Some of those teams listed have 5 stars sitting on the bench waiting for PT, we don’t. I think losing to many players could prolong the rebuild everyone waiting/hoping for.20 to 25 players does seem like a lot but its just his guess. Lets compare the top 8 Teams this year and how many players transferred out from them.
1. Georgia- 15 players
2. Michigan- 14 players
3. Washington- 17 players
4. FSU- 22 Players
5. Oregon- 32 players
6. OSU- 12 Players
7. Texas- 21 Players
8. Bama- 22 Players
So the established powerhouse brands lost 10-15 except for bama who lost 22 and the up and coming short term success teams needed more transfers. Obviously this is from 2023 and we will have to wait and see what happens this year so its still TBD on if it is a good strategy or not.
From the names mentioned the only one really hurt is Damari and i pray mario can convince him to stay, the rest are meh
Some of these kids need to be convinced to stay some kind of way. The portal is not a guarantee when most of CFB looking at the same players.