Last 5 years of career

1. 2. 3.

8-4 10-4 11-2
9-3 9-4 11-2
5-7 7-6 11-2
5-7 6-6 7-6
6-5 5-4 2-4

Two of the coaches resigned, one is still coaching.

At UVA, some of the assistants including DC Jon Tenuta and Mike Archer have two more years on their contracts and Mike London only has one more year. It appears they will still bring London back for his final year if they manage a fourth or fifth win.

To be honest, watching the Georgia program implode (my daughter is a freshman there) I am beginning to think that I am the problem.

Grobe could fit the template we used with Solich where they are financially secure and simply want to coach for six to ten years and then retire from that job. It helps avoid hiring the young coach that either crashes and burns after three years or moves up to a better position. With that said, BG, Toledo and NIU have been able to maintain a pretty high level despite several short coaching stints.

Grobe could come back here and I don't think that means he would automatically change back to a pure triple option offense.

Many on the UVA board realize they probably should have hired him in 2001, a few still think he would be an upgrade now. Many would like to see him come back as the new Associate AD for Football or the Head AD. Littlepage the AD is due to retire and the Associate AD who has wrecked the football program with his micro-managing (forcing staff changes and hires) hinders the program for attracting a good coach.

I am very grateful for Frank rebuilding the program, but I am ready for a change.

As for injuries, every team is going to have them and you can expect lots of knee injuries such as a lineman getting bent in a pile. With that said, I do not know why we have so many chronic shoulder injuries. It seemed to start with Travis Carrie and it has been player after player like Ben Russell who had to give up football. I think we need to take a look at the conditioning program from several perspectives.

With few exceptions around the nation, assistants are on year to year contracts.

Hey, you left out Scott Frost

I understand that. I'm just saying that if Frank retires before his contract is up then his assistants are out if a job. Get it?

Its called being patient. Solich hasn't had a losing season since 2008 and he already has 5 wins this year. He's under contract for 20 more months of salary (June 2017). The athletic department doesn't have a spare million laying around when its in the middle of Peden and Convo upgrades. Outside the experts of this board, the casual Bobcat fan isn't aware of the tailspin. They show up to the Saturday home games, watch us whip an inferior opponent and say that Solich sure knows what he's doing. The one they should be thanking is Schaus for dialing up the easy schedule and game improvements. In the offseason Babers, Campbell maybe Fleck could find jobs somewhere else. BG will be at home next year. Frank could luck out with the conference schedule and win the East. His salary has dropped from the highest in the MAC to middle of the pack the last couple of years and the assistants are cheap. With a new staff salaries may have to double.

Is that base? I gotta believe he's got lots of Nike-fueled incentives and endorsement cash coming in too.

Wes - according to this chart, Frank is number 2 in the MAC. The money for Fleck is way out of line for the MAC.

http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries /

D.A., the Foundation and the University proved with the President's residence that they have money when they want money.

Now that being said, I feel that our coaches and support staff are underpaid.

If Solich were to leave, I would love Major Applewhite. He is a former QB, so we would finally get top notch talent at that position and he would open things up. I like Solich, he has to make some adjustments and play the best players.

Alan good info. From those numbers the average base salary of CUSA, MAC and SBC teams is 547k. Holliday is the 5th highest paid at 755k (out of 37 schools). In between those numbers is 650k so that's a good benchmark. In two years time that sounds about where Ohio should pay. The real increase will have to be directed to the assistants.