I could be wrong but I think what gogeta was hinting at is not that the portal players are going to scare him away, its that Miami paid a **** ton for guys in the portal to shore up CB recruiting. Usually kids graduate early and move up a class when a school is pushing them to do it. Here, it is very unlikely Miami pushed for this reclassification because we just spent a ton on the portal and some guys will be gone next year.
If we had all year to work on Flowers and playing time and more resources its easier but some other team likely pushed him to reclassify and we are having to play catch up.