Moorhead was a good person but HORRIBLE head coach. He was sinking the ship Mullen had built back up.
He had the best defense in the nation last year and only won 8 games, including losing to Mullen. The best win of his career was Auburn in 18, when 2 asst's convinced him to RUN THE DAMN BALL all night long and not play his style of play. The next week back with his check with me crap at the line down to 5 seconds. Our team lost all leadership and Joe wanted to be the players best friend. He alientated part of the team with the move to bring his boy, Tommy Stevens in to be the QB this year and make him team captain.
He can whine about the "tutorgate" issue but that lost 2 defensive starters and had nothing to do with his offensive issues.
He lost me after the KSU game this year. I had given him one more chance after the Iowa bowl game in 18. He fired a lot of us up after his first egg bowl win when he almost got in a fight with UM's hack of an AD on the field.
It was sad that for some reason we decided not to fire him after the egg. We should not reward a 6-6 record and a win over our rival.
But finally, it was the continued discipline issues on and off the field that got him fired. 5 seniors skipped bowl practice. then the fight with a "leader" of the team, Willie Gay and our starting QB.
No worries though, he will ride off and be a OC again next year likely while collecting 4-7 mil from us.