BobcatAttack.com - For Fans of Ohio University Sports

Welcome Guest!
Create an Account

site search

where to watch

about us

advertise with us

help

BobcatAttack.com Message Board

Ohio Football

Topic: BG Fires Jinx, Solich vs Pelini next week

Topic: BG Fires Jinx, Solich vs Pelini next week

Author

Message

Deciduous Forest Cat
General User

Member Since: 12/20/2004
Location: Ohio
Post Count: 4,410

Status: Offline

BG Fires Jinx, Solich vs Pelini next week

Posted: 10/14/2018 3:27:22 PM

n/a

Buckeye to Bobcat
General User

Member Since: 9/10/2013
Post Count: 1,803

Status: Offline

RE: BG Fires Jinx, Solich vs Pelini next week

Posted: 10/14/2018 3:44:40 PM

https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/BGSU/2018/10/14/bowlin...

71 BOBCAT
General User

Member Since: 12/20/2004
Post Count: 1,891

Status: Offline

RE: BG Fires Jinx, Solich vs Pelini next week

Posted: 10/14/2018 4:58:45 PM

WOW, I can't remember the last time a MAC coach was fired mid season.
There are now 2 interesting facts;
1) BGSU travels to Ohio next week
2) Their new interim coach is Carl Pelini who was on the staff here with Solich.
I'm quite sure there will be quite a bit of discussion, all week, about this game.
I wonder if there will be some players looking to announce their transfer with this coaching change, and as we know schools release their players when there is a coaching change, not to mention any future recruits that have committed.
This decision, now, could have a real negative impact on their program for years to come.
Jinx is still due about $1MM on his contract.
I wonder what team will show up against us next week.

GO BOBCATS

Last Edited: 10/14/2018 5:00:36 PM by 71 BOBCAT

BillyTheCat
General User

Member Since: 10/6/2012
Post Count: 10,016

Status: Offline

RE: BG Fires Jinx, Solich vs Pelini next week

Posted: 10/14/2018 9:26:10 PM

Well, promoting a DC as head coach who�s given up more points than OHIO is a bold move. And lVegas has moved the odds because it�s homecoming and there will be lots of parties for Pelini to attend when he gets to town Friday evening.

OhioCatFan
General User

Member Since: 12/20/2004
Location: Athens, OH
Post Count: 14,366

Status: Offline

RE: BG Fires Jinx, Solich vs Pelini next week

Posted: 10/14/2018 9:48:05 PM

I wish they would have waited one week. I'm afraid that this will energize the BG players . . . rally around the flag and the new HC. Hope I'm wrong, but despite what the oddsmakers are saying I'm afraid that this will make this week's game harder . . . not easier.

The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA

"It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right."

Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org

mf279801
General User

Member Since: 8/6/2010
Location: Newark, DE
Post Count: 2,471

Status: Offline

RE: BG Fires Jinx, Solich vs Pelini next week

Posted: 10/14/2018 9:48:36 PM

BillyTheCat wrote:

The OHIO Homecoming scene is mostly beer (and hard liquor). I'm sure BG's interim coach will keep his nose clean.

Last Edited: 10/14/2018 9:51:14 PM by mf279801

C Money
General User

Member Since: 8/28/2010
Post Count: 3,420

Status: Offline

RE: BG Fires Jinx, Solich vs Pelini next week

Posted: 10/14/2018 10:14:22 PM

mf279801 wrote:

BillyTheCat wrote:

The OHIO Homecoming scene is mostly beer (and hard liquor). I'm sure BG's interim coach will keep his nose clean.

Yeah, I'm not seeing any snow in the forecast.

Jeff McKinney
Moderator

Member Since: 11/12/2004
Post Count: 6,124

Status: Offline

RE: BG Fires Jinx, Solich vs Pelini next week

Posted: 10/15/2018 1:15:08 AM

OhioCatFan wrote:

I've seen this happen many times over the years. A team fires its coach mid season and there's a temporary upsurge in performance.

Buckeye to Bobcat
General User

Member Since: 9/10/2013
Post Count: 1,803

Status: Offline

RE: BG Fires Jinx, Solich vs Pelini next week

Posted: 10/15/2018 6:05:21 AM

Felt like from being in NW Ohio the Toledo Blade had an ax to grind with Mike Jinks. The one editor there really was bent on him getting fired and got his wish. Not sure why the guy attacked him full throttle, but that's what you get for not keeping the media your friend I guess, which to me is a load of bull but what do I know. Hope he is able to show up somewhere else someday and prove people wrong up our way.

Nonetheless, as a coach would you really want to take the job at BGSU now? I am not a fan of firing coaches not even 3 years into a tenure, especially given that it takes patience and time in the MAC to do what you need to do (as it does any other conference). They sit there and go 3 years of recruits should be enough to judge on, but I heavily disagree. In a league like this, you got kids red-shirting like no other and developing. Let's not forget, Jinks was brought in after Babers left for Cuse and essentially ticked off the Pittsburgh recruiting base by getting banned over there from a few schools. So it wasn't like it was as promising of a situation as it was a few years ago prior to Babers coming in and running it into the ground.

Just a lot of reasons why it didn't work for them, along with trying to fit a square peg in a round hole. Definitely wasn't ready for primetime due to how green he was. In addition it did not help with the AD that brought him in leaving as soon as he got there. I just hate to see impatience with a coach and process at this level, especially given how long it takes to build a program and do it right.

Sorry if this seems scatterbrained for thoughts, but the way this whole process went down I did not like. I hope BGSU gets a good coach (I know, bad thought on this board) and get its processes back in order again. Alraedy been through enough the last few years as a university and to have to deal with a crap program like this doesn't help any person at that school.

ytownbobcat
General User

Member Since: 8/7/2006
Post Count: 1,253

Status: Offline

RE: BG Fires Jinx, Solich vs Pelini next week

Posted: 10/15/2018 6:46:43 AM

I agree that 5 years should be the norm for the MAC. Unless they are wildly successful then they leave after 3.

ytownbobcat
General User

Member Since: 8/7/2006
Post Count: 1,253

Status: Offline

RE: BG Fires Jinx, Solich vs Pelini next week

Posted: 10/15/2018 6:57:39 AM

Pelini is 6th BG head football coach since 2002 (Urban Meyer)

Ted Thompson
Administrator

Member Since: 11/11/2004
Location: MAC Play
Post Count: 7,651

Status: Offline

RE: BG Fires Jinx, Solich vs Pelini next week

Posted: 10/15/2018 10:41:29 AM

BGSU Athletics Director says no boosters have come forward to pay the buyout for Mike Jinks. He says the funds will come from the Athletic Department.
— Jordan Strack (@JordanStrack) October 15, 2018

Follow Ohio Football recruiting on the BobcatAttack.com football recruiting database.

Pataskala
General User

Member Since: 7/8/2010
Location: At least six feet away from anybody else
Post Count: 9,339

Status: Offline

RE: BG Fires Jinx, Solich vs Pelini next week

Posted: 10/15/2018 1:22:08 PM

Buckeye to Bobcat wrote:

If David Briggs is the Blade columnist you're talking about, I'm not sure he was knocking Jinx as much as the AD for hiring him. He ripped into former BG AD Chris Kingston for quickly hiring someone with no college experience as a coordinator, let alone a head coach; no ties to Ohio; and apparently no immediate aspirations for being a college head coach. He called it "the dumbest coaching search in college football history": https://www.toledoblade.com/sports/college/2018/10/14/col...

Jinx came into sort of a no-win situation at BG. Three straight MAC East titles and two MAC championships is a tough act to follow. People expected more than 7-24. Plus there were several off-field issues with players this year -- a spring break brawl and illegally using credit/debit cards -- that didn't help.

We will get by.
We will get by.
We will get by.
We will survive.

OhioStunter
General User

Member Since: 2/18/2005
Location: Chicago
Post Count: 2,516

Status: Offline

RE: BG Fires Jinx, Solich vs Pelini next week

Posted: 10/15/2018 2:07:41 PM

"Not long ago, if you had told me Bowling Green would dismiss its highest-paid coach halfway through the third season of a five-year, $2.1 million deal, I would have said someone on the Ay Ziggy Zoomba message board must have won the Powerball."

This sounds familiar.

giacomo
General User

Member Since: 11/20/2007
Post Count: 2,690

Status: Offline

RE: BG Fires Jinx, Solich vs Pelini next week

Posted: 10/15/2018 6:27:21 PM

If I'm a BG grad, don't ask me for donations ever again.

Buckeye to Bobcat
General User

Member Since: 9/10/2013
Post Count: 1,803

Status: Offline

RE: BG Fires Jinx, Solich vs Pelini next week

Posted: 10/15/2018 7:03:48 PM

Pataskala wrote:

Buckeye to Bobcat wrote:

Totally understand, but again, you can't be that bent against a guy who he's mentioned has put up top end recruiting classes at BGSU.

And yes, the fact that this being athletic department driven with no booster help......oh would I be livid.....

Showing Replies:	1 - 16 of 16 Posts
Jump to Page:	1

View Other 'Ohio Football' Topics

There are 276 Active Visitors on BobcatAttack.com

274 Guests
2 Registered Users:
	Bobcat Love's Sense of Shame, OUs LONG Driver

There are no other users looking at this page.