Wednesday Boy
The Nerd WhoFell to Earth
How does Negan have a huge, well coordinated force with such tactics. if he recruited half his team this way, then surely somebody would shoot him.
Negan wasn't recruiting Rick (and his crew) into Negan's team (the Saviors). Negan was introducing Rick into his extortion racket. Rick and his crew aren't part of the gang. They are the shop owners that are going to pay the gang to not beat them up and destroy their store.
Ultimately, Rick had the chance to attack him, and it ended up simply being that Negan, who's no spring chicken is faster. Is this his basic mutant power, that he's a faster, better fighter?
I think Rick was also still reeling from seeing Glen and Abraham murdered and he was hesitant after seeing the punishment for striking against Negan.