In conversations with Frank it's quite clear that what he is trying to do at OHIO is not just to build a good football team but a good football program. I think that's more than a trivial distinction. I don't really think we had any building of a football program here between the time Bill Hess died and Frank was hired. Grobe was starting in the right direction, but the program he was trying to build was geared almost totally to triple-option football. His premature exit, though, stopped any program building in its tracks.
As much as I liked what Grobe did here, I wonder if things would've been all that good had he stayed. In his six seasons at Ohio he was 33-33-1 with two winning seasons, three losing seasons and one .500 season. A vast improvement over his predecessors, but pretty mediocre. After 12+ seasons at Wake he is 77-79 with five winning seasons, and on track to be about .500 this year (4-5 so far). A lot better than what they had before, but pretty mediocre. I could be wrong because I haven't seen Wake much lately, but unlike Solich, Grobe doesn't seem to be interested in moving off the style of game he's always known.
BTW, Solich's record at Ohio through the NO Bowl loss to Troy: 40-36. Since going no-huddle after the Troy loss: 25-10.
Last Edited: 11/4/2013 8:26:30 PM by Pataskala