[Husker] Re: Yo Young Ted! (fwd)

[jonlists]

I think that's a pretty fair assessment. I don't understand how it would 
be flammable. 

Indiana - tough place for anyone to win, Frank Solich or not. 

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husker-bounces at tssi.com wrote on 12/04/2004 12:31:11 PM:

> 
> A friend here in Bloomoington asked about Solich.  Here's my
> response.  I'm donning my flame retardant suit now.
> 
> -- 
> Theodore (Ted) Heise     <theo at heise.nu>     Bloomington, IN, USA
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> 
> > What's the low down on Frank Solich? The rumor mill has him tagged
> > as a leading candidate for the IU job.
> 
> IU could do much worse.  Frank was a fullback for NU back in the
> 60s, coached at a Nebraska high school, and then was an asistant
> under Osborne.  When the reverend Dr. Tom retired (~1997?), it was
> on condition that Frank get the head coaching job and the rest of
> the staff be retained.  In retrospect, the latter requirement may
> have tied Frank's hands a bit.
> 
> The Cornhuskers did very well under Solich for several years, but
> had a very off year (going 7-7) in 2002.  Notably, defensive
> coordinator Charlie McBride had retired a year or two prior (I think
> at the end of the 2000 season), and many think this contributed to
> the decline of the team.  The Huskers also seemed to have an
> unusually large number of injuries to offensive linemen in 2002.
> 
> At the end of the 2002 season, Frank fired much of the coaching
> staff (especially the defense), and brought in Barney Cotton as
> offensive coordinator (a new position) and Bo Pelini as defensive
> coordinator.  The Huskers went 9-3 in the regular season, but were
> basically blown out by a couple of hated rivals.  Frank was fired by
> the new AD (Steve Pederson), and Pelini coached the team to an
> emotional bowl victory.  Cotton is now OC at Iowa State and Pelini
> is co-DC at Oklahoma--ironically, both teams beat NU this year.
> 
> Many fans feel that firing Solich was premature, that he had turned
> things around and should have been given another year or two with
> the new coaching staff.  Pederson maintained that NU had not been in
> the running for the B12 Conference, and was in a slide to
> mediocrity.  Before being AD at Pitt, Pederson had been involved in
> recruiting at NU, and this was an area he felt was particularly
> deficient under Solich.  Some think there was some bad blood between
> Pederson and Solich from their earlier time together.  There also
> seemed to be personnel problems in the strength training program.
> Some think this may have been tied in with the line injuries.
> Finally, funding for facilities had not kept up with other major
> programs.
> 
> Frank basically continued the power running option-oriented offense
> that Tom Osborne developed over the years.  This type of offense
> doesn't have the flash of a passing offense, but it has a beauty of
> its own--sort of like the solid, down-to-earth nature of the plains
> and the people that live there.  I think Frank Solich is a highly
> principled individual, and would love to see him come here.  In
> fact, I was thinking of writing the athletic department that I
> would buy season tickets if they hire him.
> 
> More than you probably wanted to know, but what do you expect from a
> fan (derived from fanatic).  :)  I think I'll also post this to the
> Huskers list--if I get any corrections I'll share them.  I'm sure
> there will be differences of opinion there, I won't share them.
> 
> Ted H
> 
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