You're trying to justify your own program's lack of action. We just watched Dabo rebuild our entire offensive line through the portal and it's fixin' to pay off big time. Cohesion comes from coaching, and our staff knows how to integrate talent fast. While you're waiting three years to see if your guys develop, we're reloading to compete for the ACC title right now. Those "surgical" teams you praise would take 50 transfers too if they needed to, they just don't have to because they've been winning. We're getting back to that standard, and the portal is the fastest route. Counting transfers absolutely matters because it shows a staff's urgecny and ability to upgrade talent immediately.