[BlackRazor]

Solich being fired was a crime (10-3 record!!??). Nebraska got what they deserved from that debacle.

Focusing on the 10-3 record is being short-sighted. Nebraska recruiting went completely in the tank under Solich's watch. They haven't had a blue chip skill position player on offense since Ahman Green. Solich was fired because they were slowly but surely losing their recruiting edge. They fired Solich to bring in someone who could install a modern offense that would lure in the skill position players.

There will be growing pains while the west coast offense is being implemented with the bunch of option players that are left over. But the good news is that based on verbal commitments, it looks like Nebraska is going to have a very strong recruiting class this year - they have commmitments from two big-name running-backs out of California and Pennsylvania, and a highly regarded QB out of Florida. Nebraska made the right move by firing Solich, and time will prove it to be the correct decision.

[Mase]

"Solich was fired because they were slowly but surely losing their recruiting edge. They fired Solich to bring in someone who could install a modern offense that would lure in the skill position players."


I have a customer who is an alumnus of Nebraska who went off on this subject when we met this week. I'm an ex Oklahoman who could not resist reminding him what kind of year the Big Red One had. He blamed the AD for all the problems and held the current coach responsible for the recruiting problems.

Recruiting problems like theirs just don't happen overnight so I expect there was some connection with him to Solich that prevented him from admitting to me what the real problem was.

I hope they get it straightened out. The Big 12 just was not the same this year without them being competitive.