Pat Kraft hiring tendencies

olelion

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Saw a guy on Youtube , Poorman I think is his name. When asked about likely candidates he went thru a long list of hires by Kraft that were people he had worked with previously, up to and including the head of the Nittany Lion Club. He feels that will likely happen with a HFC.
 
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PSUFTG

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No question. The "vibe" in Lasch, and throughout ICA, is much more in tune with a Happy Hour drinking club, or an indoor tailgate hosted by PK to entertain his posse, than it is a serious organization. With the plus and minus characteristics one might expect. (And we all saw that unfold in real time wrt the "Coaching Transition")

Time will tell, of course, but the developments over the last few years have been VERY disconcerting. Where does it go from here? Who knows.
 
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ApexLion

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We’ll be rutgres with a $700+ MM bill for stadium renovations and 80,000+ empty seats per game.

We Are!

😞
That's my new team! Rutgres is awesome. The Silver Red Knights of beautiful Middlesex county, emphasis on the suffix if you know what I mean.

Rutgres: Its Uniquely New Jersey! How's that for some marketing sloganeering you can sink your teeth into?

Don't miss Greggie's induction into the Rutgres Hall of Fame. With a win percentage of .480, now we are talking some serious HOF coaching. That's downright, uh, well, you know, a-ok! Hopefully, Krafty won't steal him away to the Pedaphile State University (isn't that name clever, one of the kids at Rutgres came up with that one -- what can I say truly exceptional student body there).

RU Rah, Rah!
 

84lion

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No question. The "vibe" in Lasch, and throughout ICA, is much more in tune with a Happy Hour drinking club, or an indoor tailgate hosted by PK to entertain his posse, than it is a serious organization. With the plus and minus characteristics one might expect. (And we all saw that unfold in real time wrt the "Coaching Transition")

Time will tell, of course, but the developments over the last few years have been VERY disconcerting. Where does it go from here? Who knows.
I have every confidence that Pat Kraft will lead Penn State athletics to plumb the depths of mediocrity.

That said, firing Franklin was a good move, although, even a grade schooler could see that should have been done years ago.

The problem really is Penn State's administration in general and athletic department in particular, which has shown an astonishing ineptness in recent years. Penn State is not winning NCs anytime soon without the kind of commitment that leadership at schools like Ohio State and Alabama exhibit.
 
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G3624

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Has Pat ever hired a coach, anywhere, that won a national championship. We know he's been a surrogate for many other ADs, even here at Penn State. But has he ever made the big step to a national championship title. Wonder if he can win the big game.
 
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Shaler12

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New Jersey has more wealthy towns than Texas, Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio combined. Pennsylvania does not have one wealthy town.

New Jersey has more millionaires than any state in the country. It has more millionaires than California, and California is more than four times the size.
 
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NoSoup4U

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New Jersey has more wealthy towns than Texas, Florida, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio combined. Pennsylvania does not have one wealthy town.

New Jersey has more millionaires than any state in the country. It has more millionaires than California, and California is more than four times the size.
LOL how are you defining town and while you are at it by what measurement for that town?