Jesus Al is a recruiting maniac. WE have no business being in the game with a top 100 kid from Jersey. I honestly fear for the CFB world once were past these sanctions. Al is building a monster, and he knows it. Otherwise, he would've left for a non probation school. And its not like the schools trying to get him weren't legit BCS schools. We're talking Auburn, Wisky and Tennesee. Those are perennial top 25 schools. I am legitimately pumped for the future of this program.
I think that's why he won't leave unless it's to the NFL.
He knows that he's going to kill it in recruiting every year - South Florida has a ton of talent. He's already repaired a lot of the relationships with High Schools Shannon damaged. He knows that if he can simply hold serve in his back yard and cherry pick a few kids from elsewhere (and being a New Jersey boy himself, it's no surprise AQM is on that list) he'll build a contender within a few years.