OK. So which out of the following are not "SEC level recruiters"- Burns, Martinez, Mack, Garner, or Jean-Mary. According to those who have seen him relate to recruits, Heupel is in fact good. I will acknowledge that the others have not proven they can recruit against SEC opponents on a regular basis... but these guys seem pretty "SEC level". However the others have personalities that are usually successful in recruiting.
I would suggest that Heupel and staff were hired behind the 8 ball and are fighting to catch up. I also suspect that the portal will play an unusually significant role for UT in the first 2 or 3 years simply because of what the roster is right now.