...I haven't been there lately......should go back.....but in the first 3 or 4 years of the Solich era the Nebraska forums were rampant with "he's the worst coach on the planet".
Always thought most Nebraska fans were smart.....hopefully that was a vocal minority....but I wonder.
Yes, they were always a vocal minority, but not a tiny minority. Nebraska has always had some of that type of fan. In 1966-67 they wanted to fire Bob Devaney (won National Championships 1970-71). In the late 70's they wanted to fire Tom Osborne, who turned out OK, too. The difference with those two times, and with Solich was that at those times, Nebraska had an AD that backed the Coach, whereas Solich did not have that support, so in 2003 the vocal minority got their wish. Obviously it did not work out well for them.
Like you I haven't been back to those boards in a long time. If I had to guess, I doubt most would admit even today that they were wrong. Those types rarely will. My guess is that instead they probably claim that firing Solich was correct, that Solich might do OK at Ohio, but he would never have been to their standards at Nebraska, and that the only problem was that the AD just hired the wrong replacement. I do know some have learned a lesson, but I guarantee that not all of them have.
You never see that type of fan here, however, or, almost never. This is a really great group, and the players and coaches are luck to have them.