I think potential recruits are reluctant to go with us because of bad coaching. Our offensive play calling is terrible... it's a frustrating program to be a part of. By the way, Marc Richt isn't so swell either. He loses lots of big games...he did with us too.
When I mentioned the emergence of Miami and UGA, I should have been more specific and said "with very good recruiters at Miami and UGA". I don't think that either Coker or Bowden are world beaters at coaching - they mostly win through recruiting. There's nothing wrong with that though since most good schools do it that way.
FSU used to be able to cherry pick Georgia and especially south Georgia for a lot of FSU's best players. Richt is a very good recruiter and has put a big dent into that.
The same can be said of Miami since Butch Davis and Larry Coker have been there. While Miami was down, FSU really only had to compete with Florida and to a lesser extent Tennessee for the top flight Florida talent. Now it seems like Miami take a lion's share of the bluechips - though Urban Meyer seems to be doing extremely well.