shown was w them. But it was nearly a year before Prime came into the picture. Though he apparently never committed w CU, perhaps he had moved strongly that way w the old staff.
And then the old staff was suddenly gone, replaced by a guy who probably wasted little if any time going over the fruits & labors of the previous staff in the recruiting field.
Given this kid isn't all that eye-popping a recruit, it might've been hard getting himself in conversations again with a P5 school — IF he had indeed been dropped like that by CU.