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[engie]

Charles Huff. He's the special teams coordinator and RB coach at Penn State. We just took Saquon Barkley's position coach.

 

[dawgstudent]

GTFO Greg Knox

 

[msstate7]

GTFO Greg Knox

Don’t like him coaching bowl

 

[AFDawg]

Looks like a good recruiter.

https://247sports.com/Coach/Charles-Huff-1732

 

[KurtRambis4]

Reading the reactions

of PSU fans on twitter, this guys highly involved in recruiting. Big10 fans glad to see him go.

 

[engie]

#4 recruiter nationally per 247 at this moment.

ETA: I wonder if Moorhead's statement about not pursuing Penn St commits means he will not accept commitments from them if they want to come here? Because to me those are two different things.

 

[civildawg88]

We need to let Brad Peterson and Loony coach the bowl game

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

Boom. Great stuff. He gonna be the OC?

 

[BiscuitEater]

About time we had a decent Special Teams coordinator! Like the hire!

 

[KurtRambis4]

ETA: I wonder if Moorhead's statement about not pursuing Penn St commits means he will not accept commitments from them if they want to come here? Because to me those are two different things.

I haven't seen this mentioned here, yet, but saw it on Twitter. Class act.

 

[Turd Ferguson.sixpack]

I live in PA. People up here are not happy at all with our hire. They LOVE Coach JoMo and Huff. They are not looking forward to life without them. And yes, Big 10 fans are VERY happy to see Huff and Moorhead leave.

 

[KurtRambis4]

Recruiting Coordinator Pat Austin

staying on board, too.

 

[Lawdawg.sixpack]

It'll never happen, but I liked the idea of Fitz calling plays.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

I didn't read anything saying that his assistants wouldn't offer though **

 

[Msubulldogfan1]

I live in PA. People up here are not happy at all with our hire. They LOVE Coach JoMo and Huff. They are not looking forward to life without them. And yes, Big 10 fans are VERY happy to see Huff and Moorhead leave.

It’s the nature of the beast. We had it happen several times during Mullens tenure. I’m sure James Franklin was prepared and has some folks in mind to replace Moorhead.

 

[HumpDawgy]

Looney should be coaching the bowl. He is our far greater version of Matt Luke.

 

[was21]

maybe titled but Moorhead said in presser that he (Joe) would be calling the plays

 

[Southern Law Dawg]

maybe titled but Moorhead said in presser that he (Joe) would be calling the plays

He is. When a hire like this is made and the co-oc title is given, it is an excuse to give the person greater pay and a "promotion" to pull hem from their old job.

 

[Go Budaw]

#4 recruiter nationally per 247 at this moment.

ETA: I wonder if Moorhead's statement about not pursuing Penn St commits means he will not accept commitments from them if they want to come here? Because to me those are two different things.

I don’t see many kids from their recruiting footprint coming to Starkville.

 

[BossDawg78]

Gonna have to get a little more creative than that calling in plays though.

 

[Cary Hudson's little bro]

Looks like a good recruiter.

https://247sports.com/Coach/Charles-Huff-1732

He's a BIG GAME HUNTER and I like that. We've never one of those...even TBuck (although TBuck could've been hamstrung by Mullen to not pursue 5*'s)

Saying that, I hope TBuck stays

 

[Shmuley]

iBastard: “Joe, you’ve got whatever you need to assemble the best staff in the country.”

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

#4 recruiter nationally per 247 at this moment.

ETA: I wonder if Moorhead's statement about not pursuing Penn St commits means he will not accept commitments from them if they want to come here? Because to me those are two different things.

Commits are one thing. Targets are another. They are still up for grabs.

I wouldn't mind them pursuing some of those Targets on Huff's 247 list.

 

[engie]

I don’t see many kids from their recruiting footprint coming to Starkville.

I didn't suggest anything about "many kids". Last I checked, we're full. Will be processing huge numbers on the active roster to add anyone...

We're talking about potentially one or two guys. Huff has 5 current commits that he's primary on, with an average rating of a mid-level 4*. They also recruited and had a commitment for awhile from Justin Fields, arguably the highest recruited QB of the last 4-5 years, who preferred JoeMo but eventually decided it was just too far away. He's a lot closer now. And it's not like Huff hasn't been in the south before. He was with Franklin at Vandy.

If there was no chance of any movement there, why would the Penn St people be so nervous about it?

 

[engie]

Commits are one thing. Targets are another. They are still up for grabs.

I wouldn't mind them pursuing some of those Targets on Huff's 247 list.

My point is that IMO pursuing is one thing. Being pursued by a player is something else. How to handle in that situation? He didn't spell that part out.

 

[MaroonNation]

I remember when Franklin pulled that Mississippi State Commit to Vandy, can’t remember his name but I think it had Barron in it, and then made a quip about Vandy “not exactly recruiting the same kind of player that plays at State. That was the year that every 17’ing school in the sec was flip raping us. Ole Miss got a few goooood commits we had to flip Hey baldy! We got you OC in return.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

My point is that IMO pursuing is one thing. Being pursued by a player is something else. How to handle in that situation? He didn't spell that part out.

I'd say, I agree with your point and mine.

 

[Wizard of bulldogery]

Water Buffalo or Elephants? I prefer both

 

[engie]

It’s fair to note that Franklin absolutely destroyed Vandy’s recruiting class when he left there as well. Like no other situation I’ve ever seen. Think he took 10ish of their best commits on the way out. He definitely doesn’t have the high road. Huff almost assuredly remembers all of that vividly.

 

[HumpDawgy]

I'm not going to bash Franklin. Here is a HC that praised Moorhead to Cohen when he was putting out feelers before Don left. And Moorhead is here recruiting now instead of Franklin trying to hold him hostage or guilt him into staying for their bowl game. He is fully ours and a lot of that has to do with Franklin. I remember when Croom was still with the Packers after we hired him. Hurt our recruiting badly. I was a James Franklin fan before and still am one after this. Him taking Vandy's recruits is Vandy's problem.

 

[Shamoan]