth of Traylor" comment has nothing to do with what he did at Gilmer, but it is entirely based on the idiot belief that that somehow makes him this fantastical coach at UTSA that Texas should be terrified of.
UTSA isn't disciplined on offense, defense, or special teams. They don't execute particularly well, and talent wise they are good for their level, but there isn't anyone on their roster that we are watching in the transfer portal. He has the most talented team in Conference USA and that is how he did so well last year until they got beat by SDSU, a game they were supposed to win. He tried to out-athlete a bad UH team and lost, and managed to out-athlete a pathetically bad Army team.
Traylor is a good recruiter(some would argue that was why he was so good at Gilmer.....but that's another conversation) and a good motivator, but he isn't some giant killer coach, and he for dang sure was FCB's source among others.