It’s amazing how all of a sudden he’s overrated and now that we beat out UGA for him, now they can simply jump in for the vaunted gaytor Flipz.
I was just about to post something about this, there's two dimensions to this.
1. Nearly every Gaytor fan refuses to acknowledge that, hey,
maybe Miami is just recruiting incredibly well right now. Instead, everything that the Gaytor fans write about is an attempted diminishment of Miami or the player. "He's overrated" and "he doesn't want to compete" are the most common player digs, even when it is a player who had UiF in the Top Two/Top Three/Top Five. When diminishing Miami, it is attendance smack, facilities, Manny, 6-7, FIU/LaTech. Gaytors fans can't possibly admit that (apart from attendance smack), they have had the exact same issues. The Gaytors are trying to build new facilities themselves, they had Captain Insane-o and McSharkfvcker, they had TWO 4-win season, and they lost to Georgia Southern.
2. Nearly every Gaytor fan refuses to acknowledge that, hey,
maybe Florida is just recruiting incredibly poorly right now. Even though SOME of their fans talk about Knox (and others) being poor recruiters, most of them somehow can't accept that. Instead, they build up their "advantages" (full on-campus stadium, "Gaytor brand", SEC-SEC-SEC, etc.) as some undeniable and unavoidable attributes that should land them a Top 5 class every year. At the same time, they ignore the very real issues they've had (criminal activity, transfers out, racist incidents in the SEC, etc.) that might give a recruit pause about spending 4 or 5 years in Hogtown. To top it all off, everything else is an excuse. COVID-19. Baba Yaga. Ridiculous theories about Mullet going to the NFL. It's endless.
And you know what? If the Gaytors ever hire a solid recruiting group (both coaches and staffers) and address most of UF's flaws and drawbacks, all of the "excuses" will just melt away.