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Topic: Would Coach Solich leave?

Topic: Would Coach Solich leave?

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OUE+Z Grad
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Would Coach Solich leave?

Posted: 11/5/2011 8:50:04 AM

Do you think he would jump at another chance to coach at a BCS school? I've heard a few voices here and there that say he's content with being in Athens. Is the fact that he's been here for seven years support that idea? What are your thoughts?

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RE: Would Coach Solich leave?

Posted: 11/5/2011 9:04:04 AM

If you were the BCS institution, you have to ask yourself, do you think he can turn around the program before he runs out of gas? Only two reasons he would personally leave considering he hasn't already done so and he is probably personally set during retirement; wants a big payoff to pass on to heirs or he wants a chance at a national title.

If it is the national title chase, at his age, he could only consider a special situation like replacing a fired coach at a powerhouse, not a situation where he's trying to take Indiana to the promise land.

OUr coach remains a Bobcat.

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RE: Would Coach Solich leave?

Posted: 11/5/2011 10:15:16 AM

Agreed. He seems to be having too much fun in Athens to want to start over at some rundown AQ program where his every move (and those of his players and staff) will be scrutinized nine ways to Sunday every minute by local and national media. I think he enjoys having an appreciative fanbase that isn't screaming for his head with every loss (well, mostly anyway).

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RE: Would Coach Solich leave?

Posted: 11/5/2011 11:04:07 AM

Pataskala wrote:

Hope he stays til he deserves to have his name on something.

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RE: Would Coach Solich leave?

Posted: 11/5/2011 11:34:22 AM

I was just thinking the morning after the Temple game that we should all feel pretty fortunate to have Frank here... and to have had him here this long. Thanks, Frank, to your commitment to us! Keep up the good work.

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RE: Would Coach Solich leave?

Posted: 11/5/2011 12:08:04 PM

Frank is too loyal and has too much respect for a university that gave him a second chance to bail for some second tier BCS job. He makes all executive decisions for the football program. The kind of student athletes he recruits wouldn't mesh with urban players at a Big East school. Ohio is the perfect place for Frank to implement "The Solich Way" of recruiting tough football players that graduate. A top tier MAC school is a perfect fit. The only other school out there I can think of probably a better fit is Northern Illinois. NIU is closer to Lincoln and his traditional recruiting grounds.

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RE: Would Coach Solich leave?

Posted: 11/5/2011 12:29:16 PM

Pataskala wrote:

Agreed. He seems to be having too much fun in Athens....

I've even seen him caught on film a few times lately with smiles. He must be having fun.

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RE: Would Coach Solich leave?

Posted: 11/5/2011 12:43:58 PM

The way things are going, don't we hope for much longer at Ohio than Nebraska?!

Last Edited: 11/5/2011 12:46:20 PM by Monroe Slavin

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RE: Would Coach Solich leave?

Posted: 11/5/2011 12:54:05 PM

Fiami is known for a place where good coaches start careers, maybe Frank is the beginning of a trend where OHIO becomes the place where good coaches come to finish their careers.

Frank's scenario is very similar to Urban Meyer's- from Ohio, has experience in the big leagues, wants to coach in a place with less stress. Seems like a logical backfill.

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RE: Would Coach Solich leave?

Posted: 11/5/2011 1:16:54 PM

Monroe Slavin wrote:

The way things are going, don't we hope for much longer at Ohio than Nebraska?!

I would not be surprised if Frank coached at Ohio for another 10 years. I mean I don't see him coaching until he's 85 like Paterno when he's beyond the capacity to handle the full HC responsibilities or anything absurd like that but why not keep the money rolling in. Next years Penn State-Ohio game could be one of the oldest matchups of two coaches on record, assuming Joe Pa stays.

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RE: Would Coach Solich leave?

Posted: 11/5/2011 1:37:09 PM

Uncle Wes wrote:

Monroe Slavin wrote:

The way things are going, don't we hope for much longer at Ohio than Nebraska?!

But not the fattest game in tne record books. That took place in Toledo a few years ago when Fatman coached the Rockets against Fatterman and his Kansas Jayhawks.

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RE: Would Coach Solich leave?

Posted: 11/5/2011 4:41:25 PM

I can see it now: an ESPN film about how Solich was outed at Nebraska and found his saving grace in turning around a dead Ohio program. The story practically writes itself.

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RE: Would Coach Solich leave?

Posted: 11/5/2011 5:58:01 PM

GoCats105 wrote:

I can see it now: an ESPN film about how Solich was outed at Nebraska and found his saving grace in turning around a dead Ohio program. The story practically writes itself.

"What if I told you....(piano)..... a 9 win season is all in the eyes of the beholder.....(piano).... ESPN's 30 for 30 presents: Husker Zero to Home State Hero, the Frank Solich Story. Tuesday 9pm."

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RE: Would Coach Solich leave?

Posted: 11/6/2011 5:24:27 AM

perimeterpost wrote:

GoCats105 wrote:

I can see it now: an ESPN film about how Solich was outed at Nebraska and found his saving grace in turning around a dead Ohio program. The story practically writes itself.

"What if I told you....(piano)..... a 9 win season is all in the eyes of the beholder.....(piano).... ESPN's 30 for 30 presents: Husker Zero to Home State Hero, the Frank Solich Story. Tuesday 9pm."

literally LOL!!

I've seen crazier things happen.

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RE: Would Coach Solich leave?

Posted: 11/6/2011 9:15:00 AM

I'll go contrarian view here and say anything is possible although extremely unlikely. It would be a rather unique circumstance- a low pressure BCS school- the fans at most schools would never accept a 68 year old coach signing on.

Brian Smith (No, not that one)
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RE: Would Coach Solich leave?

Posted: 11/6/2011 10:19:44 AM

I always thought the one place he would've left Ohio for would've been one of the military academies a few years ago. At Navy, he could've run the option, only had the pressure of beating Army and Air Force and not dealt with knuckleheads.

But with Solich now being 68, I'm pretty comfortable that he'll retire a Bobcat. It's really an oasis for an older coach to quietly build a nice program.

I bet Stan Parrish thought that was his path at Ball State, too. Too bad Stan Parrish is the worst head coach I've ever seen. (I'm young, so I'm sure y'all have seen someone who's been in Athens who was worse during the Dark Ages of Ohio football. I think Parrish was worse than Knorr, based on his body of work at K-State and B-State.)

Last Edited: 11/6/2011 10:22:32 AM by Brian Smith (No, not that one)

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RE: Would Coach Solich leave?

Posted: 11/6/2011 10:45:56 AM

Actually, Solich turned 67 this past summer (2011-1944=67). I know because I'm not far behind him and will turn 67 on Thanksgiving Day, for those of you keeping score at home. 1944 was a very good year!

Solich and I are War Babies, and fortunately missed being members of the Baby Boomer generation.

Stan Parrish had a very good record as a Division III coach before taking on the job at Marshall where he was responsible for starting the Herd on winning track after the crash. I've often wondered what his career would have been like if he had stayed at Marshall after building the foundation for a winning program rather than to have taken off for the wasteland that was Kansas football at the time. In those days both K-State and KU were just horrible. I remember one year when they meet each other with winless records that I said to some friends that I was betting on a 0-0 tie because neither team had much of an offense. I wasn't far wrong, the game ended in a 17-17 tie. At any rate, I'll always remember Coach Parrish as the man who brought back Marshall football to a new era of respectability. Here's what the ever semi-accurate wikipedia says about that part of his career:

In 1984, Parrish was hired as head football coach at Marshall University. In two years at Marshall, Parrish helped establish a lasting winning tradition for the school. In 1984, Parrish led Marshall to a 6–5 record, Marshall's first winning season in twenty years and the first since the team's 1970 air disaster. The following year, the Thundering Herd went undefeated at home and earned a #3 NCAA Division I-AA national ranking early in the season before fading to a 7–3–1 record. Partly as a result of the back-to-back winning seasons, plans for a new stadium at Marshall were in place before the next season began. Parrish left Marshall following the 1985 season to take the head coaching job at Kansas State University.

Last Edited: 11/6/2011 11:12:40 AM by OhioCatFan

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RE: Would Coach Solich leave?

Posted: 11/6/2011 5:17:12 PM

Only reason Frank leaves Ohio for a BCS school is amnesia ... 58-19, two-time conference coach of the year and a 9-3 season in his last year equals a firing.

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RE: Would Coach Solich leave?

Posted: 11/6/2011 11:41:52 PM

The Optimist wrote:

perimeterpost wrote:

GoCats105 wrote:

I can see it now: an ESPN film about how Solich was outed at Nebraska and found his saving grace in turning around a dead Ohio program. The story practically writes itself.

"What if I told you....(piano)..... a 9 win season is all in the eyes of the beholder.....(piano).... ESPN's 30 for 30 presents: Husker Zero to Home State Hero, the Frank Solich Story. Tuesday 9pm."

literally LOL!!

Couldn't have said it better myself.

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