It's only embarrassing if you haven't been paying attention and/or you are a completely fucking idiot.
Texas Tech has proven that 1) they are willing to outspend anyone and everyone for portal players they want - they targeted White as a top priority. On top of that, they also have a proven track record of taking portal players and them having tremendous success.
Lastly - players don't follow their coaches all the time! Remember last year when Tony White left for FSU - Princewell ended up transferring to Ole Miss. The majority of our defensive players that left ended up at other schools than FSU.
Don't be so simple minded...