From stampini on 247
"Thornton tried to commit/gave a silent to UF back in June. I think UF wanted to slow that and evaluate things more. UM was going all out for him from the day after he visit UF, so there was some that thought that would be enough for the Canes to win out. Again, not sure Corral gets credit for it or UF giving him the green light considering what happened on his June visit."
Alledgedly he was silently committed to uf but they slow played him until he was a take for them. Hope the staff starts to get a better sense of these gator diehards.... like Russell,Henderson, Edwards and Thornton. Wasted time recruiting him when we could have went all in on Kevin Austin.
Regardless we need some momentum on the recruiting trail.
It's never wasted time man.
Coaches don't recruit guys based on your personal preference.
They have their board and they usually stick to it.
If we would only recruit UM "diehards" then many of our former greats wouldn't have ended up here