Yeah, I bet you that's what it was. But the conspiracy mongers are drug addicts at this point. Straight up craving these backroom explanations for everything. Especially when the upshot of these conspiracies, when taken at face value, is ammunition with which to attack various coaches that are on your hit list.
Doesn't mean that shit behind closed doors doesn't happen. And everything is just fine and dandy all the time. I just figure that because shit does happen behind closed doors, it's all these people need to come up with their own invented, made-up stories, because it's conceivable that they could be true, and that gives them what they need to attack their enemies, which is the true purpose of conspiracy theorizing for most people. Obviously the main target by orders of magnitude for these persecuting haters is BK. But in this case it's Tommy Rees.
As far as Dante Moore goes, if I had to guess, that he was in it for the money, which I don't blame him for if true. If he literally got a couple million for signing with UCLA, or with Oregon, significantly more than what he stood to make at ND, then there's your answer. The idea that some hurt feelings, and a lack of total transparency with respect to a younger QB in CJ Carr also coming to ND, seems less likely.....