No, it's because we have a load of 5-star frosh coming in and the potential transfers know that Cal plays his highly touted frosh. These portal players don't want to come to a school for their final year and play a maximum of 20 minutes per game, much less have to compete for those minutes.
The Bradshaw issue is typical UK fans carping about anything they can and always assuming the worst. If Bradshaw returns in August as planned, you'll never hear from them again. Always predict te worst, but then be happy if the opposite happens. Winning either way is how they love to play the game. It's bs.