I hear it's Jon Gruden and Bracky is going to go ahead and have him tour the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum ahead of time so we can get that part out of the way.***
Twitter talk of OC. Any truth to this?
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I like Littrell because he's been apart of a lot of balanced high scoring offenses. With that being said, I feel like if it was him he would have been announced already.
It's probably speculation.
But right now the speculation is Chris Hatcher, head coach currently at Samford.
That was because you can't go any further down South than the Gulf Coast........
The guy could very well end up being a great hire, but I expect us to be disappointed from a name and resume standpoint. I've been tuned in to Mississippi State football for the better part of three decades, and I can't recall one time ever being excited about an Offensive Coordinator hire.
Someone did tell me that I NEEDED to be excited about Morris Watts though....
Someone did tell me that I NEEDED to be excited about Morris Watts though....
He was a quarterback at Valdosta State, and his OC was Mike Leach.
That said, he utilizes a TE, runs the ball more, goes with more tempo, and his QBs take more shots downfield. So it's definitely an evolved version of the air raid.
Who gives a sh*t about name and resume. Joe Moorhead says hello.
State is not an 'image' program. Get used to that. As long as the offense is different, the OC is hungry, and it fits with our defense, it's fine.
In addition, get used to constantly moving OC's in and out, just like we did with DC's under Danny Shorts. And again, as long as it meets criteria above, who cares. Just go holler at Bartoo and get the next one.
I'd be okay with that. He certainly has the experience. I like that he is more open to running tight ends, taking shots, some qb runs. I just watched some high lights from their game against Florida last year. Impressive although Florida's defense was trash last year.
I would prefer more deep shots to take the top pff the defense and open space up. Not sure you need a tight end per say. Most of these explosive tight ends are just big guys playing in the slot. Not from the old school tight end spot.
You won't hear anything until after the bowl game regardless of the hire. No distractions, no changes
Yea, at this juncture I'm guessing it's somebody who hasn't coached his bowl game yet.
They're also blockers. Very important in the run game, and very important in the short passing game. It's something this offense has sorely missed.
Either way with Hatcher offense, we will have will running it next year. Watching Sanford, even their qb has more scramble ability.
Littrell is looking for a job. Hatch is probly looking for a head coach gig. But if he plays his cards right he could get in the SEC and would have more opportunity
Steve seems to think it's some one from the outside and staff changes are coming on offense and bumphis might be a possibility. Not sure what he is hearing from inside
There's a lot of stock analysts/financial prognosticators that follow the same game plan.
Why would it matter? If he's out on being our OC wouldn't he want to call a good game to put it on his resume? As a coach and competitor I'd always want to do my best regardless of the situation.
So...you are saying it's not the same Hatcher that played QB for Leach at Valdosta that runs an offense sometimes called the Hatch Attack ?
No, he's saying there's a baseball player named Chris Hatcher making $2.1M. The football coach for Samford makes well under a million, likely under a half million.
It will probably leak out prior too, but it won't be officially announced by MSU until after our bowl game.