The Gabe Dindy & his family are all very religious people. They also grew very close to Thibbs in the process of his recruitment. Aggie & OU were the final two schools of his recruitment and Thibbs/OU finally won his commitment. This past June, Gabe's father accepted a position at a CS/B Church of Christ as the first Director of a new school. Dindy committed months AFTER his father accepted the position. From what I've read the Dindy's are not the type of folks that accept bags of cash or a gig from school etc. They're not shady folks.
Gabe Dindy is highly ranked no doubt. But he also only committed to OU because of Thibbs. Thibbs is gone. He's out. As such, Dindy's de-committed and committed to Aggie his former runner up. So it's not like he jumped into a commitment w/ no thought process. Aggie recruited him for a long time. He's more comfortable w/ that situation than with a new HC that has come along and fired they coach at OU that recruited him. Add to this his family is now there and it just makes sense.
He's gone. It wasn't Venables fault. And it isn't Gabe's fault either. This is just another recruit and coach that is caught up LR bailing on OU and the program. Call it collateral damage.