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Lazy summer days hardly exist anymore for Buckeyes
Sunday, July 1, 2007 3:48 AM
By Tim May
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Darrell Hazell remembers his first summer as an assistant coach at Oberlin in 1986.

"I went home to New Jersey and stayed there with my folks for four or five weeks," Hazell said, laughing. "I guess you could say the job has changed drastically since then."

There is no such thing as extended downtime for college football coaches anymore. They still get vacation, and Hazell, the assistant head coach at Ohio State, said coach Jim Tressel demands that his assistants take it.

"He tells us we need to get away from the place and recharge the batteries," Hazell said. "He doesn't put any strings on us as far as needing to be around when it's your vacation.

"If it's your turn to cover the office, he has trust you'll get that done. But he really believes in his guys getting away, spending some time with your family, so when you come back in late July we can concentrate on the things we need to concentrate on and be fresh about it."

The Columbus Dispatch : Lazy summer days hardly exist anymore for Buckeyes