We are better off maintaining as many of our team as we can. Good Big 10 teams are older and more developed. There are guys that coaches can identify as unwilling to be developed by their own actions and get rid of them.
Yes, I'm sure we can find some guys in the Portal to help out and a lot of homework needs to be done on that kid. Why is he leaving? What ability did he show while in games? Is he a locker room asset or cancer? etc...
MJ mentioned JUCO kids are easier to do research on. NU has identified numerous guys we would like to get on campus.
We need to augment what we have to make the team better in depth and overall talent. Not cast away half the team!