This is not new. The rebbeim in my yeshiva high school ( mid 1960’s ) were products of Lithuanian yeshivas of the 1930’s who came to the US after the war. They had pulpits that didn’t pay much and taught Gemorah to supplement their income.
They were were talmidei chachomim but were poor teachers and communicators. What they were good at was alienating most of the boys from learning and being frum. By the time we became seniors and had an effective rebbe it was too late. Two years after I graduated, that “senior” Rebbe was reassigned to the freshman to get them off on a positive footing.
Note: I stayed frum ( barely ) but acquired an aversion to learning that took years to overcome . It also left me with at times a somewhat cynical point of view ( as you may have noticed)
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