re: Losing a Coach is Like Getting the Death Penalty under these Rules.

Just for reference, LSU lost 20+ players to the portal when they fired Coach O. Pretty much gutted their defense and we got to see the product of that earlier this year. UW has had around 20 players go in the portal once DeBoer left.

I imagine we'll have several more decide to hop in the portal either now or after spring when they get experience with the new staff. The staff is going to have to hit the portal hard this year to be able to field a top-tier SEC team. It's really exacerbated by the fact that other teams can openly recruit and throw a ton of money at a player once they're in the portal.

I wouldn't call it a death penalty, but it will always be a ground up rebuild especially if you have a talented roster that other teams are interested in.