Losing Matthew’s sucks, but I wouldn’t trade him for all we’ve received. Rising, JJ, Kincaid, Sewell, McClain, Diabate, King, Damuni, Fano, Becker, Battle and probably more just to name a few that have started for us. We’ve lost Matthews and maybe Latu and Moala or Isbell (who was a transfer in as well) who were projected starters or major two deep players. Literally nobody who has left did anything major at a big school.
We have been blessed with the portal and could lose Vaki, Bishop, and Ellis and still be a better program overall because of it. Just look at the team down south. They lost both Barringtons, Holker, great starters in Pili and Jeudy-Lally, and more just last year alone. Look at Oregon State and WSU this year.
I am very excited to see who we land this year. If we could get one of Kelly, Jackson, or Keshawn Williams I would be very happy.