But it has proven that it is not sustainable. Especially when your entire 2022 HS recruiting class (Aire, Jovanovich, Watson and Casey) is no longer with the team after 2 years.
As important as Miller, Pack and Omier were, you still need guys like Wong on the team to build around.
You have to do both because portal guys are good but only in certain roles.
It's not like you are going to get a Dalton Knecht in the transfer portal every year. Even when you do, you still need a roster full of guys who are familiar with your system.
The transfer portal is for plug and play but you cannot build a tournament level roster through the transfer portal every year.