You know, I thought the same thing most people did when I saw the graphics. Then I listened to his interview on the GFP. The man takes time out of his life to make the graphics himself.
There isn't some faceless graphics/media production Army behind him. They are personal, and he is using time he will never get back to make them for the players. That's just a cool thing to do.
They are personal in an age where everything seems pretty much impersonal.
Are they cheesy? hell yes.
I think as a parent and grandparent that I like the idea that the head coach, a man who is spinning a dozen plates at once, spends 15-20 minutes making that cheesy ass graphic instead of using AI.
I have read the posts from people saying it's amateurish. Yeah, he's not a professional graphic artist.
He could hire someone or engage students to make state of the art graphics, and that takes out the entire purpose of them being personal.
"It could cost us recruits'. NOBODY is going to make a recruiting decision based on a graphic. What they WILL make a recruiting decision based on is how attentive the coach(s) are to them. That's just me, but to me, personal attention means something. My son received a lot of letters from coaches when he was being recruited. I can tell you the ones that had the most impact were the hand written ones. Anyone can form print a letter. That might sound stupid to a lot of people, but it's part of the reason he ended up going with UConn, and the fact they had a Dentistry school.