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LB Marcus Freeman (HC Notre Dame, Constant Backtracker)

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Hartline has been pretty transparent through his ascension. He already has earned generational wealth, he owns businesses in Columbus (he bought a drive-thru with his first years Dolphins salary). He fell into coaching as an impromptu GA after suiting up for the scout team ahead of the 2016 CFP semifinal game vs Clemson. He doesn’t want to uproot family, he doesn’t want to move, and he doesn’t seem to have any real ambition to be a OC or HC. He’s stated this multiple times in interviews.

Brian Hartline has always been a different cat that marches to his own beat. I just don’t see a lateral move, regardless of salary. As unfathomable as it may be to some people, there are people out there in the real world that voluntarily take less money for their dream job. Coaching WRs at Ohio State seems to be Hartlines dream job. He’s said as much himself just six or seven weeks ago.
 
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Marcus was not a legitimate for a lateral move, but never head coached before Marcus is going to convince Brian to make one?

C'mon. And I fully expect Marcus to do well.
 
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BigJim said:
It wouldn’t be for a lateral. Not that I think its going to happen.
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True but I'm absolutely certain he could get that exact same thing here if he would push for it. Or if that was the difference between staying or going.

Which is more of a bump than a full-on promotion.

Now if Marcus wanted him to call the offense, that would be something other than a lateral move in my book.
 
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Pretty clear pandering, and there were some obvious rifts in that 2008 team.

But he could have accomplished almost entirely the same amount of ND inflation by modifying that last sentence without the bulletin board material or bridge burning. Would have been a pretty obvious OSU DC candidate in three or four years should this not work out.
 
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muffler dragon said:
The irony, from my perspective, is that had Marcus chosen to go to ND previously, then he probably wouldn't be in the position that he is now. Revisionist history and all.
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Exactly. He wouldn't have had that relationship with Fickell that got him where he was just a couple of years ago, plus Ohio State got him his coaching start as a GA. He owes Ohio State. A lot.

Better to stay humble than say what he did, whatever advantage he thought that was ever going to get him
 
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