Would disagree to this extent, free agency is generally a player experiencing success and looking to get paid as a result,
portal for the most part full of those who for whatever reason have not experienced success and are not happy where they are
This portal savagery you refer to is the only means by which the voids on this roster can be attempted to be filled, there's not a head coach in Division I football who will look to build his program on portal players, it's a band aid.