orange&green84
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We're pretty much locked in for the 2018 class and don't really want any of their commits. But this has to be devastating to their 2019 class as well. Because even if a quality HC comes in (far from certain), I don't see any way he can overcome the relationships that Richt's staff will have built by then.
Too much talent in So FL to build a wall. But we'll keep getting who we want this year and next. And with the flywheel in motion, I just don't see them ever being a threat again for our targets as long as Richt is at Miami.
For 2018, we would take a couple their OL recruits if we could, but you are right, 2019 is where we could really clean up.
We'd take Barnes but he never committed to them, and I highly doubt he will at this point given his other options.
I'm not saying their verbal list is all trash, I like some of the kids like Gammage, Wilson and Russell, even Bethel who Ariz said we just turned down and only a few hours he verballed to the Gators. These guys would have made any of our classes over the past decade, and we had hard offers for Bethel and Russell (who was committed to us for a while) back in the summer. But compared to the commits we have and are targeting, they'd be plan B/C kids at this point.
Gammage decommitted.
Where did you see this? Nothing on twitter.
He decommitted shortly after McElwain got fired. I just looked and it looks like he went back and committed.