Why was Frank Solich fired?

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DelK

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What is the unvarnished, straight skinny on why Frank Solich was fired?

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schuhbdoo said:
DelK said:
What is the unvarnished, straight skinny on why Frank Solich was fired?
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Solich was a medicore coach that wasn't a top recruiter. He was in over his head. 9 win seasons when he had 12 win talent. Unacceptable!!!!
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Let us not forget that Solich was a first time head coach and that 99 squad did ok. But yeah TO chose him to keep things together and keep the staff in place but it was an impossible task in this day of football.

 
I really hate threads with vague titles that don't say anything what it's about ("This is important" was just as bad), and now that I've opened the thread, I hate it more. Go to Pitt and ask Pedersen. He's the only one who knows for sure.

 
HuskerfaninOkieland said:
schuhbdoo said:
DelK said:
What is the unvarnished, straight skinny on why Frank Solich was fired?
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Solich was a medicore coach that wasn't a top recruiter. He was in over his head. 9 win seasons when he had 12 win talent. Unacceptable!!!!
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Yeah and we all know Pedey didn't want NU to slip into mediocrity
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At one time, there was rumor of improprieties by Solich and a commentator in a piece recently wrote the dismissal was justified. There are often many angles, sides, and interpretations and re-interpretations for such events. Very interesting.

 
at times I wonder the same thing fire a coach after 9 wins, but the fact is we are better off for it. We were punished with 2 terrible season and 2 mediocre seasons. I always cheer for ohio as I'm still a Solich fan but weather letting him go was justified or not Bo is a much better coach and we are now reaping the rewards

 
kansas husker said:
at times I wonder the same thing fire a coach after 9 wins, but the fact is we are better off for it. We were punished with 2 terrible season and 2 mediocre seasons. I always cheer for ohio as I'm still a Solich fan but weather letting him go was justified or not Bo is a much better coach and we are now reaping the rewards
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Seems to me that's about as good a summary as I've come across. It is amazingly difficult to keep an excellent company, university, team, or business operating excellently. The Husker period SS (since Solich) is pretty strange but the ship seems to have been righted very, very well.

 
SS made the BCS National Title game, then was fired on a "mediocre" season which was a 9 win season- now you guys consider Bo the VERY VERY right way for posting- yes- a 9 win season. There could be significant psychological studies done about this SS case.

 
Never Skerd said:
SS made the BCS National Title game, then was fired on a "mediocre" season which was a 9 win season- now you guys consider Bo the VERY VERY right way for posting- yes- a 9 win season. There could be significant psychological studies done about this SS case.
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I understand your point, but Solich took over a team that had just one the national title. Bo took over a 5-7 team that was giving up 30 points a game. This is not a good comparison based on the starting points of the two coaches. Noone except SP said that 9 wins was mediocre, it was more the 7-7 season prior to that that did Solich in.

 
Never Skerd said:
SS made the BCS National Title game, then was fired on a "mediocre" season which was a 9 win season- now you guys consider Bo the VERY VERY right way for posting- yes- a 9 win season. There could be significant psychological studies done about this SS case.
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I take it you're new to football. You could stand to bone up on what makes a program successful before commenting next time. You clearly have no clue what you're on about here.

 
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