Penn State zeroes in on top athletic director candidate, report says; when could a deal be done?
Penn State is seemingly coming down the home stretch as it continues working on hiring a new athletic director, according to ESPN.
Penn State zeroes in on top athletic director candidate, report says; when could a deal be done?
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Penn State zeroes in on top athletic director candidate, report says; when could a deal be done?
Penn State is seemingly coming down the home stretch as it continues working on hiring a new athletic director, according to ESPN.www.on3.com
“Now, ESPN has revealed that Penn State’s top choice is current Boston College athletic director Pat Kraft.”
That certainly would be “bold and aggressive”... LOLAny truth to the rumor that Kraft is already on the phone to Matt Rhule?
Granted, Neeli will check with us before making a deal, but what are your thoughts on Kraft? I know nothing about him.
Penn State hires BC's Kraft as athletic director
Penn State has hired Boston College's Patrick Kraft to become its next AD, replacing the retiring Sandy Barbour.
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So how does he do regarding coaching hires, fund raising, and athletic academic performance? The latter metric seems less of a factor now it seems with more frequent portal transfers but it SHOULD be important IMHO. Anyone follow Boston College well enough to enlighten to all knowing board?
Hopefully he comes in and cleans some of the deadwood in a bloated athletic dept.
Who specifically would you remove and where would you reassign the duties that employee is assigned to perform? Or are you just making generalizations and allegations without any specific knowledge about what people do and casting dispersions randomly? It’s OK to name names.
The article Bob linked indicated he’s a big football guy and that’s a good thing IMO. Reality is football is most important and should be treated as such. Article also mentions fundraising and On paper, seems like a good fit. BC has ice hockey too which helps.
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His time at BC has been fairly consequential, however. Primarily, he made a new head coaching hire for the men’s basketball program, he struck new apparel deals with New Balance and Adidas, he secured plans for a new basketball practice facility, he laid the infrastructure for the NIL era at Boston College, and he at least had begun the search for a new head coach to replace the legend Jerry York. It’s much too early to make final judgments on most of his moves, but they all could end up being significant boosts (or drags) on BC Athletics.
That is surprising I guess I really have no idea what schools are looking for when hiring an AD and the real question is do I care anymore?Penn State hires BC's Kraft as athletic director
Penn State has hired Boston College's Patrick Kraft to become its next AD, replacing the retiring Sandy Barbour.
If he does get the job it will be interesting to see his experience in building plans. I know there were some upgrades at BC in the year or so he was there but nothing like the athletic master plan he’ll be walking into (assuming it still exists).
I think Sandy needs to stay on a year at significant pay to learn the FNG.
So Nittwit,
You claim to be an insider. Who on the BOT is steering PSU towards this hire?
I'm sure the facilities master plan is at least 30 days out of date and will need to be redone.
Don't count Neeli out in athletics....
She may want to take over on the field to make play by play decisions.
You get to sniff the jock of a few people "who know people" and get on a message board and spout your ****. You know crap. No one in the athletic department of an institution of that size would be posting **** like you do on a message board and risk their six figure job.
Or maybe you are that stupid. Won't be hard to figure out.
Or maybe you are that stupid. Won't be hard to figure out.
I’m not an insider and never claimed to be. I’m not sure why you have that impression. I’m just a fan who follows PSU, does some volunteer work, and am a donor who funds some scholarships. I have some very occasional access to some people as a result of my donations but not more than lots of other people do. The volunteering stuff I’ve done is entirely on the academic side of things and involves helping students and serving on various academic committees with other alumni volunteers. By the way many of these students I’ve tried to help are so bright and high achieving, it inspires me to want to do as much as I can for the university to thank them for the opportunity to work with these great kids. They are much smarter than I was when I was a student - double majors, study abroad, a ton of extracurricular activities, meaningful internship, etc. They're terrific.
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