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to win in this climate for any coach. But when you look at the commitment that was made by Purdue and Morgan Burke to you and your staff, how do you handle that? Do you consider it pressure? Hazell: "Absolutely not. My approach is not going to be any different here than at Muskingum College. It's all working as hard as you can with the best plan that you have and getting everybody working in the same direction is what allows you to be successful. The pressure that I feel is all self-imposed. It's not exterior. It's the pressure of getting things that people need to be successful." Gold and Black: Discipline is something Tom Campbell that has been discussed at length with this Since officially cutting ties with Kent State by coaching the Golden program over the last couple of seasons, Flashes in their bowl game, Hazell has been working hard to sell his new program in the community. Stops have ranged from elementary both on the field and off the field. What schools to fraternity houses to local businesses and his message has approach do you take to monitoring your been consistent: Purdue will move up from the middle of the pack. players and making sure this program is run smoothly? street, yeah. I used to always take John, and John was Hazell: "I think for discipline to work, it has to be the worst guy. John still inspires me. John was a guy that nobody wanted on his team. John was a guy who enforced all the time. So when you hear of something couldn't run, couldn't catch. I always took John. John that's not right, you have to put it in its right place and was the largest guy out there. He kind of ran with a make it right. For example, I get a report every single limp, couldn't catch, couldn't throw, but we always tried to win with John." Gold and Black: What was his role then? Hazell: "We made roles for him. That was the value, the beauty of it, creating roles for guys who weren't as talented." Gold and Black: There wasn't a history of success at Kent, so that job could be classified as rebuilding or certainly one with significant challenges. Did people tell you there you couldn't do it, and is that something that motivates you, when people doubt? Hazell: "Even before the first interview, two hours prior to my first interview, a guy said, 'Why would anybody in their right mind take that job?' He didn't know I was going to interview. Those challenges drive me because I guess, maybe, I see things a little bit differently. Being able to surround myself with the right people, I know Michael Rouse III—Flossmoor, Ill. Sophomore, Management Michael is the one of the 16 members of the football team to earn we can have success." academic All-Big Ten honors on the Fall 2012 semester. In all, 46 Gold and Black: There's a lot of pressure Boilermaker Fall 2012 athletes earned this distinction. 10 • Gold and Black IllustrateD • volume 23, issue 6 GBIprint.com GoldandBlack.com