I've lived in Omaha for the last 5 years and the ones who care, and most don't because they are very happy to have Frank gone, say it's par for the course.  This is what you get with him.  Same problems year in and year out.  Excuses for those problems, but never answers. Just enough wins to keep enough people happy to save his skin.  Occasionally something "marquee" to make it look like he has a clue (ie. win over Penn State this year. Big 12 conference title in 99) but eventually the same old Frank shows up.

They also say that without Charlie McBride and Eric Crouch saving his skin early in his tenure, he would have maybe been a .500 coach.

Let's not be too hard on our friend from Nebraska....The question was asked what the Nebraska people thought, and he answered their question.  I am sure many in Nebraska have similar thoughts as that gentleman, just as many in Athens have endearing thoughts and thanks for what Coach Solich has done for Ohio Football.

Not sure if he answered the question.  This year coach made a quick trip back to Nebraska for induction into the Husher HOF as a coach, this following his induction 20 years ago as a player. link below, internet wonderfull. There does seem to be considerable love for coach S there.

http://www.huskers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=100&ATCLID=205499039&SPID=22&SPSID=1

Solich in five years was 58-19, .753, twice was B12 Coach of the Year, One Conf Championship.  New direction, right, yes. Bill Calihan, 4 years, 27-22, .551, two losing seasons in four years, 5-7 in 2007 worst record since 1958.  Time for that old direction, too late to get Solich back, they rehired his old DC, OC, WR coach etc.  So much for fixing what aint broke. Their new direction sucked. The new AD (Pederson) that fired Solich was fired too.  Ask the Nebraska fans, Solich or Pederson? Most would say the many were clueless. Oh, that 99 conf ship was their last, they are still waiting for another, mabe next week.

While I appreciate BillyTheCat coming to my defense, I'll chime in again.  He asked what Nebraska people think. I work with literally hundreds of Husker fans. What I said was based on 5 years of listening to them. I have not heard one single person say it was a bad idea to let Frank go. Most people around here wanted Bo Pelini to replace him then, and Bo had only been here one year at the time! Obviously Bill Callahan wasn't the answer, but the feeling in this state was that Frank was not BCS HC material and any early success was because of Osborne's players and Charlie McBride's defense. Yes, he was inducted to the hall of fame. People respect what he did for years as a member of the program.  But they are not, from what I have witnessed, in the least bit upset that he was fired.  Many do not like Steve Pederson, but I haven't talked to any who think he made the wrong choice in letting Frank go. They just think he f'd up in hiring the next guy. 

And one more thing. I never inferred that Solich is clueless.  I said the feeling is, without McBride and Crouch, he would have been a .500 coach. Average is not clueless. Don't put words in my mouth. As one former player who played under both Osborne and Solich said (name escapes me right now) "For coach Osborne, football was a chess game. For Solich, it's checkers."

Someone inferred it.  Quote from you above.  "Occasionally something "marquee" to make it look like he has a clue" Not putting words in your mouth.  Knee jerk reactions like Pederson firing Solich usually have poor results.  McBride was very good.  Solich asked Bohl to follow McBride and Bohl's defenses had trouble with some powerhouse offenses from Kansas State, Colorado and in the National Championship Game against a very good Miami team.  Solich had to let Bohl go and it was Solich who first brought Pelini in as DC.  The result was 7-7 became 9-3, but Pederson had his mind made up.  Solich, Pelini and Bohl have all landed on their feet, Bohl is a head coach with a national championship. Pelini might win the B1G this year and Solich has given Ohio 35 wins these last four years, a bowl win and a win at Penn State.  Evans did say the chess/checkers thing.  He had lots of injuries, was making demands for playing time, quit the team, asked to come back and was not accepted back.  He now admits the way he handled it was a mistake.  His mother said he made "foolish, young, hasty mistake."  link below.  Actually since Osborne won 250 faster than any coach he probably was in a league of his own, Solich would probably acknowledge that.

http://www.huskerboard.com/index.php?/topic/13681-deangelo-evans-is-trying-to-turn-his-failed-football-dreams-into-a-successful-business/

Not arguing.  I continue to reply to what I find is misinformation or debatable.  What appears to me is that Solich is a great coach. A good coach, Grobe, had Ohio for six years and was 33-33-1, two winning seasons, no division championships, no bowls no bowl wins and never ranked, even prematurely.  Coach Solich has taken Ohio way past what a good coach could.  He is 58-44, there have been three division champioships, four bowls, Ohio's first bowl win and and a win at a place called Beaver Stadium. The Coaches Hall of Fame criteria requires 10 years at 60% winning. So far coach Solich is 65% over 14 years. The MAC Championship is still unfinished busines, but, there has been plenty of other winning that makes me believe it is close.  Yes, it appears to me he is a great coach. 

Depends, does he have to take over a perennial bottom 10 team. If so the first four should not count.

All right. I give. Solich has not won the MAC in 8 years, nothing else matters. Yes Kelly is who Ohio needs, like Grobe, gone at the first chance.. Now where is CMU? 

See, you don't even know what you're talking about. Stick to sniffing Solich's jock and stop pretending like you give a crap about Ohio. Scratch that: You're not even pretending. Why Grobe left has been well documented. Don't get mad because I don't accept your constant spin. And where is CMU now? Three championships ahead of Ohio since Solich came to Athens. Here's the reality: Great coaches don't stay in this conference long these days.

None of them are coaches on the FBS level anymore. Gill is the only one with a job at all (I'm assuming Brookhart is gone at CU along with the rest of the staff).

I'm tired of his attitude that we should never, ever question the coaching staff. I'm tired of him coming across like we're lucky and not really worthy of Frank Solich and we should just shut up and be grateful he graces us with his presence. As soon as Solich is done in Athens, he'll be gone from this board. He's not an Ohio fan.

I am not even close to conceding that we win the East if not for all the injuries. We'd be better definitely, but the funny thing is the part of the team that was most hurt, preformed the best this year (secondary), and the most healthy simply feel apart (o-line).