Ohio State football: Brian Hartline has response to Saban/Fisher spat

The Ohio State football program is one of the programs that recruited very well in last year’s cycle. They did not recruit as well as Texas A&M though, who had the number one class in the country. Nick Saban thinks the reason why Jimbo Fisher was able to do that is because he bought those players.

As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, there has been quite a back and forth between the two coaches and fans of the two programs. Everyone who roots for Bama thinks Saban is right while everyone who roots for A&M thinks Saban is a hypocrite for what he said.

Brian Hartline, the Passing Game Coordinator and Wide Receivers Coach for the Ohio State football program, had his own thoughts on the spat between the two coaches. He responded on Twitter with a very simple meme that encapsulated his feelings on the issue.

Anyone that knows the Spider-Man meme understands this reference. For those who don’t, I’ll explain it to you. It means that Saban and Fisher are basically just telling on themselves. Hartline is implying that Saban does/did exactly what Fisher does/did.

If you really think about it, this has been the case in college football for years. Kids have been getting paid behind closed doors for decades. Now, it’s just a little more out in the open in how they get their money. It might be a greasier business now, but it’s not significantly different from what was happening before.

Until the NCAA figures out concrete NIL rules, coaches are going to keep getting frustrated with the rate at which other programs bring in recruits. They want some sort of guidance on what they can and can’t do. We’ll see if that ever happens.