re: LSU vs Ms ST

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I think Moorhead will be pretty good but he's unproven as a HC at this level. We've seen just as many coordinators turned HCs shite the bed as have been successful.

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So, "at this level," to me, means in the SEC. Active coaches today who were coordinators turned HCs:

Mullen (proven when hired at FL, but unproven HC when hired at State)
Odom
Stoops
Smart
Orgeron
Luke
Pruitt

These guys have had varying degrees of success with one (Pruitt) being completely unknown, but I would put none of them in "shite the bed" category. The last assistant I can think of that came in and "shite the bed" was Sylvester Croom.

Moorhead has been a successful head coach before, although not "at this level." But he has head coaching experience, something that Smart or Mullen didn't have when they got their first jobs. His resume speaks for itself compared to others.

There are no guarantees, but we have enough information to make some educated projections as to how well Moorhead is going to do, especially with the amount of talent. It would be a lot different if they had Arkansas' or Tennessee's talent level in his first year.