Brian Hartline Needs to Grow Up and Be an Adult

CincyOSU284 said:

Hartline needs to move on from Ohio State. He cannot have his cake and eat it too as it will be a huge detriment to the team. He accepted a new job, an extremely demanding job that requires much of his time and attention. This is not similar to Bob Chesney and Jon Sumrall staying on at their current schools—schools that are merely happy to be there and have no chance of winning in the CFP. Ohio State is staring down the barrel of potentially historic back to back national championships. This is an all hands on deck moment. Meanwhile, Brian is in the process of building out his staff and preparing for the transfer portal, which opens roughly 24 hours after the conclusion of the Cotton Bowl. Day is in a tough spot here because he cannot fire Hartline like Saban fired Lane Kiffin in a similar situation back in 2016. Hartline needs to be a big boy, set aside his ego, and actually make an adult, selfless decision for once and step aside for the betterment of the team.

Ranckster said:

Tom Herman did it. Kirby Smart did it at Bama. It can be done - the alternative is Day taking over.

QCBuckeye said:

Its interesting to me how a close loss impacts peoples perception. Had we closely beat Indiana, I doubt people would be doubting Hartline's commitment, but his level of commitment was the same. It's not an ideal situation, but it's the world we live in and I don't think you will find a more loyal buckeye than Hartline.

LetsPartyColumbus said:

i think people are failing to understand how much it still means to the players to have Hartline around. Even if you dont think hes a great play caller, he still has the respect of the WR room, which is the key to the Ferrari. If you tell Hartline to leave, you run the risk of upsetting that room. This week, Hartline is in South Florida getting things together. If next week comes around and the team feels like it’s becoming too difficult to manage, then i think you make the change. But right now I think there’s still a lot of cohesion and trust that they can right the ship.

Ranckster said:

Tom Herman did it. Kirby Smart did it at Bama. It can be done - the alternative is Day taking over.

QCBuckeye said:

Its interesting to me how a close loss impacts peoples perception. Had we closely beat Indiana, I doubt people would be doubting Hartline's commitment, but his level of commitment was the same. It's not an ideal situation, but it's the world we live in and I don't think you will find a more loyal buckeye than Hartline.

Ranckster said:

Tom Herman did it. Kirby Smart did it at Bama. It can be done - the alternative is Day taking over.

Anon1627794446 said:

You also just named two exceptional coordinators who are considered brilliant on their side of the ball. No disrespect to Hartline, but he ain’t a Smart or Herman level coordinator. He would have never gotten a coordinator job here if he didn’t prove himself to be too valuable to lose as a WR coach and recruiter. His role as coordinator this year always seemed to be the bus driver of Day’s bus.

LetsPartyColumbus said:

i think people are failing to understand how much it still means to the players to have Hartline around. Even if you dont think hes a great play caller, he still has the respect of the WR room, which is the key to the Ferrari. If you tell Hartline to leave, you run the risk of upsetting that room. This week, Hartline is in South Florida getting things together. If next week comes around and the team feels like it’s becoming too difficult to manage, then i think you make the change. But right now I think there’s still a lot of cohesion and trust that they can right the ship.

mkurywchak said:

I don’t think Day is in a tough spot tbh. The decision is clear. If Brian wants to stay, keep him around but don’t involve him in game planning or play calling. The only chance we have at a natty relies on fixing the right side of the OL and Day taking over play calling. Brian has shown multiple times that he just isn’t a good play caller and that’s ok. I think Day made a bad move by promoting him to OC but he has a chance to not let it hurt him this year if he takes back the play sheet for the CFP. We’ll see how they handle it but I certainly don’t believe Day’s comments the other day about Hartline keeping play calling duties moving forward…

RaleighBuck said:

Yea this is getting so overblown. I have faith in day to pilot the ship hear. People acting like hartline just doesn’t care about OSU anymore are insance

LetsPartyColumbus said:

i think people are failing to understand how much it still means to the players to have Hartline around. Even if you dont think hes a great play caller, he still has the respect of the WR room, which is the key to the Ferrari. If you tell Hartline to leave, you run the risk of upsetting that room. This week, Hartline is in South Florida getting things together. If next week comes around and the team feels like it’s becoming too difficult to manage, then i think you make the change. But right now I think there’s still a lot of cohesion and trust that they can right the ship.

Ranckster said:

Tom Herman did it. Kirby Smart did it at Bama. It can be done - the alternative is Day taking over.

350zjk said:

Regardless of anything else, the fact is that he's spreading himself pretty thin.

QCBuckeye said:

Its interesting to me how a close loss impacts peoples perception. Had we closely beat Indiana, I doubt people would be doubting Hartline's commitment, but his level of commitment was the same.

Alex Gleitman said:

Unlike last week, in which there were other things going on too, I don't see Day letting it effect the run they're about to start. He's not stupid