You are right about the balancing act. Coaches have to adjust to the new portal rule: position players leaving no big deal. Impact pitchers telling you they are transferring 10 weeks before a new school year starts, a big deal. I'll argue about the impact of Dial "leaving". She had a poor season here at Tech her freshman year. Since she "left" Tech softball has a record of 61-15. She was never going to get quality innings last year due to here control issues. Those issues magnified themselves to allowing 402 baserunners last year on a losing team. You can look it up. She has yet to post a victory against a ranked team this year. Dial and Eberlie are in the rear view mirror of our program.