Hartley is a cracking manager IMO. If you appointed him, he'd no doubt do a great job.
Wouldn't piss me off though, he was rightfully punted after allowing us to concede 7 at home from Aberdeen and being in the process of a 7 game losing run (Preceded by a 6 game losing run earlier in the season) and then admitting live on TV that he didn't know how to turn things around. He completely lost the plot at the end of his spell at Dens. And his Falkirk spell was just a complete disaster that they've still not recovered from.
Would I take him back? Absolutely.
He deserves to go far in the game. He has an obsessive work ethic that I've never before witnessed in Scottish football.
Is his father in law not the Cove director though? And they're being backed Gretna-esque (Well, not quite but money is being pumped into them) so could see him wanting to lead Cove up the leagues to the Championship.