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Petersen: When they support us like this, that's what it's all about
DerekJohnson
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(Are you where you want to be as a program?) “We’re never where we want to be at. We just don’t think like that. I think that’s one of the things everyone’s on the same page about. Jen always talks about being on the same page philosophically and values, and one of the things is I don’t even kind of feel like we’re where we need to be. We’re making progress, all those types of things, but I say that in a good way. It’s kind of like that scab that just keeps itching. We’re always trying to figure out a way to just do it better.”
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I do think that he's committed to staying here, but also that I wouldn't be surprised if he retired after winning a natty (if, thank real god, he gets there).
There's the easy take, which is that he fucking hates the dumb questions that he gets from the beat reporters, but there's also definitely a tell on how much he cares about winning and beating the shit out of his competition.
I can also see how the admin would eat this stuff up, and how they feel confident that Pete won't drag the department through any NCAA trouble, and the difficult questions from the local media that would come out of that. In return, I think, they're really willing to support him within the bounds of convention. From what I've seen it would seem that Jen cares about winning more than the past few ADs, that she's not just a bean counter. Less clear about President Cauce.
That's the thing that I'm really impressed about, that his guys will work fucking hard while *wink wink* still being 'good guys' as far as the admin is concerned.
There's growing evidence that Cohen gives a shit about winning and has acted accordingly throughout her tenure so far.
As for Cauce, I doubt she gives a shit at the same level that Pete and Cohen does, but at the same time, she strikes me as someone that is willing to sit back and recognize that there's a lot of good publicity and representation that the football program (particularly in its current direction) has on the University as a whole. She's shown absolutely zero indication so far of acting in a manner that would serve to undermine either Cohen or Pete.