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OC/WR Coach Brian Hartline (National Champion, HC at USF, Buckeye OC for this postseason)

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Which Buckeye had the greatest impact on the Ohio State history of the position he played?

  • Brian Hartline

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jwinslow said:
Can someone explain to me like I'm five why folks are wanting Hartline to do this next Monday, and thinking that would change everything?

Can't Chris just portal or ask out anyway?

I realize it's distracting, but so would any time be. Like when Nick open the doors for Caleb and Julian.
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If anyone is pissed at Hartline for a recruit not signing, they should take a hard look in the mirror.
 
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I think we saw yesterday why Saban told Lane to hit the road. Between signing day, interviewing, likely made some calls for staff, likely called a few players. The offense was not prepared to play today.

We’ve got 3.5 weeks. Day needs to let Hartline go down to Tampa for a week and get his shit figured out. Then he’s back and he’s in it 100%. If he’s not in it 100% for those 4-5 weeks then our offense might be walking into a game against a Georgia defense that is hitting its stride at the right time.
 
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TampaBuckeyes said:
I think we saw yesterday why Saban told Lane to hit the road. Between signing day, interviewing, likely made some calls for staff, likely called a few players. The offense was not prepared to play today.

We’ve got 3.5 weeks. Day needs to let Hartline go down to Tampa for a week and get his shit figured out. Then he’s back and he’s in it 100%. If he’s not in it 100% for those 4-5 weeks then our offense might be walking into a game against a Georgia defense that is hitting its stride at the right time.
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There is literally no way any of us will ever know if Hartline was distracted or if that was a 1st year OC getting his pants pulled down by a veteran DC with a veteran team.

Our offense and QB were clearly on the back foot all night though. Adjustments were late and ultimately not effective enough.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
There is literally no way any of us will ever know if Hartline was distracted or if that was a 1st year OC getting his pants pulled down by a veteran DC with a veteran team.

Our offense and QB were clearly on the back foot all night though. Adjustments were late and ultimately not effective enough.
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THIS
 
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TampaBuckeyes said:
I think we saw yesterday why Saban told Lane to hit the road. Between signing day, interviewing, likely made some calls for staff, likely called a few players. The offense was not prepared to play today.

We’ve got 3.5 weeks. Day needs to let Hartline go down to Tampa for a week and get his shit figured out. Then he’s back and he’s in it 100%. If he’s not in it 100% for those 4-5 weeks then our offense might be walking into a game against a Georgia defense that is hitting its stride at the right time.
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Spot on.

And I don’t think Hartline’s distraction was malicious either. Brian loves Ohio State, it’s in his blood, and he’s dedicated to the program. He just unknowingly bit off more than he could chew. He probably thought he could handle both setting up his next chapter and close out the current one simultaneously, but his inexperience showed. Trying to maintain high recruiting standards, still learning efficient and effective playcalling, learning to handle an entire offense, and doing it at the highest-level possible, while managing intangibles is a lot as a young coach that’s in his 1st year as an OC

There’s been glaring red zone and rushing scheme issues literally since Week 1 with Texas. And I don’t feel Jackson’s recent explosion has much to do with Hartline’s constant off-tackle runs as much as it has to do with Coach Lock getting his corps better. There’s been little creativity in these areas and it hasn’t improved. Like we say with players, “so and so could use another year of prep.” Well, I feel like Hartline could use another year of sole-OC duties, but realistically USF is a good spot for him that likely wouldn’t be open in 2027.

Just a bad situation all-round. I love Hartline, but Day needs to take over the playbook and get closer with Lock. Best for both parties imo.

 
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Jaxbuck said:
There is literally no way any of us will ever know if Hartline was distracted or if that was a 1st year OC getting his pants pulled down by a veteran DC with a veteran team.

Our offense and QB were clearly on the back foot all night though. Adjustments were late and ultimately not effective enough.
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I mean we can say for certain that he spend time talking the the USF administration and/or his agent. His agent didn’t take the job with zero input from him.

We also know he and Day spent extra time with Chris Henry and Guilford due to his leaving.

We don’t know if he made any calls about staff or to any USF players and recruits. I imagine he spent a little time on it.

Day insinuated during his interview that it wasn’t a normal week and there were some distractions. We can also assume from our eyes that the offense wasn’t prepared for the IU defense. IU didn’t do anything different than they did all year, yet the offense had no idea how to deal with the stunts and simulated pressure. The strategy appeared to be to roll out a generic game plan that they have used all year.

Coaching in college football during the season is a 12-16 hour a day job 7 days a week. Any time spent trying to do another job is either coming out of that time or sleep time.
 
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TampaBuckeyes said:
I mean we can say for certain that he spend time talking the the USF administration and/or his agent. His agent didn’t take the job with zero input from him.

We also know he and Day spent extra time with Chris Henry and Guilford due to his leaving.

We don’t know if he made any calls about staff or to any USF players and recruits. I imagine he spent a little time on it.

Day insinuated during his interview that it wasn’t a normal week and there were some distractions. We can also assume from our eyes that the offense wasn’t prepared for the IU defense. IU didn’t do anything different than they did all year, yet the offense had no idea how to deal with the stunts and simulated pressure. The strategy appeared to be to roll out a generic game plan that they have used all year.

Coaching in college football during the season is a 12-16 hour a day job 7 days a week. Any time spent trying to do another job is either coming out of that time or sleep time.
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I was commenting to the idea that it was an absolute. "Hartline was just checked out"

If we are talking in the middle ground then yes, obviously he had some distraction while Cignetti's crew that's been together forever just sat around making a better game plan.

That said, you take the distractions away and I am not so sure Hartline and company still don't get beat by Cignetti's crew last night. Once the game started the adjustments were not quick. Distraction during the week shouldn't impact that.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
I was commenting to the idea that it was an absolute. "Hartline was just checked out"

If we are talking in the middle ground then yes, obviously he had some distraction while Cignetti's crew that's been together forever just sat around making a better game plan.

That said, you take the distractions away and I am not so sure Hartline and company still don't get beat by Cignetti's crew last night. Once the game started the adjustments were not quick. Distraction during the week shouldn't impact that.
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Agreed.
 
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scarletngray said:
Hart will be in Florida this week so Day said that he (Day) will get an early start on game planning. Still hoping we bring in Chip Kelly as an analyst for the playoffs.
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This week? lol more like today.

Brian headed to Tampa with smile while the rest of the team is in Columbus trying to get better. I know it’s buisness, but damn…




 
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