It's true that Penn State's James Franklin and his staff, from Vanderbilt to State College and everywhere they've been in-between, carry with them recruiting chops that allow them to find diamond in the roughs while landing top prospects early and often in the recruiting game.
Franklin does not want, nor does he believe, he and his staff to be viewed only in that vein, though, even if it has been the way media outlets, other coaches, and even some of their mentors have described them since the head coach and most of his assistants arrived on campus four years ago.