Hafley Hits First Benchmark With Unlimited Energy

The sun wasn't up over the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, but the Fish Field House buzzed with anticipation for Boston College football coach Jeff Hafley. He stood before a school circle of athletes, in an infancy of practice with his football team, but he needed to ask a question. He looked out at the Eagles and asked who would step forward to lead this program - into practice, into its new day, into its new era.

Everyone stood up.

The moment, captured on social media and contextualized by recruiting coordinator Joe Sullivan, enveloped everything fans and observers are coming to understand about the program's new direction. The well-publicized start of the Hafley era, known mostly for its splash…