I’ll wait. You guys just don’t get it. All the relationships have been built by Frost, Beckton, Fisher, etc. They left. We were able to sign most of the past recruits in the early signing period. The rest flipped due to coaching uncertainties or position coach vacancies. Frost grabbed a few as well.
As far as now, there are only some stragglers remaining (although very good players) who haven’t made up their minds already, however only Shannon has the Florida high school relationships.
Unfortunately for us, all of the Florida G5 coaching staffs and Miami staff are coming back and we still can’t contend with UF and Florida State who have new coaches, but with Florida ties. We cannot grab those potential recruits.
So, basically:
Heupel is new
Heupel has no Florida recruiting ties
UCF is G5
UCF position coaches have little Florida ties
Florida recruiting is too competitive for all the above
Give the guy time and be thankful for what we have, returning players, past and present transfers waiting to play
Anyone who thinks that we are going to get a top 40-50 recruiting class isn’t living in reality
So... question.., if Frost stayed, what would be our ranking???
Probably the greatest in UCF history. 25-40 nationally ranked is my guess