Frank Solich

[MarshallGoldberg]

Butch Jones is making a case for that club as well.

Yep, Solich, Davie, Jones, possibly Ed Orgeron, Tom Herman, and Charlie Strong. Texas has unlimited expectations due to talent and budget and culture so good luck with that.

 

[DiehardPanther]

Second behind Bozik as Pitt's worst AD. Forget the outright numbskull decisions, even the few that made a little sense wound up failures.

And no, that idiot didn't get us into the ACC.

No - Barnes is at the top or near it.

 

[sherepower]

Frank Solich and Jerry Faust are 2 of the greatest human beings I have ever met. Two guys that are nothing but classy gentlemen

 

[ameoba defense]

what people also forget is that Nebraska fans didn't storm his office with pitchforks & torches for firing Solich. A majority of them wanted it since they thought the program was "slipping".

Sounds a lot like the folks who wanted Jamie Dixon gone.

 

[SoufOaklin4Life]

I've been a defender also. He had to try something in the 90's to spark life in the program. At the time the move to Heinz seemed great. I still don't mind going to Heinz but in hindsight they gambled on being able to increase attendance just because it was Heinz and that failed. The correct decision would have been the one that had the new basketball arena attached to a renovated Pitt Stadium.

So looking back now it was a bad decision to go to Heinz. And his coaching hires were bad also (Suzie McConnell looking like the next Peterson flop). And the football schedule this stretch of 3 years is terrible, having ND and OSU the same year you play PSU. Most of that falls on the AD. He does get credit for the ACC and getting the nits back on the schedule, in addition to Ben Howland (was Beranato on his watch?).

I guess my opinion is changing. I always was more on the plus side with him but looking back it is getting harder to defend the move to Heinz.

Moving to Heinz was straight practicality.

Pitt stadium was a financial albatross from a revenue.

The cost to upgrade to a competitive venue was prohibitive . By a 20 fold matter

Heinz isn’t the problem .. and I liked pitt stadium.
Have about 5 yards of endZone