HANC
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As much as I agree on the percentage of portal guys that pan out compared to those who flame out.... this year, I thought we did pretty well. Banks, Neyor were both solid, Wright contributed and made plays and wasn't Ben Scott a portal guy, anchor on OL and Dowdel was our power back. Without any of these guys, we don't see a bowl game.To me, the exception for transfers like Trey Palmer is when the player follows a coach or the coach left the program where the kid exited,
But I too hedge optimism for another transfer from a p5 school.
Furthermore, the day of recruiting HS kids and expecting them to "grow and develop" is over as we know it. If they are don't contribute early, they leave.... if they play early and are good, you must retain them or they get poached. As much as I absolutely hate it, we better get used to probably taking as many, if not more portal guys than HS recruits....
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