The portal is how you close talent gaps fast, and ignoring it is how you fall behind. St. Lawrence has leveraged specific transfers to immediately boost our pass rush and secondary depth, which shows in our improved defensive havoc rate from last season. Chemistry comes from winning, and you win with better players. Your "core group" finished 4-6 last year, so maybe more new faces are exactly what's needed. Development matters, but so does adding proven production from other rosters. The teams that blend development with strategic portal hits are the ones playing in December.