Unfortunately, the game has passed him by. We need new blood.

Press conference Friday.

While I too am starting to think along these lines I would like to think that the next 2 games are winnable as both opponents have loosing records and we seem to be able to only win games lately against teams with loosing records.
If we were to loose these next 3 I honestly believe that Frank will step down by his own doing.
Let's not throw in the towel just yet. If we end the season @ 7-5 or 8-4 we will look back and say it was a good year all said and done.




GO BOBCATS

Finishing with a winning record this season would be mere window dressing and it's the worst thing that could happen. We need an urgency to make wholesale changes. If Frank and the boys see that and can pull it off. Great. If not, well, someone above them has to up the ante.

Even if we were to win out, last night was a thorough demonstration of how woefully our program is behind the top team in our division. It was not a loss, it was a demolition. By halftime it was obvious we were not going to make a game of it.

Championships are won in November and Frank's record in the eleventh month is horrible. This is not a public high school program where a coach has to do the best with who lives in the district and wants to play. Everything about the team, from the coaching, players recruited, offensive/defensive schemes-are all things that he is empowered to control (and responsible for). A coach only in his second year guiding a program should be the one who is manhandled by the coach in his 11th year; not the other way around.

If we were to start over and go in a new direction, how much worse could it be? We won't be able to beat up on the dregs of D1 anymore? We may be better than say Miami when it comes to the bottom feeders but against the top teams our margin of defeat is pretty similar. If we have to endure poor play and underachievement I would prefer that it is all for building a better future, not watching a team guided my leadership that is too long in the tooth with their best days are behind them.

I see two big reasons here: first is that I hope Schaus is around to come up with Frank's replacement. I know he does not have a lot of experience dealing with football, but I really believe he would have a pulse of who could move this program forward.
The second thing I fear, is that people are waiting for Frank to hang it up. He is fiercely loyal, something that sounds so positive, but may be a detriment at times. If he assumes that Schaus will not be replacing from within, would Frank be willing to put his friends, Albin and Burrow, out of a job?

I don't mean to be rude, but that is totally irrelevant. We're in meltdown mode. It's over. What you point to is classic 're-arranging the deck chairs on The Titanic.'

I was just pointing out something. I'm with you Monroe. The last few years have been for lack of a better term, underwhelming.

As has been scheduled since the beginning of the year.

Does anyone here have $500k laying around that you want to pony up to buy out coach for 2016? If so, then drop an email to schaus@ohio.edu .

I didn't even realize this. That's frustrating.

No offense, but why on God's green earth would anyone resign if you had a contract in place and not require some form of buyout as a compensatory condition? If you think Holtz/Spurrier/Tressel would resign/retire without compensatory conditions, I have some swampland to sell you. Gallantry went out with King Arthur, sports is a business and coaches are not stupid.

Contracts come with risk to both parties, so I wouldn't blame anyone for requiring a party to honor a contract, on either side of the equation.

This board has largely turned into a clown show. There are a lot of smart people here, but some of this stuff is just so far from reality and/or redundant to the extreme that it has become void of entertainment value.