Why is everyone acting like losing a couple guys to the draft means our defense is starting from scratch? I'm scrolling through these draft predictors and seeing all these big names from the big schools, and yeah, we had our guys move on too. That's what good programs do. But the narrative that we're just gonna fall off because we don't have a 50-man portal class to plug holes is lazy. Look at what's happening in spring ball right now. Oklahoma State brought in 50 transfers. Colorado has 43. That's NOT building a defense, that's throwing a Hail Mary with a bunch of guys who don't know the scheme or each other. We're developing the guys who have been in the system, the young talent that was waiting their turn. That's how you build cohesion, not by collecting random players like trading cards. So the real question is, why does everyone assume a complete roster overhaul is the only path to improvement? Our defensive identity has never been about having five-star names on the back of the jersey. It's about playing faster and smaretr than the other team. While everyone else is trying to learn 50 new names this spring, we're refining a system. That edge matters when the season starts.