INDIANAPOLIS — Northwestern interim football coach David Braun tried to portray the job description for the kind of defensive assistant he wants to hire, someone who won’t be cowed by recent hazing allegations and related lawsuits that currently dog the program.

       “We’re in a difficult situation,” Braun said Wednesday during a session with reporters at Big Ten media days. “It’s going to take a special person to say, ‘I’m going to leave my job and I’m going to run to the fire.’”

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       Braun didn’t realize at the time, but he could’ve been describing himself.