Grobe era was great but the handful of years after that were horrid.
Do not underestimate the subsequent hiring.
Let's say your criteria is: great coach capable of totally solid turnaround of moribund program located in remote area. And, that coach stays, does not quickly move 'up to a better job.' Oh, and that coach is pretty much hof the minute after he retires--which we hope is many, many years from now.
We may not see another hire like that anywhere across the land for decades. We are very, very fortunate.
And it's good to see recognition of that spread through Bobcatland, from fans/alumni/students to prospective players.
I hope our program can get to a point where we don't refer to 6 years of .500 ball as a great era.
Come on... to simplify the Grobe era in such terms shows a complete lack of perspective. What Jim Grobe started with makes the situation Frank walked into look like a dream job. Jim Grobe had no fans, no money, no facilities and had to beg to get a strength coach. All he had was a scheme and a dream. And you'll forgive him his first season in that situation when Ohio was 2-8-1. In his 2nd season, he was an overtime loss to Ball STate from winning the MAC. YEAR 2! While we lost momentum under Brian Knorr, we were still a PROGRAM in immensely better shape when Frank took over. The fact that we were a program that could survive 2001-2004 was a testament to the rebuilding job that Jim Grobe did.