This has always mystified me too. "So and so is returning with umpty-squat number of starters so they'll be experienced." Bad experience is almost worse than no experience.Last thing to your point, I do remember one time everyone was super high on UTSA (I think that's who Larry Coker coached for) because they returned everyone. But they were coming off a losing season, so I didn't understand how magically that was a great indicator of them being good the following year. They returned a bunch of mediocre players.