Norman, thank you for your information, I am not trying to refute your information or insert any bias into this statement, I just feel their needs to be a note for clarification on the portal because it appears to me that some are misinterpreting how the portal window works and assigning too much weight to that time frame. This has been said before but the window is the time allotted for players to put their name in the portal, that does not mean that the players have to finalize deals in that time period. Yes, I believe that having a leg up and getting to work on portal players that enter the portal asap is important, but I am of the opinion that this is being blown out of proportion to how important that portal window date is in the context of having a new coach by then. It is my opinion that it does not parallel football in any way as one has a much larger staff and a much larger roster to fill when it comes to football, and not to mention it's not as important that a football coach focus on the post season at their previous school if they are playing a bowl game outside of the CFP.