In my estimation, moral victories like "we stayed close" and "we're better than before" don't count as "excellence."
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Where will Bo land?
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In my estimation, moral victories like "we stayed close" and "we're better than before" don't count as "excellence."
He's so good schools are falling all over themselves to get him.
Nevermind that schools will hire anyone they think can win regardless of their past but Bo is lucky to still be employed at ysu.
And yet for 3 years we were told that Riley was putting together outstanding recruiting classes. Something isn't adding up...
To be fair, we were told he was putting together pretty good classes..for his system(s)..on paper.
When half the class or more either doesn't pan out or doesn't stay, I'm not sure how good the 'paper' is.
For what its worth i dont think Bo left the cupboards as full as he received them either. As for Riley, not exactly sure how hamstrung he and his staff were by Eichorst as well. Just as I would like to have seen Bo get the opportunity to have support staff and run his program his way, I don't think Riley got that chance either. Let me be clear, I don't think Riley was a great coach, just that he should have had the opportunity to run the program as he wanted. I mean we know he wasn't allowed to recruit Jucos, told to fire his friend and DC Banker, that kids were given days off from lifting/practicing...there is no way I believe that was all Riley with as long as he's coached. I've seen you pile on Riley repeatedly over the last year+, but maybe it's time to move forward? My post was more about hope of what Frost can hopefully do in the next few years not a knock on Bo or any one else.
Remember Riley's "I thought this was year zero" after year 3? I'd bet Eichorst had to promise Riley the clock for rebuilding would be reset if he hired Diaco. This, to me, is evidence enough that 1. Eichorst was meddling and 2. Riley didn't have the stones to stand up for himself and his system. Instead, he felt he needed to negotiate terms.
LOL - nice
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So who is ignoring context? Let's look at the 10 of 12 bowl games.
While they do love Frank at Ohio, since he became coach there have been an average of 35 bowl games and the MAC placed an average of 5 per year. In the years of the 10 bowl games under Solich, the MAC placed 4 teams twice, 5 teams 3 times, 6 teams 3 times, and 7 teams twice. Prior to Solich, they placed 2 teams in 3 different seasons and only 1 team every other year. Except for 3 seasons, prior to Solich, to get in a bowl game Ohio had to win the MAC. And without any MAC championships, it's likely he would have had zero bowl appearances under the old rules before we had 40 bowl games.
Compared to the past 2 coaches at YSU, Bo hasn't done significantly better. Heacock went 60-44 (.577) with 6 winning seasons and 3 losing seasons. Eric Wolford went 31-26 (.543) with 4 winning and 2 losing seasons. Bo is 27-22 (.551). Neither Heacock or Wolford landed another head coaching job. Heacock is the D-coordinator at Iowa State and Wolford is the OL coach at South Carolina. There is nothing here indicating someone will have anything for Bo other than as a position coach.
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He may have P5 offers as a defensive coordinator but I doubt seriously he will have any as a head coach. G5 maybe. He did not have that much success to make it worth the risk for P5.
Said this from day 1...he’s not leaving YSU as long as his kids are in school.
Probably helps that he doesn't have any other HC offers.
Nor has he likely solicited any.
