Frank Solich, is our coach and we need to get behind him. He needs to make adjustments and win the MAC and stop falling apart in the middle of the season. We need to stop having a loser's mentality, and falling in love with mediocrity. Stop justifying Solich with one in a million people. Stop trying to make everybody mediocre. Bowl eligible is so easy in the MAC if you get the right schedule, you can beat the bottom feeders. We were once a bottom feeder, now we are not, but we are not top tier either. The players and coaches are not satisfied, neither should we. If the coaches and players are satisfied, than the coaches do need to be fired immediately, remember believe and be relentless. God bless the Cats

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OCF, you tricky salty ol' swabbie.....tossing chum out to the sharks?????

Frank has resurrected the program from decades of loosing seasons. We are now either the 1st or 2nd winningest program, in the MAC, since his arrival. This is a great accomplishment.
Now most of us were thinking after game 9, when our record was 5-4, this year has turned from promising to disappointing. Yes, another year of an unusual number of injuries. The team then just won their last 3 games. They did not fold, they did not give up, they garnered enough energy and resolve to win these games. At 8-4 they have a pretty good record, 3rd best in the league. 2 more wins than last year, a real improvement, and another bowl trip.
I believe our issue, these past 3 or so years, was not the coaches or player talent but was the shear number of injuries. We all saw what happened to the best team in the league over these past 5-7 years when they lost the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd string QB. Injuries are a real reality in this sport.
If our fortunes on the injury front could change for next year we would all see the positive impact in the results. I am certain of this!
While I do agree with many around the discussions on the play calling, I also see the changes that the staff has instituted, from a new fall camp strategy, to cut down on injuries, to some real play calling in games. We do not have or probably never will have P5 talent and therefore can not run plays that only that kind of talent can execute.
I predict that BG will not have the same success next year with their all MAC QB graduating and the new coaching staff. This is what happened at Kent, Akron, etc.



GO BOBCATS

I have asked this question repeatedly and I don't think I have seen an answer yet.
When FS was hired did you think OHIO would win one MACC in his first 10/11 years?

I never said it was an exact parallel, my friend, but I did find it interesting that when he lost to WMU at the end of the 2007 season people were calling for his head. The general lesson to be learned here is to have patience. Now, with a coach like Knorr, it was clear he just wasn't head coach material. That's another kettle of worms, but please note that I was an early and vocal member of your FireKnorrNow committee. Frank's a proven winner and has been a head coach for a long, long time, including his stints as a high school head coach. The Situation has schooled you about Bill Snyder at Kansas State. TS told you how Snyder retired, the program went downhill; Then he was rehired and KSU had some very good years. You'll probably tell me about this year's KSU record and ignore his "body of work" (an expression I generally hate, but'll use here just this once). Again, your selective use only of data that supports your hypothesis is becoming legendary. Why don't you just sit back and enjoy the ride these next few years. I think it'll be fun.

Bcat2, I am not being positive or negative. And, you may think I am being negative because of the timing of this post but I originally raised the question at least a week ago (I think).

So, I will ask you a simple direct question: when FS was hired, did you think he would have one MACC in his first 10/11 years?

Other than that, all I can say is: Stand Up and Cheer for old OHIO!

If Ferentz lost 12 of 14 games vs OSU, MSU, UM, Wisky & PSU by an average of 21 points...he'd be gone at Iowa. Let's not kid ourselves. He's been able to survive on his body of work...his absurdly, insanely bloated contract (one of highest paid coaches in country) and I'm guessing Iowa can't/won't pay buyout.

Talk about using data to emphasize your point of view.

C'mon. You're picking specific facts without all of them to support your agenda.

"Your selective use only of data that supports your hypothesis..."

Watch what you toss around to others...and make sure it doesn't apply to you first.

My point is that every situation is unique. Comparing coaches is almost impossible. What Ferentz did at Iowa doesn't translate to what Solich is doing or could do at Ohio.....just as much as what happened to Mark Richt at Georgia translates to what Rod Carey is doing at NIU.

It's a futile exercise to try and compare them. Standards are different, circumstances are different, expectations are different.

Just looking at the win-loss record is not doing a comparison justice.

If this is not what you were trying to accomplish, then ignore. But this is just a blanket statement on comparing coahes.

When OCF brings up a theory or sets a question and others look more closely at that bringed-up and show that it may not be apt and/or ask reasonable questions about it, well, we can't have that. And we certainly aren't going to answer those questions.

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My goodness you act like Ohio knocked off 1986 Penn State.

It was a great win...but considering the circumstances around it, it's the on-the-field equivalent of winning at Minny or Illinois like Ohio has in the past.

Yes....Penn State is a name brand and it's a helluva media cover win, but pump the brakes on that a little.

That wasn't your father's Penn State team they went in and beat.

And let me stop you before you start....I'm not denying the players hard-earned success blah, blah, blah.

But hanging your hat on that win....c'mon.

It was a great win for the program, but one that honestly we should've won if you go back and compare the situations. We had a loaded team returning while PSU was a mess after the previous year.

It's what good MAC programs are supposed to do when they have good teams...win winnable games.

And to go off your statement..."Did you think in year 11 there would have been 35, 34 & 38 point losses on back-to-back-to-back weeks of an 8-4 season?"

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