it makes total sense. if its a true low end d1, generally speaking the best strategy is to recruit high potential players and then your first 3 seasons, you 100% set your lineup to maximize player development, you just keep on playing your younger guys to push their growth, going 0-27 if necessary. then basically in season 4-5 you are mostly optimizing for success, have good regular seasons, make sure you have post seasons which will give you the step up in prestige/recruiting and becomes your foundation for your future. going forward from there, you balance growth and success normally.
there's a million ways to succeed in low d1, and if you happen to pick up a low d1 team with meaningful talent, it often makes sense to try to utilize that, if you can. but if you are gonna be junky anyway, then just totally selling out for the future is probably the ultimate competitive strategy. so yeah, playing your dudes dovetails perfectly AND its more fun and so generally... do it!