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Q&A With kevin sherman The following is a brief question-and-answer session with Purdue wide receivers coach Kevin Sherman. Gold and Black: Your former players described you as a very-detailed, hands-on coach who is laid back but will be firm when you have to be. Sound about right? Sherman: "It does. One of the things I've learned throughout the coaching profession is there's a time to have a good time and have some fun with the guys but there's a time to go to work. You try to take care of the details and the little things, try to get the guys to master their craft. If they can do the little things to help them get better and develop as a football player, big things will come out there in the stadium." Gold and Black: Do you have pretty high standards? Sherman: "I think every coach wants their players to be successful both on and off the field. You take care of the little things and I think if you do those things, big things will come. Take care of the little things, do what's asked of you on and off the field. I think if we have the discipline and take care of the little things and be good ambassadors for the university, we'll have success. If you have trouble doing those things, then we have some things to deal with." Gold and Black: How important is it to you to be involved as mentor, too? Sherman: "I think you have to sit down with them and find out what makes them tick. You want to find out their story and see if they have things in common that you went through that you can help them with in life. Every young man I've come in comtact with, I want to make an impact on their lives in some type of way, whether it be football-related, girlfriend-related, social-related, academic-related, you want to try and help them grow and mold them into young men that when they leave Purdue University, they're going to leave a better man or young person than a football player. They face different things daily and I think you just try to reach those guys and find out their story and try to help them along each day, each week, each month and each year, then they grow and mature and they go on to lead successful lives." Gold and Black: How do you want your group to be defined? Sherman: "One of the first things I want to be is be disciplined, detail-oriented, tough, physical and (to) produce and make plays. I told the group I want to identify who the producers are and try to utilize them. Big thing is discipline, toughness and playmaking ability. When you do those things and take care of those little things, those things will come." — Stacy Clardie shape," Hazell said at about 7 a.m. Friday, following the last of three weeks of earlymorning workouts, "but I think they also learned a little bit about how to fight through some pain and some adversity and DallasCowboys.com they've been able Former Boilermaker Anthony Spencer could be in line for a big one-year payday or a to bond a little bit bigger long-term deal. better because of have taken off for warmer climates, but it. They're starting they'll largely be back Monday the 18th. to get our expectations. Despite the work involved in the "Obviously we have to build on it, 6 a.m. workouts — Purdue held them but it's a good start for us." The Boilermakers will get to en- on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays joy a bit of relaxation before the start for three straight weeks — the Boilof spring ball on March 19. It's spring ermakers felt as though they were a break week at Purdue, so many players good experience. TWIN CITY DODGE CHRYSLER JEEP RAM 650 Sagamore Parkway South Lafayette, IN 47905 See the 2013 Jeep Wrangler! 800-562-4581 twincitysuperstore.com GoldanDBlack express • volume 23, express 25 • 29