That's a beautiful story about your D-III glory days, but this is the Big Ten, and the beast is wide awake. Jon Sumrall isn't just yelling in a presser, he's backing it up with immediate action in the portal, which is how you win now. You think Coach Lackner's method works when you're staring down Ohio State, Oregon, and Michigan on the schedule? You build with high school croots for the future, but you plug glaring holes today with proven portal talent. That's just modern roster management. Michigan State is doing the same thing, working the portal hard to compete immediately while stacking a strong high school class. The idea that bringing in transfers prevents building a brotherhood is outdated. These guys bond fast because they all have one goal: winning. They're united by the grind to learn a new system quickly, and that shared pressure forges a different, but just as strong, kind of loyalty. The sport hasn't forgotten about building men, it's just added a new layer. The coaches who win are the ones mastering both the long-term high school development and the short-term portal market. Sumrall gets that. If he wakes that giant, it just means the path for everybody else, including the Spartans, gets tougher. That's the challenge now, and we're all adapting.