Moorhead Final Grade: C - ............

Shmuley

Heisman
Mar 6, 2008
24,413
12,612
113
Egg Bowl was a plus. Cross and Pickering are plusses. UK/FL/Iowa were negatives. No Receivers - negative.
 

triton28

Sophomore
Dec 18, 2009
1,382
124
58
Is he not one hell of a football coach? And just think about how fast we landed him. We didn’t even have to waste our time with any of these so called “proven” coaches. Cohen May be the new ninja.
 

Chris Mannix

Redshirt
Dec 29, 2016
797
0
0
Is he not one hell of a football coach? And just think about how fast we landed him. We didn’t even have to waste our time with any of these so called “proven” coaches. Cohen May be the new ninja.

Why go with a proven guy in the hardest division in college football, when you can roll the dice?
 

Seinfeld

All-American
Nov 30, 2006
11,745
8,127
113
One thing’s for damn sure. Moorhead only thought he had experienced big boy recruiting until he came to the SEC. There’s no telling what he’s thinking right now
 

Msubulldogfan1

Freshman
Sep 12, 2013
8,835
80
48
One thing’s for damn sure. Moorhead only thought he had experienced big boy recruiting until he came to the SEC. There’s no telling what he’s thinking right now

I’m sure he’s madder than hell. He’s as competitive as it gets, no doubt this is chapping his ***.
 

Trojanbulldog19

All-American
Aug 25, 2014
10,159
5,951
113
being mad about it does nothing though when you are the coach. we are the ones that can be mad. He needs to get after it and figure out and in a hurry
 

Msubulldogfan1

Freshman
Sep 12, 2013
8,835
80
48
being mad about it does nothing though when you are the coach. we are the ones that can be mad. He needs to get after it and figure out and in a hurry

This is a true statement. But there’s probably nothing he can do about it, not until we have as much money as everyone else...and I don’t see that happening anytime soon, do you?

Our RBs coach leaves to be RBs coach at bama. Same with DL. The hell are you supposed to do about that? Especially when most of our fan base takes the mindset of “it’s a better opportunity to further his career”.

That’s the 17ing problem.
 

patdog

Heisman
May 28, 2007
61,258
32,951
113
C is about right, and that's giving him some benefit of the doubt of being new. Really, with the talent we have he didn't even beat all the teams he should have beat, and he got blown out in the games we weren't favored in. And other than pulling in Charles Cross (which I think was a huge signing), recruiting was fairly mediocre too.
 

Trojanbulldog19

All-American
Aug 25, 2014
10,159
5,951
113
I’m still sitting at a C- to D. He could have been worse but I think the defense helped him a lot this year and made his grade a little higher. Had our defense not been as good this year he could have ended with an F for the putrid offense he put together which is his domain. We got Cross, Shrader, and Pickering. That I’m happy about. Not enough high profile receivers which was a big need. I’m not sold on his player development either or working with what talent skill sets he has to make a scheme.
 

Seinfeld

All-American
Nov 30, 2006
11,745
8,127
113
The whole money thing is mind boggling for me. If other schools were paying assistants $10M, I’d get it. We can’t play in that pool

However, they’re not, and we had $101M in athletic revenue last year which QUADRUPLED since 2005. It may be unrealistic to think we can do that again over the next 10-15 years, but even if we only had a goal of doubling it, it’s really hard for me to understand why we can’t find more money for assistants. Football is king when it comes to revenue, and we’ve got to keep feeding the beast
 

dickiedawg

All-Conference
Feb 22, 2008
4,604
1,569
113
The Moorhead era is a failure at this point.
That's not to say he can't turn it around- I have hope that he can- but there's no evidence to support it yet.
His stated goal was to move the program from good to great and so far we're moving the opposite direction.
 

philduckworth

Redshirt
Feb 20, 2015
2,228
0
0
I don't see many positives. I like that he was able to keep Shoop and that he doesn't interfere with the defense. It also seems that the players like him. Everything else has been average to below average.

Just have to see what he can do this season and the next recruiting cycle. If we go 6-6 and don't see any improvement in recruiting, it will be time to cut our losses.
 
Feb 4, 2015
1,060
66
48
And here we are once AGAIN near the bottom of the sec in recruiting. Rivals shows us at eleventh out of fourteen sec schools. Oh but wait, recruiting rankings doesn’t matter.**
 

Big Sheep81

Freshman
Feb 24, 2008
2,135
56
48
I'll give him a B-. He picked up OL players we needed and Pickering. Swinging Cross was pretty good. December's signees were solid. I'll wait to see how 2019 turns out before I criticize the man too much. Granted, we whiffed on a couple of recruits and got beat in some games we should have won. But it was his first year. I'm just not a member of the "what you done for me lately?" crowd. Coaching is a tough business and you're at the mercy of your players at times. He put together a decent staff. For all the bitching about the ones that left, it's part of the business. He seems to have hired decent replacements. As it has been said by others, Saban has guys to replace every year. Would you agree they have a stable program? For us it's harder for sure but if you hire good people somebody else is going to make a run at them. They don't always leave because there's some sort of "problem".

I have said on here several times (of the few times I have posted) "Coaches are like preachers, they come and they go". Moorehead will be gone one day as well. I think if we get the right QB in place we will be ok. Defense is going to be ok.

Getting the ball to the receivers we have (and not having them drop throws that are on the money FLORIDA/ IOWA) will be the difference in 2019. That's all I have to say about that.....
 
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Dawg1976

All-Conference
Aug 22, 2012
8,484
3,051
113
I also think he did a good job with the OL class and at QB. I'm not off the wagon yet like some. And if he can scratch out 8 wins next year I will be pretty happy.
 

dorndawg

Heisman
Sep 10, 2012
9,456
10,961
113
Agree with C-. A Mullens-level of achievement is Moorhead's ceiling.
 

horshack.sixpack

All-American
Oct 30, 2012
12,393
9,888
113
The Moorhead era is a failure at this point.
That's not to say he can't turn it around- I have hope that he can- but there's no evidence to support it yet.
His stated goal was to move the program from good to great and so far we're moving the opposite direction.

He's been here one year...

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Sep 1, 2011
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The whole money thing is mind boggling for me. If other schools were paying assistants $10M, I’d get it. We can’t play in that pool

However, they’re not, and we had $101M in athletic revenue last year which QUADRUPLED since 2005. It may be unrealistic to think we can do that again over the next 10-15 years, but even if we only had a goal of doubling it, it’s really hard for me to understand why we can’t find more money for assistants. Football is king when it comes to revenue, and we’ve got to keep feeding the beast

I got the MSU alumni donation report yesterday in the mail called "Infinite Impact". It is the giving program that MSU has been pushing for the last 10 years or so. Based on where they have me in the donor listings this must include Bulldog Club cumulative donations also. We have 18% participation by all alumni. 18 out of 100 graduates of MSU give to MSU. There is your problem. And before anyone says "not everyone can give that much", I'm talking all levels. Get off the wallets and good things happen.
 
Sep 1, 2011
2,571
289
83
The Moorhead era is a failure at this point.
That's not to say he can't turn it around- I have hope that he can- but there's no evidence to support it yet.
His stated goal was to move the program from good to great and so far we're moving the opposite direction.


Football seems to be in slow decline based on the fans I interact with. Football drives the $ for the whole athletic dept. If it goes down too far the whole program will suffer. I have little confidence in this group at this point. Still hope I am wrong. Let's put it this way I don't expect any yearly rumor that Joe is going to a different school.
 

philduckworth

Redshirt
Feb 20, 2015
2,228
0
0
Football seems to be in slow decline based on the fans I interact with. Football drives the $ for the whole athletic dept. If it goes down too far the whole program will suffer. I have little confidence in this group at this point. Still hope I am wrong. Let's put it this way I don't expect any yearly rumor that Joe is going to a different school.

good news is, I may be able to buy a condo in Starkville in 2 years.
 
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