Quote Originally Posted by CaptainObvious View Post
Seen as Can't Miss by who? John Cohen? Mrs. Moorhead? His daughter? Come on man! I was at the airport when he got off the plane. When he asked the players their ring size, several of us started laughing. He just looked like a big goof ball and has proved he was what he looked like. At the Bin serving Smothered Fries to show he was a man of the people. I was sitting at the bar the night of his radio show where he told the fans to "kick rocks!"

Media thought he was the perfect fit for a program like State. As simple as that! If he was all that, he would have had multiple opportunities to choose from and State would not have been the choice of a guy from the Northeast! As has been said, Jeremy Pruitt was to top assistant and rising star that year. Pruitt was awful, but was better than Moorhead! The one thing you can give Moorhead credit for: Ole Miss hiring Lane Kiffin because their admin was sick and tired of losing to State and being the second rate team in Mississippi. Ole Miss owes Moorhead a debt of gratitude. And they owe Cohen the same for hiring a guy that could do the one thing that mattered most to the Cigar boys: Beat Ole Miss! 1-11 would be a successful season for most of them as long as the 1 is Ole Miss! We have never had the money men who really wanted to win big! I'll take 10-2 six ways to Sunday if the 2 or to either Alabama or LSU or Texas and Ole Miss! 10-2 in the current environment will be playoff bound every year!
People aren't making that up, Athlon graded it the 6th best hire: https://athlonsports.com/college-foo...ach-hires-2018

"Mississippi State landed one of college football’s top offensive-minded coaches when Moorhead was picked to replace Dan Mullen in Starkville. Moorhead spent the last two seasons revitalizing Penn State’s offense as the team’s coordinator. After the Nittany Lions averaged only 23.2 points a game in 2015, Moorhead helped this unit average 37.6 per contest in ’16 and 41.1 this past season. Additionally, Penn State’s offense averaged 6.5 yards per play in both seasons under Moorhead and generated 45 plays of 40 yards or more during that span. Prior to calling the plays in Happy Valley, Moorhead posted four winning seasons (38-13) at Fordham and led the program to three FCS Playoff appearances. He also has stops on his resume from stints at Akron and UConn. Considering Mississippi State is the toughest job in the SEC West, hiring a coach with a background on offense and a strong reputation for innovative schemes and play designs is a home run. With Moorhead’s offense in place, the Bulldogs will provide a tough matchup each week in SEC play. And the Pittsburgh native is already off to a strong start, hiring a standout staff and putting the finishing touches on a good recruiting class. With several key pieces returning from a team that won nine games in 2017, Moorhead has an opportunity to start fast in his Mississippi State debut.

On paper Moorhead was a good match. It turned out he sucked. Both can be true.