solich had trouble from the start, first DR.Tom had everything hitting on all cyliders (3 out of 4 nc's)
then the older coaches that been around started retiring, milt, mcbride, young, darlington etc..
but whats ironic was the reson solich was great is he produced great running backs, then when he left that spot..
we got dan and bucks who fumbled all over the place...thus making solich just run crouch and lord right and left and making us 1 dimensional..and if either martizez took the hits crouch and lord took, they might not be with us today...
I allways wondered if solich could of had some backs who hanged onto the ball while he was HC...if we could have did better...sure we got 9 wins, but games again texas, penn state,etc got out of hand...which was a shock for folks coming off 3 out of 4 nc's....hind sights 20/20..and I think we would have faired better if we kept solich..and he would of grown into the role more...
because you look at ohio, he inproved them and did get some good backs going again...