I don't think it's even close. 1 Conf. title in 22 years as a HC.
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Frank Solich Hall of Fame Vote ...should he?
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I think when Frankie played, they had numbers on the helmetIf it happens great. If it doesn’t happen fine.
Thoughts on the font used for the “N” on the helmet?
coker won a natty with another coaches players. if you look at his record at miami, his first year was his best, then each year after that he lost 1 game more per season. had a losing record at UTSA. i think the trajectory of miami and neb at the time they got rid of them was very different. not sure its a very good comparison.
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The comparison exists only because both are on the ballot.
Both Coker and Solich had their great success within their first two years as a head coach. Coker's best year with a national title was his first. Solich's only conference championship in 22 years of head coaching was his second, still with plenty of Osborne recruits.
Regarding Coker at UTSA -- he was actually the first-ever head coach of that program. UTSA did not have a football team at all until the 2011 season. Kinda hard to be too critical of any head coach starting up a new program completely from scratch.
Anyhow, Solich is not near HOF worthy.
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Winningest coach in MAC history you said? Put him in.
Solich is actually 32nd in career winning percentage in MAC history.
He owns the most overall wins as no one coached more games in the MAC than Frank.
Nick Saban, Matt Campbell, Urban Meyer, Bo Schembechler, Butch Jones, Gary Pinkel, Dave Doeren, and many others had significantly better winning percentages -- but they were too good to stick in the MAC.
Or maybe Frank wanted to stay after how he was shafted at NU? Look at Fitz at NW. I am sure he could have gone somewhere else. He chose not to. Come on HWM.
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Those guys were all younger and starting out their careers. Frankie wasn't gonna get many offers at his age.
Bingo. Urb was a fast riser. Bo was a generational coach. Campbell is also a fast riser. I think Doeren also ends up at a bigger school. He may have even been our coach. Frank all day over Pinkel. All day.
I think there is a lot of truth here. Frank was a very capable coach. What he did at Ohio was pretty good, compared to his predecessors. And yeah, I don't think he was looking to leave. I think in order for him to earn HOF, he would need to get Ohio to the same point Cincinnati got, where they were asked into an elite conference
I think had he been great at Ohio he would have had other offers. For sure limited because he was 59 IIRC when he left NU, but no one was looking to pick him then either.
Great guy, fantastic assistant coach, just not a great head coach.
