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Here's a copy the article from the macon telegraph...I thought it was a good read & gives us a little more information on Hatcher. Enjoy!
Hatcher might be on different kind of hot seat
By Michael A. Lough - mlough@macon.com
Chris Hatcher has good timing. After speaking Monday night at the Macon Touchdown Club, he planned to spend Tuesday in Atlanta recruiting, just in time for me to label him as the first person Georgia Tech athletics director Dan Radakovich should go for to replace Chan Gailey.
That probably made for a tiring day. He can sell that he's unofficially a candidate for the Tech job, but then he likely had to spend the day answering questions about if he was staying at Georgia Southern.
Navy's Paul Johnson is answering the same questions, but as I suggested weeks ago, Nebraska has apparently contacted the other former Georgia Southern head coach, who isn't commenting.
Remember this: Johnson and Hatcher are of the same fold. They have a reputation with one offense, but they will run whatever it takes to win.
The Hatch Attack had wheels at Georgia Southern because it was a ground game that dictated success. Johnson's bone offense is ground-oriented, but he ran a balanced, sometimes pass-oriented, offense while coordinator at Hawaii two decades ago.
They go with what works based on what's in uniform. And the two have combined for a coaching record of 188-55, a nifty 77.4 percentage.
It's a simple equation for somebody someday: hire and win.:biggthumpup: (That's what I want people DRAD to notice)
• Hatcher will miss quarterback Jayson Foster in Statesboro.
The Georgia Southern senior is one of three finalists for the Walter Payton Award, given to the top offensive player in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
Hatcher, of course, won the Harlon Hill Trophy - the Division II Heisman - back in 1994, and coached Dusty Bonner to the award in 2000 and 2001.
What's Foster's rating in Hatcher's mind?
"He was our best player, and we rode him as far as we could ride him." Hatcher said of Foster, who ran for 1,844 yards and 24 touchdowns and threw for 1,203 yards and six scores. "He was that kind of player. With the ball in his hands ... he's the best I've had."
Just like the kid from Mount de Sales who rolled through Division II about 13 years ago at Valdosta State?
"No, not even close," Hatcher said with a chuckle. "I couldn't do what he did."
SOMEONE get this man an INTERVIEW w/ DRAD.
link:http://www.macon.com/sports/columnists/story/199011.html
Hatcher might be on different kind of hot seat
By Michael A. Lough - mlough@macon.com
Chris Hatcher has good timing. After speaking Monday night at the Macon Touchdown Club, he planned to spend Tuesday in Atlanta recruiting, just in time for me to label him as the first person Georgia Tech athletics director Dan Radakovich should go for to replace Chan Gailey.
That probably made for a tiring day. He can sell that he's unofficially a candidate for the Tech job, but then he likely had to spend the day answering questions about if he was staying at Georgia Southern.
Navy's Paul Johnson is answering the same questions, but as I suggested weeks ago, Nebraska has apparently contacted the other former Georgia Southern head coach, who isn't commenting.
Remember this: Johnson and Hatcher are of the same fold. They have a reputation with one offense, but they will run whatever it takes to win.
The Hatch Attack had wheels at Georgia Southern because it was a ground game that dictated success. Johnson's bone offense is ground-oriented, but he ran a balanced, sometimes pass-oriented, offense while coordinator at Hawaii two decades ago.
They go with what works based on what's in uniform. And the two have combined for a coaching record of 188-55, a nifty 77.4 percentage.
It's a simple equation for somebody someday: hire and win.:biggthumpup: (That's what I want people DRAD to notice)
• Hatcher will miss quarterback Jayson Foster in Statesboro.
The Georgia Southern senior is one of three finalists for the Walter Payton Award, given to the top offensive player in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
Hatcher, of course, won the Harlon Hill Trophy - the Division II Heisman - back in 1994, and coached Dusty Bonner to the award in 2000 and 2001.
What's Foster's rating in Hatcher's mind?
"He was our best player, and we rode him as far as we could ride him." Hatcher said of Foster, who ran for 1,844 yards and 24 touchdowns and threw for 1,203 yards and six scores. "He was that kind of player. With the ball in his hands ... he's the best I've had."
Just like the kid from Mount de Sales who rolled through Division II about 13 years ago at Valdosta State?
"No, not even close," Hatcher said with a chuckle. "I couldn't do what he did."
SOMEONE get this man an INTERVIEW w/ DRAD.
link:http://www.macon.com/sports/columnists/story/199011.html
