Penn State Sports Magazine
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M A R C H 1 9 , 2 0 1 4 B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M 11 feel good about it. We've got a lot of guys who have played and been suc- cessful. We're going to build on that. Where our issues come is depth. [But] if you're going to play some young guys, that is the position to do it. I think wideout, corner, things like that, you can get away with it. It's hard to have a freshman playing for you on the defen- sive line or the offensive line. We think Amos's natural position is safety. That's where we're going to play him. I think, obviously he creates some flexibility the fact that he can play corner as well in a pinch. But I like him back there being a leader for us, and Jordan Lucas gives us two really veteran guys at both levels of the secondary. Do you feel like you're still catch- ing up from the whirlwind of the last couple months? Or do you have your feet underneath you at this point? Our feet have been on the ground since we arrived. The feet are moving fast and in a lot of different directions, but like I mentioned before, it will be that way for the first three years. It re- ally will. Universities are very complex places. They're very sophisticated. I know how we want to run our program. We've got to figure out how to run that program within the Penn State system and under the Penn State umbrella, so we can be successful and put a product on the field, off the field, in the class- room, in the community that every- body can be really proud of. There are a lot of things that have to get figured out, and that's why I'm talking to as many people as I possibly can, asking as many questions as I possibly can. Shaking as many hands, kissing as many babies as I possibly can. The people in the community have been great. The administration has been un- believable. Getting a chance to build relationships with the other coaches I think is important as well, to get to know them and kind of learn from them. I've had a lot of conversations with Cael [Sanderson]. I love to go to the wrestling matches and sit there and not only watch the guys compete, but watch him. He's an impressive guy, he really is. He's built an impressive pro- gram. You look at what our volleyball pro- gram has been able to do. You look at soccer and you can go on and on. Bas- ketball, women's basketball, and I've had a chance to go and watch all those programs compete, and watch the sup- port they get. The thing that probably blows me away more than anything is the support this university and these athletic programs get from this com- munity. We want to build on that. You've heard me say before that we're going to sell out every single game next year. I believe that. I'm going to keep pounding the table on that because we need to do that from a recruiting perspective. We need to do that from a financial perspective. And I truly believe that once we get every- body pulling the rope in the same di- rection that we can build something really special here. COACHSPEAK CONTINUED FROM 10