The right players are the best players. Look at Bama and Georgia and what they've done on the recruiting trail. Look at Texas A&M, the only other team that beat Bama. Or Ohio St.
The key to winning is recruiting and stars matter.
To an extent, I agree. The portal has made "fit" even more important. So, yes, the right players are important. But if you can get a good intersection of high talent and good fit into your scheme and culture, you have done well.
If you look at team ratings, most sites have us ranked right around the 10-15 range.
While that doesn’t impress most on this board, if you look at the teams ahead of us they’re sitting with 17-23 recruits compared to our 14.