I saw those same spring practice reports back when Ken Hatfield was running the wihsbone, and it never translated. Building something that lasts? That's what Frank Broyles did, not by avoiding the portal but by adapting. Your staff is developing guys because they missed on the top-tier talent, plain and simple. We tried the "develop our own" approach for years after the Houston Nutt era and watched Alabama and Georgia lap us with superior athletes. You can't teach size or speed, and all the cohesion in the world won't matter when you're lining up across from a five-star in Baton Rouge. This feels like the same offseason optimism we had before the Chad Morris years, and we all know how that ended.