Rather than this cacophony of self-congratulation over rejecting criticisms of Hawkins that don't actually exist, let's surface the factual issue here:
My belief in Dain Dainja notwithstanding, it was previous just objectively the case that we had gained much, much more in the portal than we had lost in value terms.
If Hawkins enters the "portal loss" column, that dramatically changes things and makes it a much closer call as it stands.
(Whether you consider Ivisic a freshman recruit or a portal entry matters a lot in that calculus, it's admittedly hard to be strictly apples-to-apples about it)