First off, 2012, thirteen years ago, has no bearing on this conversation at all...I thought the same whenever I read OP mention it; as we have 3 OL already committed.
Second, I agree with pretty much all of your thinking, and what you've said...at least 2 IOL each class; I'm greedy, so ill take even more, tbh. We have one committed (if we dont land another, hopefully we can find 1 or 2 others through the portal to add with Baker...we just signed two high-quality guys from there to play G); and, all of those interior guys I mentioned, 8-10 of them, have multiple years left, including the two we got from the portal. We are super young across our OL with the talent Elarbee and THIS staff have brought in. Some will have the goods, others won't.
Which leads me to third: it's a dead horse by now, but it still rings true...the portal changed everything. While yes, some of ours will hop in; but, we can shop the portal, too. This staff has shown that they mainly target multiple-years-left guys there, and not just one season and gone.
I guess what I'm saying is: if Baker is the only IOL we take this cycle, while disappointed that we couldn't close Gray, I won't be too despondent, knowing we still have MULTIPLE guys already on campus, plus the portal.
If we dont sign another WR or RB, not only will I be super bummed out missing on both Keys and Hiter...I'll be extra bummed out because we truly NEED another WR, and a RB in the class.