Smith isn’t a guy who hates Miami like some of the past elite south fla guys who spurned us imo . If Bailey does come to Miami it might get spooky
Smith doesn't hate Miami but he could have been a legend at the school he grew up rooting for and all his family and friends are fans of. Look at Michael Irvin, 40 YEARS LATER.
Guys like Bain and Mauigoa, Rayray, Fletcher, Damari Brown the year BEFORE JJ. They saw and believed and wanted to lead the change.
Then we get guys like Blount, Patterson, JoJo, Chance Robinson, Jordan Lyle the same year as JJ who wanted to lead and change.
We even had Bissainthe, Kelly, Moten who came 2 years before JJ.
Bissainthe and Moten and Fletcher and Bain will be guys Mario talks about like Saban talks about his 2007 and 2008 classes. They'll be legendary at Miami for bringing the U back.
Granted all of these guys didn't work out but they were all S.Fla kids who could have gone to a more successful program at the time and chose to stick with Miami and try to be program changers. JJ didn't want to take that risk. That's ok and I'm sure it was a hard decision but he also left behind the ability to be a legend at Miami forever.