You're right, I can't find a quote from Frost about talent compared to UCF. I must have been thinking of this quote from Troy Walters:
"The guys here really picked up the offense faster than they did at UCF," Walters said. "They were eager to learn, and were excited when we got here.
"We finished the spring ahead of where we were at UCF. Now we just have to take the next step this summer and get faster and stronger."
https://www.kearneyhub.com/sports/n...cle_003ea8a8-6e59-11e8-8dec-1fd23a05b41e.html
Yeah, true. Picking things up has nothing to do with talent. UCF was very slow to pick up the system. George OLeary was an old school pound the rock coach. We were just (6-7) in our first Frost year and we got blasted in the bowl game vs. Arkansas State (an embarrassment).
As great as McKenzie Milton is, Adrian Martinez is better as a freshman. He just needs more talent around him. I think Martinez is a stud as long as he stays healthy in his career.
Frost will turn it around for you guys. This year is irrelevant. You just have to recruit well. Next year, if Martinez is healthy (BIG IF), I think you guys will be around .500 and much improved. I'll stand by my original prediction of you guys winning 8-9 games a year under Frost but will eventually fire him after year 5 or 6 due to not winning the conference and not getting enough speed there for his system.
Chinander is another story. He's not good. You will need to fire him eventually and it will be ugly because he's Frost's BEST MAN at his wedding and Frost has more pull than Moos.