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Message: [QUOTE="cohenzone, post: 4965867, member: 504"] There is certainly some expectation by freshmen recruits that it’s their turn at least by year 2. We had this supposed Fab Five , 2 of whom only played in garbage time, 2 of whom saw more time but in reality not much time in the last half of the year for one of them. and the best of the group the BY is salivating over him leaving after one year. The recent portal guys were very experienced, but nobody would have put them at the top of the portal tree when they committed. There is a school of thought on this board that it is attractive to studs to know they can be a one and done by coming here. Is it attractive to the recruits you need to build a consistent winner that the program will be looking for a parade of higher ability experienced guys from the portal a lot of years? I have no idea, but it seems to me that sustaining a pretty high level does require some stability provided by possible 3 or 4 year players. Right now i would think we are attractive to many in the portal, but it seems to me even in this portal world that a program still has to be attractive to good hs players who are likely to be around for 3 years or more. The portal certainly doesn’t simplify things. [/QUOTE]