Arizona should be one of the easiest schools to recruit for, and if Mike is a half decent recruiter and coach they should become very competetive every year, as a Arizonan I miss the Desert Swarm years they were my second favorite college team after Nebraska.
When my son was still in high school I took him with me on a business trip to Tucson, we stayed at the Marriott by the campus. We had an upper floor room overlooking the campus with the Catalina's beyond. They were snow capped at the time (briefly), yet it was 70 degrees that Feb. afternoon.
I think his decision to attend U of A was sealed that day.
Why is that? I'm not saying you're wrong but just curious because I would think it would be one of the harder schools to recruit for.
It does have nice weather but it's not a traditional power and the state does not produce a large amount of Div-1 prospects and it is far away from the hotbed talent areas of the South and the Midwest.
I would consider (in no particular order) OSU, Michigan, Notre Dame, Penn State, Miami, UF, FSU, Southern Cal, UCLA, UGA and Texas the easiest to recruit for.
UGA and Southern Cal overall are probably the easiest since both states produce immense number of Div-1 and NFL players and there really are no instate or out of state rivals capable of consistently stealing away the top recruits. Ironically U of Tennessee is the only school that has had success stealing home state recruits away from UGA and USC.