January 14, 2019 · 8:14 AM

One more slot off the board

Finally, we’ve got a Richt guy on staff.  (I keed, I keed.)

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UPDATE:  More on Hartley here.  I had forgotten about this:

Hartley is best known for helping prepare Georgia’s defense for the 2009 Independence Bowl after Willie Martinez had been dismissed.

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22 responses to “One more slot off the board”

  1. Bulldog Joe
    January 14, 2019 at 8:26 AM

    Welcome back. Can he design trick plays?

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  2. Go Dawgs!
    January 14, 2019 at 8:29 AM

    He was 24/7 Sports’ #1 recruiter last year. This is a good hire.

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  3. sidewalkalumni
    January 14, 2019 at 8:37 AM

    That get’s a Gus Bus BOOM out of me; huge hire.

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  4. Down Island Way
    January 14, 2019 at 8:54 AM

    What, UGA hired a guy best known for his defensive prowess as a tight end coach…this whole thing has gone to shit, Kirby’s lost command of his senses, we are doomed!

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    • Macallanlover
      January 14, 2019 at 10:51 AM

      That would be helpful after Ford returned home to Illinois. I had hope for him this coming season. Wish him well, but that was a blow.

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  6. chuckdawg
    January 14, 2019 at 10:21 AM

    I was at the 2009 Independence Bowl. Lol

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  7. J-DawG
    January 14, 2019 at 10:52 AM

    I am not familiar with his previous stints at UGA and I assume he knows what he is doing, but here’s my question: How can someone who did not play the game be a position coach? Is this common or rare? Not Dawgrading. This is new to me.

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  8. The Dawg abides
    January 14, 2019 at 10:56 AM

    I was hoping they would give TE duties to Fountain and hire another qb coach to bring some new ideas to the offense. There were three coaches with OC experience last year counting Jay Johnson, now there is one. I guess it’s sink or swim with Coley now.

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    • W Cobb Dawg
      January 14, 2019 at 2:05 PM

      Though I’m happy with Hartley, I agree it would’ve been good to get somebody who had background with game-planning an offense. And some QB playing or coaching experience wouldn’t of hurt.

      Looks like Kirby really put a lot of responsibility on Coley’s shoulders that was previously parceled out to 2 assistants and an analyst. Not to mention Coley’s responsibilities as a top recruiter. I’m betting Kirby looks far and wide for an analyst or two to assist Coley.

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  9. NoAxeToGrind
    January 14, 2019 at 11:20 AM

    I guess we will all just have to wait and see. Coaching for Richt does nothing for me, but I will keep an open mind. One never knows.

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  10. biggity ben
    January 14, 2019 at 11:48 AM

    Couldn’t Pittman just teach the TEs how to block?

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  11. DawgPhan
    January 14, 2019 at 12:12 PM

    they are clearly not trying to win the press conference.

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  12. MDDawg
    January 14, 2019 at 12:34 PM

    I’ve visited the Miami message boards a good bit over the past couple of years, and whenever Hartley is mentioned they always point to how good of a recruiter he is. Not sure what that says about his coaching acumen. And given how poorly their special teams performed, I bet he was the first guy Diaz fired.

    I’m curious how much input, if any, Coley had on this hire.

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    • Russ
      January 14, 2019 at 1:48 PM

      Given how bad their offense was, that’s why he was fired. Anything connected with that offense was let go by Diaz.

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    • Otto
      January 14, 2019 at 2:16 PM

      Given Richt’s time in Athens and how he stated that the team ran out of time for special teams, I’ll hold off on judgement in that aspect. It is sort of a meh hire but, who would be an out of the ballpark hire for TEs?

      Some may say get a QBs coach but Fromm’s numbers are strong compared to Murray and Stafford.

      TEs seems like a good coach to have doubling some special teams time. The TEs could be working with OL or WRs while the coach is with the long snapper, holder, and kickers.

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