So for us, first of all, yeah, I do think it makes a difference. But is that making a difference in terms of what you guys are able to accomplish in a practice, in a game, bringing a good experience to fans?įranklin: Yeah. These were things the university had to get done. You now have a $700 million renovation coming to Beaver Stadium. Berube: You talk about needing to compete in all phases of the game and probably the part that you wish you could care about less was everything outside of football, but you make the improvements here at the Lasch facility, which is gorgeous. But I don’t care what industry it is, if you’re getting a bunch of little no’s throughout a year, those add up and become significant, just like those little yes’s that we’re getting right now. Everybody’s got to be pulling the rope in the same direction.Īnd obviously, if it’s as competitive as college football is, it becomes even more challenging. But yeah, I think at the end of the day, it’s no different than alignment in any other business or any other field for you to reach the highest levels. What was so important to so many Penn Staters, the community, the region, the state, obviously, there’s a far reaching impact to all of those things. How important is it? What does that mean in terms of functionally what this program is able to do?įranklin: Well, it’s not what I’m trying to build as what is what we’re trying to build. You talk about finally feeling like you have that. The athletic department understands the president. Yeah, that that’s a big part of it.īerube: You talk a lot about alignment, though, and how important that is that the board understands what you’re trying to build. Berube: You just got a lot of faith in Penn State, a lot of love for this place?įranklin: That’s right. There’s been really two times now, you know, I took the job with an interim AD and an interim university president and then signed a ten year contract, not knowing kind of the future there as well, understanding that President Barron was going to be retiring. I think all those things help and and, you know, my relationship with Pat, really since he’s arrived on campus has been has been good. He played in the Big Ten, played football in the Big Ten. Even more so than that, he’s a Big Ten guy. Pat Kraft, obviously an established athletic director, whether it’s Temple or Boston College. And then being able to go out and hire Dr. Our new university president, has been phenomenal and we’ve really hit it off. When you look back hindsight, 2020, how great of a decision was it to stay here at Penn State to get to build this program, knowing what you know now with the support this program has?įranklin: Well, obviously, you know, the decision that the university made in hiring Neeli Bendapudi has been huge. We don’t know who the university president is, nor the athletic director, a lot of transition. Berube: I want to go back a couple of years. They’re working now to give them self a base, both mentally and physically, to have a chance to legitimately compete during training camp. I know we don’t talk about depth chart, but is this where you solidify those positions for these guys?įranklin: Yeah, I wouldn’t necessarily say solidify. Is summer really where you solidify your spot on the depth chart. Berube: We talk about spring and the differences you can make there.
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