Miami is unique compared to any other school in the southeast in that we can't go much east, west, or south to get talent. Draw a 300-mile circle around Miami and you get central and south Florida. Draw that same circle at any other school and you cross state boundaries. In short, geography alone says that Miami should have more in-state talent as a percent of the roster compared to other schools, even if talent was equal.
Miami sucks at identifying the right South Florida talent. We need to do a better job at recruiting the guys that mentally have it and not just guys that want it given to them. I think some of these issues are more well known in other states where high school coaches speak more honestly about their players.
The Miami area has a lot of ******* people. In other words, we should be able to identify the right players. It isn't even about stopping guys like Jeudy, and Cooper from going to Bama; that will happen over time. Let's focus on getting guys like Lamar Jackson, T.Y. Hilton. Let's recruit Dalvin Cook and not Joe Yearby. Let's not spend time on Trevon Valentine, Matthew Thomas, Aldarious "Glue Hands" Johnson, and Dontae Lucas.