You're romanticizing a dead era. Warren Powers would get fired by November trying to build with only Missouri kids today. The portal is the new foundation, and the best programs are mastering it tbh. Notre Dame's blend of high school development and strategic portal hits is the modern blueprint for winning. Your loyalty to "tradition" just sounds like an excuse for falling behind. The teams clinging to the old ways are the ones getting left in the dust. The sport hasn't gone hollow, it's just passed you by.