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Fridav. October 12.1973
University Daily Kansan
Hadl Glad He Was Traded to L.A.
By BRETT MARSHALL
Assistant Sports Editor
Los Angeles Rams star John Haddi has established himself as one of the great players in the league.
Hadl, now in his twelfth season of pro ball, has led the youthful Rams to a 4-0 record and a first place standing in the Western Conference of the National Football Conference.
The first 11 years were spent in San Diego, play the chargers. Though they led the old American Football League in passing for several seasons, Hadi's team never won a championship. The Chargers were in one of the toughest divisions in pro football and played second fiddle to the Kansas City Chiefs and the Oakland Raiders.
"I WANTED to be traded from San Diego about four years ago," Hadi said. "The main reason for my wanting to leave was that I wanted to play for Carol Rosenbloom. I also wanted to have an NFL Championship."
Rosenbloom was the owner of the Baltimore Colts but then exchanged ownerships and moved to Los Angeles in 1971.
Hadl's chance to trade came last season when the Colts traded Johnny Uitas to the Chargers. This prompted the San Diego club to trade Hadl to the Rams.
"After those frustrating years, everything just seemed to fall into place," she said.
"The adjustment was very easy for me to make," Hadi said. "The Rams' personnel are very good and the offensive system is much more set. This allows us to execute
John Hadl
our plays better and the results take care of themselves."
HADL HAS HAD tremendous success in his short time with the Rams. He currently leads the NFC in passing and enjoys playing more than he has for several seasons.
That attitude plus the enthusiasm that Hadi has for football has enabled him to
Hadi said that when he played college football for KU the excitement and emotion was greater than that of the pro games. Although he loves the game very much, he still doesn't want to play the pro game just didn't compare to the highly emotional game that he played in college.
"EACH GAME has to be played and then forgotten," said Hadl. "If you win on Sunday everyone is happy, but if you lose you know there's another chance in seven
"The college atmosphere is just so much better," said Hadi. "The fans and the student body spirit make it more exciting than a pro contest. There's no attitude of going out to play for money. You play for pride."
"When I first came to the pros right out of college it was difficult for me to understand everything about how pro football operated." Hadl said.
PRO FOOTBALL hasn't always been a bed of roses for Hadi. Early in his career he encountered many obstacles which were difficult to overcome.
Hadi said the biggest change from the college scene to the pro life was the approach to each game had to be just like going to work.
"When I first entered the pro ranks I was primarily a running quarterback," Hadi Khalil said.
keep playing when many players are giving
the game because of boredom or outside
exposure.
Suicide Squad Takes Special Breed
The kicking team, also known as the suicide squad is made up of players with
Kansan Sports Writer
When 22 men are running toward each other at full speed with the objective of knocking each other down, the term suicide is not exaggerated.
THE 'HAWKS' SUCIDE squad is called the "Wild Bunch." The men who make up the middle of the line are called wedge-breakers.
ByGREGG VANDAVEER
Sandy Buda, assistant football coach, is in charge of the specialty teams for the national team.
BUDA SAID THE COACHES looked for
BUSA who were fast and tough. They also
loved the coach.
"It takes a special breed of guy to stick his head in and make a turtle at full speed," he said.
"The kicking game is one of the most important parts of the game." he said.
Odell Weidner, Jeff Turner and Mike Gardner are three wedge-breakers for KU.
Weirden, Topeka junna,
wedge-breaker must like to hit.
"Drugs have been a problem in athletics for many years," said Hadl. "The only reason so many people know about it occurs when they receive more exposure to the public."
There was one parallel that Hadl could draw between the kids who played college ball and those who enter the pros and that was the use of drugs.
"If you like to hit," he said, "you're going on the get on the suicidal squabble because there are many other things."
"THE COACHES KNEW I didn't mind in-
TING and getting somebody," he said.
Jeff Turner, Pritchard, Ala., junior, said he liked contact.
Injury is a continual threat to the members of the suicide squad.
Each man's job is to lay in his lane and converge on the ball. A wedge-breaker's duty is to get to the ball carrier and make sure the ball comes into contact with or break up the wedge, a wall of blockers in front of the ball carrier. If it is the wedge-breakers breaks the wall, it is easier for them to do so.
"The kickoff is the play that has the most fatalities," the Weidner said. "You can't worry about getting hurt, because if you start thinking about it, you're going to get it."
AN ATHLETE is just like any other person and if the public would only get a proper prospective on the whole scene, wouldn't be such a hashack over drunk."
Turner said the "Wild Bunch" was bound together by team pride. Most of the members of the squad are also on the team, and they work together and help each other out.
Haid said this also carried over into the academic side of the college scene for the players. When a person is having trouble making his grades it is immediately known that he is failing as as to the importance that academics play in college in respect to the players.
"I guess the biggest advantage I had
noint for me was my positive attitude.
The coaches are aware of this team pride
offensive system was 100 times more complicated than the one we used in college.
"It's a personal thing with each individual," said Hadl. "If a player wants to do well in his classes he will exert the effort. When I was in school most of us tried to get by with the bare essentials. All we tried to do was stay elibilized."
A KU spokesman said the last ticket for the game was sold yesterday afternoon.
Sell-Out Seen for Rivals Match
When a player makes a big play, the coaches display his picture on a recognition board. Turner's picture is a familiar sight there.
And so, John Hadd has matured since his college days at KU he said at the present time he was considering playing about three hours and then making a decision on his career.
Athletic directors, coaches and football captains of the two schools dined together Thursday night as guests of Gov. Robert Docking.
TOPEKA (AP) - The largest crowd ever to see a sporting event in Kansas was predicted last night for the Kansas football classic at Lawrence Saturday.
McCain of Kansas State and Raymond Nichols, chancellor emeritus of the University of Kansas, who was representing the chancellor Archie Dykes was out of the state.
Docking said the dinner was a first in "a great rivalry between two great uni-
"I think it is a great thing for the state," Gibson said.
The largest crowd ever to see an athletic event in Kansas previously was 51,151 at the 1971 Kansas-Kansas State game in Lawrence.
The game will match the University of Kansas and Kansas State University, in their annual rivalry with a sell-out crowd in excess of $1,500 in prospect.
Also in attendance were President James
Mike Gardner, St. Joseph, Mo, senior, is another player who likes to hit.
Kansas State Coach Vince Gibson said the rivalry between the two schools has not been resolved.
KU Coach Don Fambridge said that after hearing Gibson praised KU, "I don't know how much the coaching staff appreciated."
"You have to keep the ball on your inside shoulder." Gardner said.
He said he had to force the blockers out of the play so someone could make the tackle.
IF HADL'S NEXT three years are anything like his first 11, then pro football will be seeing more of the former Jayhawk star.
Gardner said he had a good solution to the injury problem. He said he kept his eyes open and was always ready for a surprise bit.
"It's a situation that I will play by ear," said Hadl. "If 'I'm still doing well I suppose I'll just continue to play but if I'm not then I know it's time to get out."
Hadi said football had been very good to him, not only on the field but off the field. It has helped him make many contacts and in this way he has secured his future.
Fambrough said it is the hope of both coaching staffs that the fans will realize the game is for the players and is to be played on the field.
He talked about the possibility of coaching once he retired but he was far from being an athlete.
"in some ways I would like to stay in football once it quit playing," said Hadl. "it's been the whole world to me for many years and I don't know what I do without it."
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