Historically... definitely kind, but never soft. : ) These were always tough folks. But being an a**hole was never part of the culture...family / neighbors were super important. 8 - 12 hours at the plant or on the railroad, then 2 in the garden, then chill on the porch having a blast with the fam because it was too hot to sleep, and not a lot of complaining. FB was a great rep of that, and almost perfectly aligned the friendly but tough regional culture with the football program. And BF was his alter ego. Well-defined, focused leadership. Fuente didn't snap into that, and the program didn't evolve the culture as the landscape changed and it ended up a little schizoid. I'm not sure the program is particularly clear which way it wants to go now or what its culture is, but I'd say nearly for sure we have dept-level / program-level issues now, i.e. it's not just some player issue. The "mgt staff" seems to need to get their house in order, get rid of any deadwood, and get their sh*t straightened out, just like any company any of us have worked for. : )~ I'd say if Pry can get through a learning phase, get tired of the L's and say "well that's enough of that, enough Mr Nice Guy", get his own focused leadership going and brook no BS about it, then it may work out...he's a great fit for the school on many other levels. I'd love to see it.