Hartline is going to do everything by the book which is great…..he and Ryan Day have become best friends over the years, which helps a lot in this scenario.
It’s going to be really fascinating to see which players and coaches follow him to USF.
The thing to keep in mind, is if it’s “harmful” to OSU, it won’t happen because Hartline isn’t going to undermine OSU. There will 100% be some transfers to USF, and I’d imagine some lower level staffers, but in every case it will be because they weren’t going to make an impact at OSU and USF will give them an opportunity to see field or grow their careers.
It was going to happen at some point and in many ways I’m happy he’s going to USF and not, say a University of Florida, where he’d absolutely demolish us in WR recruiting.
Still very surprised he didn’t land a P4 job…..I think AD’s are so stuck inside a box on how they hire, they never really gave Hartline enough thought. Now if he crushes it at USF, it’ll be a massive bidding war when they could’ve had him today, already building the program up (I’m looking at you PSU and UF).
……or maybe Hartline doesn’t want to compete with OSU right out of the gate in his new endeavor. If that’s the case I respect him even more bc it’d have sucked to watch recruits and possibly some players follow him to whatever P4 job he took.
