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So you are saying that Cruz talked the delegates into switching from Trump to Cruz?

More likely, you are talking about a state that did not directly elect committed delegates, but had a presidential preference that bound delegate slots or positions on the first convention vote. The actual people who would become those delegates were chosen later in county, district, or state meetings, which is where Cruz had a ground game in place to wisely get people favorable to him elected as delegates.

I am not an expert on the process, but many people (including Trump's campaign team) didn't seem to understand that selecting delegates is a strategically important function of running a campaign for the nomination if you care about what has to happen after the first bound vote for a winner to eventually be chosen at convention.

Was Trump really OK with letting delegates be chosen for him without his team putting forth their own list and working to get them selected (in states where delegates were not directly elected)?

Thank you for defending totalitarianism.

After all, the Will of the Party is paramount, not the will of the people. The people just get in the way of what The Party wants.