Uh what are we supposed to do when our players leave via the porter then? Were we supposed to suit up walkons?
You have to assume that a program is not going to lose every player to the portal. And if you are recruiting 3 to 5 freshman every year, you will always have depth on the roster OR in place already, that knows the system, knows the staff and isn't starting from scratch.
I know that taking another 3 to 4 portal kids this offseason, is another lost season next year. I can see ONE at most making sense and I am not chasing down kids and overpaying them via the portal.
If you recruit 3 to 4 kids per HS class, 2 likely stick, one leaves and one is a bench player that develops. Eventually after 3 classes in a row, you have 9 to 10 players in the system that are on the same page. By year 4, that number is 10 to 12, with 3 to 4 of the 16 that don't pan out ..
I just don't see RU football or RU hoops winning bidding wars on the portal market....it's more likely we can recruit and retain a 4* out of HS than the portal route. If we are being fair, even 4* HS recruits in football are being poached, because I think schools have figured out that it's cheaper to pay the kids that are in your program already. The key is getting those kids from HS and then development and retention.
