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Did UCONN and us fans know how good morehead was when he was here? PP and RE didn’t seem to value him all that much.
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You're correct about Lashlee, forgot about him. Good call!
I also liked Dunn. He would be a good guy to consider if we lose Charlton. Currently TE's coach in Green Bay.
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Worked out fine for Lashlee
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Moorhead was definitely under appreciated in real time. Only in hindsight did we realize he was special. Edsall royally screwed up not taking him to Maryland.
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PP screwed up demoting him too. Had they kept him at OC the next year, I'm guessing they could have won 7-9 games.
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Dunn is the Packers TE coach now. He is ok.
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I think RE did. He hired him after Ambrose left.
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RE handcuffed him and didn't allow him to run a more modern offense. I believe he was our OC around the Pat White, spread WVU offense years. IIRC, Morehead wanted to.run an offense similar to that. He did it at Fordham with Mike Neibrich who was supposed to be our QB at UConn.
I know I was excited for his hire but disappointed when I saw Randy's three downs of running the ball still the center of the offense.
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That could be true. But also the best the offense ever looked during 1.0 was under Morehead. Remember those crazy high scoring shootouts with Endres and Frazer?
We went from running the most awful offense with DJ and Bones to looking freaking amazing in one summer against Duke with Lorenzen.
Also I met him before a game in 2007. The guy just had an it factor. Edsall was stupid to not unleash his capability and dumb for not taking him to Maryland.
Actually Hathaway is even worse. You know Morehead would have been better than P.
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True on the Moorhead better than P, but if P had hired literally any offensive coordinate other than GDL, those teams would have seen way more success especially with Don Brown's defenses. P's loyalty, although respectable, is what screwed the him and caused the program to go down hill.
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When RE had Moorehead he allowed him as much autonomy as RE was capable of.
When P took over, if he never added Brown or GDL, that team wins double digit games in 2011.
Yes, Brown is a top level defensive coordinator and may be better than Orlando but the manner in which that defense was built, with Orlando running the show they would have been dominant that season.
As far as GDL, there may have been a time when he was a top offensive mind but I don't think that was the case from around the time the world wide web allowed public access. He basically allowed Moorehead to have a title (a level below what it had been) but no input. Worse than his offensive approach, GDL was abusive to other coaches and unwilling to teach or explain his offense to the players.
The rest is what was our less than enjoyable history for the past decade plus.
When P took over, if he never added Brown or GDL, that team wins double digit games in 2011.
Yes, Brown is a top level defensive coordinator and may be better than Orlando but the manner in which that defense was built, with Orlando running the show they would have been dominant that season.
As far as GDL, there may have been a time when he was a top offensive mind but I don't think that was the case from around the time the world wide web allowed public access. He basically allowed Moorehead to have a title (a level below what it had been) but no input. Worse than his offensive approach, GDL was abusive to other coaches and unwilling to teach or explain his offense to the players.
The rest is what was our less than enjoyable history for the past decade plus.
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Congrsts to Mike Z. Had a feeling he was moving on.