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[QUOTE="JeremyCuse, post: 4695612, member: 43"]
I think Petro definitely is having some influence here. I don't think its surprising a majority of the additions are on defense and SU seems to be targeting high end D players (almost exclusively AA types or close to it). I do agree that you need to be careful with how many additional you make because high transfer teams can have issues meshing.

We saw this with Duke 2 years ago with Sowers, despite a ridiculous amount of talent, they never looked quite right. Ditto for G-town this past year.  Rutgers had some good success with transfers but then got over reliant on them and crashed this past year when they couldn't get their A list group in portal. They have now tripled down and are about to bring in like a dozen + guys but many are taking a giant leap in competition.

I think SU was caught in between as the defense has some talent but it's been inconsistent and in several cases very injury prone with Mark having one year left I think they wanted to take a shot. I think you comment about "you'd rather have a talent rosters that's too big than a less talented roster that's a perfect size" is exactly the calculus the staff is making. There a risks involved for sure. Almost all the defensive additionals are grad guys so your taking a one time shot and guys like Kol, Clary, and Caccamo are all Sophs going into their Jr years.

I have to assume the Gettysburg pole will move to SSDM along with potentially Clary to help shore up that spot. Gonna take some work to keep everyone happy especially if Kol, Cacammo and other prior starters are all suddenly sitting the bench. Need some depth going into the following season especially if Scott red-shirts.
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