Yep and the coaches that operate in that way typically have their teams call it in once the going gets tough (see FSU/Colorado/UNC etc) . You can’t have a bunch of mercenaries on a team and expect players to care about anything else outside of themselves.
Football REQUIRES a TEAM. Not individuals. If you’re not fighting for the man next to you then your team isn’t getting far. Lane Kiffin is someone that will use the portal over and over and the teams that do tend to flop one way or another. I think he brought in a DL from ND last week, I can’t imagine that LSUs DL room would be happy getting passed up by a guy that joined for 2 weeks after they spent 8 months working.
Players know when coaches are out for themselves and they know when the coach is looking at a PLAYERS best interest.
That’s why recruits love Mario so much. His emphasis on relationships is HUGE in this era. We could very well use the upgrades at TE/LB but it’s already been said we aren’t in the market.