re: Thoughts on Moorhead, coaching and the season

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Against bad defenses we look great.
Against good defenses we look terrible.

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Sounds like Moorhead inherited a Dan Mullen team to me. Good to see us throttle Arkansas the week after going to Bama. Dan would’ve had a couple of interviews lined up the week between and been too busy frying turkeys Thanksgiving Week to game plan for Ole Miss. interested to see what happens in the egg bowl.

AustinDawg

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What points of mine are you refuting?
Against bad defenses we look great.
Against good defenses we look terrible.

Against Arky we finally started giving the ball to the RBs more often. Also we snapped the ball a lot more quickly today.

I'm here to have a discussion. I'll be happy if Moorhead proves me wrong. That being said. I'm shocked we put up more than 28 and am really happy that the Seniors, and those playing their last games at Scott Field had a great day and got to participate and do well.


Ps. If they want to pay me a few million a year I'll happily accept though. I'll damn well make sure our best players get the ball more consistently.

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I imagine I've been a Moo U fan longer than you've been alive....I'm not trying to break your balls here, but if history is any indication, Moorhead will get a couple of years to get things rolling in his direction. I thought Mullen was in the same boat when he got to Starkville and he took the Dawgs about as far as he was going to take them. Moorhead will probably do OK....I'd suggest giving him another season to get rolling. The hype about championship was over the top but it was simply a means of firing up the troops. One more thing, IMO Mullen was a terrible game time manager. Moorhead, IMO deserves another season before people start calling for his head on a platter. If Moo U beats Ole Miss and gets and wins a decent bowl game, then a nine game win inaugural season ain't too shabby. As always, YMMV and OALA, EHOATAS.

Next year will be a rough one regardless. If Moorhead gets us 6 or more wins next year I’ll consider that a success.

The schedule next year is a lot easier though. Kentucky loses a lot, and we get Tennessee. 4 OOC games plus Arky and OM will likely still suck so really I could see 8 wins next year if Moorhead gets things together even with all the players leaving.

A month ago I wasn't sure of the excitement Moorhead could bring to 2019 after losing to LSU like that. I know Ole Miss sucks, but the way the events played out, you bring in a ton of momentum for 2019 and that to me is a win win.

RPO offense gives you a shot at teams more talented than you if implemented properly.

The problem is we don’t currently have RPO personnel. Need a QB with more accurate passing and better receivers. I’m glad we get Hill back next year at RB. That will help a lot

Agree with you. I thought the ATrain was a much better RB than Hill. Certainly a much better blocker. Hopefully Hill will improve his blocking in the off season. Hill still has the potential to be really good but he will need to improve considerably before the start of 2019.

I view this season as a success. Yes we were disappointed in the KY and FL games but the way we finished the season leads to optimism for 2019. Realizing we will be rebuilding some on both sides of the LOS but we have a lot of young talent so I think we will be fine.

Moorhead was a good hire and now with a year in, I think you will see a better HC come next year. The SEC is tough regardless of who you are, there is a learning curve and he got better as the season moved along.

From what I’m seeing we get either Outback or Citrus bowl

Still boycotting Out-house Steak for leaving us out in 1999.