As a FWIW, to rate coaches I use Sagarin Predictor numbers to compare one year with other years, and then look at a coaches ability to produce continuous improvement by that measure. There will be ups and downs, as some teams will be better than others, so I average multiple years together. By that measure Golden ranks at the top in the MAC averaging +2.7 rating points per year. Gill was about the same. Solich is lower at +1.1, but still excellent. If I am right about how Ohio will do this year and next, by the end of 2011 his rating will be much higher. Interestingly long time coaches Cubit at WMU and Martin at Kent have negative ratings by my formula, a pattern that, if it continues, often leads to a new coach.
There seems little doubt that Gill, Golden, and Solich are all good coaches, and that all did well at their respective schools. I personally would rank all three in the top 1/3 of the coaches in the country.
Last Edited: 9/3/2010 11:59:02 AM by L.C.