Just saw that Will Stein clip talking about building a team with "juice" at Kentucky. It's the perfect example of why evaluating a coaching hire takes years, not a spring press conference. Everyone gets excited about the new energy, the new slogans. The real test is Year 3, when the portal class he brought in is gone and you see if he actually developed anyone.
Florida Gators fans know this better than anyone. You can't judge a staff by their vibe or their first portal haul. The metric that matters is win probability added in one-score games, because that's where coaching actually shows up. A staff either prepares a team for those moments or they don't. All the "juice" in the world doesn't help you on 3rd-and-2 in the fourth quarter.
Look at the SEC landscape now. Kentucky with a new offensive guru, Oklahoma State with 50 portal guys, Alabama rebuilding its line through transfers. It's chaos. The programs that will stabilize are the ones where the head coach is the CEO, not just the hype man. For Florida, that means seeing if the system produces consistent top-25 SP+ finishes, not just one flashy spring. That's the only evaluation that lasts.