You are probably correct. We were headed towards being Georgia Southern or Kennesaw State with our talent level. I hate if any of those players read this and get upset, but we had guys on the team that had no business getting offers from a P5 school. We are rotating them out with many already gone
I'm not even talking about that. I am talking about signing people who were never going to stay in the program on their own. It is easy to look like you are recruiting if you sign plausible candidates and not screen them for suitability with the school or even football. GT is not for everyone. Major football is not for everyone.
One of his "best" recruits was a quarterback who (at least said he) transferred out because we ran the option. That is something you kinda know when you sign. If he had panned out, we would not have had a quarterback gap in 2019, but he didn't pan out and I don't think he ever was going to pan out and that is on CPJ.
I don't mind him signing players for his system. I mind him signing players knowing they were not going to help us, but would still keep our recruiting rankings a bit above the mid-majors. Take them out of the equation and our talent level is below the mid-majors, and that is what happened. Facing Temple and their senior-laden roster sprinkled with pro prospects really laid that bare in 2019. Our bright spot on the roster was defensive back, but UCF's defensive backfield was miles ahead of ours this year. At least three of them will be drafted on day 1 or 2 of this upcoming draft.
It is not important (except to the players) if our players are draftable, but it is a measure of overall talent, at least when the question is 3 or 4 versus none.