Florida’s 2017 coaching staff hires show Jim McElwain emphasizing recruiting

The flurry of action by the Florida Gators in early February was not limited to the work put into fashioning a marvelous National Signing Day, it turns out.

In the three days immediately following Signing Day, Florida reportedly and officially hired Ja’Juan Seider away from West Virginia, reportedly and officially lost Torrian Gray to the NFL, and officially hired USF assistant Corey Bell and North Texas assistant Brad Davis.

Seemingly, those hires made Florida’s 2017 coaching staff complete in short order — surprising alacrity, given how deliberate Jim McElwain’s efforts to fill out that staff had seemed since the end of the 2016 regular season. Florida has lost defensive coordinator Geoff…