We're going to have to kidnap Frank

[knapplc]

Caught this blurb at the bottom of Sipple's Spring Game options column. Funny stuff:

If Nebraska can't lure Frank Solich to campus for a formal recognition of some sort (this coming season?), it won't be for a lack of effort. Solich said last week that Husker assistant athletic director Jeff Jamrog has peppered him with calls. I get the feeling Jamrog and Tom Osborne might have to kidnap Solich to make it happen. Frank's still Frank — reluctant to be the center of attention.

If we gotta kidnap Frank to get him here, I say let's kidnap Frank to get him here. Our best two options would be:

11/10 - Penn State

11/17 - Minnesota

The Bobcats aren't playing either Saturday (they play Wednesday games those weeks) and they should both be pretty good games for the Huskers.

Frank deserves a round of applause. I say we get this done.

 

[tschu]

I think we should just schedule Ohio next year...that would get him in the stadium for sure

 

[WhatDoIKnow]

Caught this blurb at the bottom of Sipple's Spring Game options column. Funny stuff:

If Nebraska can't lure Frank Solich to campus for a formal recognition of some sort (this coming season?), it won't be for a lack of effort. Solich said last week that Husker assistant athletic director Jeff Jamrog has peppered him with calls. I get the feeling Jamrog and Tom Osborne might have to kidnap Solich to make it happen. Frank's still Frank — reluctant to be the center of attention.

If we gotta kidnap Frank to get him here, I say let's kidnap Frank to get him here. Our best two options would be:

11/10 - Penn State

11/17 - Minnesota

The Bobcats aren't playing either Saturday (they play Wednesday games those weeks) and they should both be pretty good games for the Huskers.

Frank deserves a round of applause. I say we get this done.

Good posting! Plus the guy would probably fit inside carry on lugage.

 

[rawhide]

Not to be a debbie downer but I am not a proponent of committing a Capital Offense similar to a SW offense

I will throw in my support within the letter of the law. Or until I meechicken out.

GBR

 

[kchusker_chris]

I don't know how I feel about this "honor Frank" thing. Bottom line: had Callahan not been such a failure - we wouldn't be having this conversation. Everyone would have happily moved on. Whether his firing was right or wrong, justified or not - his entire legacy as a coach at Nebraska was not so much determined by what he did in his 6 years....but by what the guy that followed him did in his 4.

 

[Comish]

Caught this blurb at the bottom of Sipple's Spring Game options column. Funny stuff:

If Nebraska can't lure Frank Solich to campus for a formal recognition of some sort (this coming season?), it won't be for a lack of effort. Solich said last week that Husker assistant athletic director Jeff Jamrog has peppered him with calls. I get the feeling Jamrog and Tom Osborne might have to kidnap Solich to make it happen. Frank's still Frank — reluctant to be the center of attention.

If we gotta kidnap Frank to get him here, I say let's kidnap Frank to get him here. Our best two options would be:

11/10 - Penn State

11/17 - Minnesota

The Bobcats aren't playing either Saturday (they play Wednesday games those weeks) and they should both be pretty good games for the Huskers.

Frank deserves a round of applause. I say we get this done.

Wholeheartedly concur............

I have badgered the athletic department for years to do just this.....

The infantile Pedey episode of removing all traces of Frank's tenure was/is an embarrassment to all of Husker Nation and should be rectified at once......

 

[HuskerFowler]

Pm Sent....i know some people

 

[knapplc]

I don't know how I feel about this "honor Frank" thing. Bottom line: had Callahan not been such a failure - we wouldn't be having this conversation. Everyone would have happily moved on. Whether his firing was right or wrong, justified or not - his entire legacy as a coach at Nebraska was not so much determined by what he did in his 6 years....but by what the guy that followed him did in his 4.

As a Head Coach, sure. As an Assistant and as a player, he deserves some recognition. Can't forget that he was on the staff for 25 years.

 

[kchusker_chris]

I don't know how I feel about this "honor Frank" thing. Bottom line: had Callahan not been such a failure - we wouldn't be having this conversation. Everyone would have happily moved on. Whether his firing was right or wrong, justified or not - his entire legacy as a coach at Nebraska was not so much determined by what he did in his 6 years....but by what the guy that followed him did in his 4.

As a Head Coach, sure. As an Assistant and as a player, he deserves some recognition. Can't forget that he was on the staff for 25 years.

true, but I don't think people really see Frank as a former player/assistant anymore. They see him as a former HC. To me it just all seems like a "sorry you got fired by the previous staff" type of thing. Especially when it's Tom doing it - because Tom is the one that hand-picked Frank in the first place.

He played for 4 years, then coached running backs for 15 years followed by the 6 years that people really remember. I don't know, just seems far more like an apology than a recognition to me. It's not like there is a massive amount to recognize other than longevity.

 

[Count 'Bility]

The whole program (fans, alumni, staff etc, etc, etc) probably need this in order to come full circle in order to completely forget the 4-5 year dark ages of Steve Pedersen. Regardless whether Solich was or wasnt deserving of being fired, he was a part of this program in 5 consecutive decades, not to mention he is the one who introduced Bo Pelini to this program, hence the reason we have the staff we have today. So I personally agree it needs to be done and have thought so since Pelini was hired.

 

[knapplc]

I don't know how I feel about this "honor Frank" thing. Bottom line: had Callahan not been such a failure - we wouldn't be having this conversation. Everyone would have happily moved on. Whether his firing was right or wrong, justified or not - his entire legacy as a coach at Nebraska was not so much determined by what he did in his 6 years....but by what the guy that followed him did in his 4.

As a Head Coach, sure. As an Assistant and as a player, he deserves some recognition. Can't forget that he was on the staff for 25 years.

true, but I don't think people really see Frank as a former player/assistant anymore. They see him as a former HC. To me it just all seems like a "sorry you got fired by the previous staff" type of thing. Especially when it's Tom doing it - because Tom is the one that hand-picked Frank in the first place.

He played for 4 years, then coached running backs for 15 years followed by the 6 years that people really remember. I don't know, just seems far more like an apology than a recognition to me. It's not like there is a massive amount to recognize other than longevity.

This seems to be saying that nothing Frank did in his quarter-century of coaching here (you're forgetting the years he ran the JV team) was worth a round of applause. I hardly think that's the case.

I think dedicating over half his adult life to this program is worth 15 seconds of applause. Doesn't seem like too much for us to do, nor does it seem like some grand statement.

 

[RedRedJarvisRedwine]

I think we should just schedule Ohio next year...that would get him in the stadium for sure

Yeah let's let that cat(no pun intended) out of the bag!!!! Could you even imagine??? Frank coming in to memorial stadium and leaving with a W. By using the forward pass nonetheless??? Huskerboard would implode!!! NO NO NO!!! let's steer clear of this scenario please!

 

[kchusker_chris]

I don't know how I feel about this "honor Frank" thing. Bottom line: had Callahan not been such a failure - we wouldn't be having this conversation. Everyone would have happily moved on. Whether his firing was right or wrong, justified or not - his entire legacy as a coach at Nebraska was not so much determined by what he did in his 6 years....but by what the guy that followed him did in his 4.

As a Head Coach, sure. As an Assistant and as a player, he deserves some recognition. Can't forget that he was on the staff for 25 years.

true, but I don't think people really see Frank as a former player/assistant anymore. They see him as a former HC. To me it just all seems like a "sorry you got fired by the previous staff" type of thing. Especially when it's Tom doing it - because Tom is the one that hand-picked Frank in the first place.

He played for 4 years, then coached running backs for 15 years followed by the 6 years that people really remember. I don't know, just seems far more like an apology than a recognition to me. It's not like there is a massive amount to recognize other than longevity.

This seems to be saying that nothing Frank did in his quarter-century of coaching here (you're forgetting the years he ran the JV team) was worth a round of applause. I hardly think that's the case.

I think dedicating over half his adult life to this program is worth 15 seconds of applause. Doesn't seem like too much for us to do, nor does it seem like some grand statement.

again - the basis for the argument is not accomplishment but instead longevity. I don't disagree with you - Frank spent a lot of time on the University of Nebraska. He's now a millionaire (likely many times over again) because of it. If Frank walks out there on that field for his 15 seconds of applause, then countless other coaches past/present in other sports, as well as numerous professors, researches and support staff that have dedicated equal or greater periods of their lives to the university should be there right beside him.

Edit: for a little perspective - Brown has 21 years as an assistant (not coaching JV).

 

[knapplc]

again - the basis for the argument is not accomplishment but instead longevity. I don't disagree with you - Frank spent a lot of time on the University of Nebraska. He's now a millionaire (likely many times over again) because of it. If Frank walks out there on that field for his 15 seconds of applause, then countless other coaches past/present in other sports, as well as numerous professors, researches and support staff that have dedicated equal or greater periods of their lives to the university should be there right beside him.

Edit: for a little perspective - Brown has 21 years as an assistant (not coaching JV).

For even more perspective, see the rounds of applause we've given to Milt Tenopir, Charlie McBride, and a few other assistants from the Osborne Era. See also the literally dozens of rounds of applause we've given past players.

I don't see how doing the same for Frank suddenly becomes an issue. :dunno

 

[kchusker_chris]

^ all went out on their own terms - with positive departures. I'm not saying Frank isn't necessarily deserving. Had Frank retried in 1997 I'm sure he would have gotten his applause for what he'd accomplished thus far. However, Frank left in a wake of turmoil that concluded 6 rocky years, and that isn't something that can be ignored, especially when anyone under 30-35 associates Frank with those 6 years, and not Frank the RB coach. His firing is pointed to as the first crack in a fan base that is becoming more and more divided by the year. Today, his applause is 50% recognition, 50% apology. An apology Osborne doesn't need to be making for Peterson IMO.