I don’t have an issue with the guys leaving. It needed to happen. I have an issue with the belief that we will just easily fill all the spots with portal transfers. At some spots, I’m confident we’ll be able to upgrade but there’s other positions that people are assuming we can clean up in the portal, that I don’t see being easily filled. Fans just want to say “we can get two or three impact receivers in the portal”. Really? What about this offense makes it seem attractive to a receiver? You’re taking a huge gamble putting your career in Josh Gattis’ hands. The best we can hope for is more FCS/JUCO guys or career jags like Ladson. Are running backs lining up to be slammed into the pile for 1 yard at a time over and over? We really need our younger backs to stay healthy and we’ll likely rely on freshmen.
Now if we make a change to a coordinator who’s not a national joke that nobody respects, maybe we can attract some skill players to fill these empty spots.