I've thought about this a lot over the weekend...

[Russ Wheeler]

Admittedly, I never liked Moorhead. I didn't like his playbook from Penn State, and I thought he hadn't earned his stripes to get an SEC head coach job. Following the Florida and then Kentucky game in his first year, it was clear that he didn't have the ability to adjust or respond to what was clearly happening on the field. He just wasn't ready to control an entire college football program.

Moorhead is what happens when you listen to 'experts' (who are sports journalists with a stat sheet, like Bill Connelly) who look at little more than offensive production. Cohen was duped by this. But I'll give him credit for having an overall 'plan', as he wanted to instill a passing game that could beat Alabama (he saw Clemson do it Trevor Lawrence). Oh well. Again, the transition to a Moorhead offense helped the transition to a Leach offense so that's the consolation prize.

 

[Ibdancin]

Joe Moorhead could still be our coach.

Awesome guy but horrible SEC head coach.

I think most people would agree. Everybody here remembers my personal POV. I'm reminded often. I extremely happy we didn't give him another year.


As to him being a good guy... He is. This is a post from his twitter this month.



[TWEET]https://twitter.com/BallCoachJoeMo/status/1308054596774801413

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For those who can't see an embeded tweet... https://twitter.com/BallCoachJoeMo/status/1308054596774801413

 

[PirateDawg]

I thought he was viable until the Florida game. He buffooned his way through that game. Even with his sorry play calling we still could have won late in the 4th quarter but he still figured out how to lose it.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Believe what you want to believe, but there were plenty of MSU fans convinced what we would not and should not fire a coach after going to two straight bowl games while also going 2-0 in the egg bowl.

This is true but most fans I knew felt his teams were extremely poorly prepared, coached, and got to a bowl via the defense we had his first year, then blind luck due to a piss in the endzone the next.

 

[Trojanbulldog19]

All these downvotes on here make me think he is still on here or one of his pet players or coaches are. Or a parent of one his pet players. The way that a couple posters defended his coaching had to have a close relationship with him.