Attn: those demonizing Joe Moorhead

After reading commneters criticizing, condemning, and even demonizing Joe Moorhead, I thought something of the real world should be injected:

But of everyone who reached out, I was most surprised to hear from coach Moorhead first.

Of all the organizations and institutions in our area, it wasn’t a nonprofit, a school or an elected official who reached out to lend a helping hand. It was an embattled "yankee" football coach with plenty enough on his mind to worry about.

After a brief exchange, I gave him all of the pertinent information to contact the family and then went on about my holiday season, really not thinking much more of it.

Shortly thereafter, coach Moorhead messaged me to let me know he delivered gifts to the children in person, including giving each a new pair of Jordan sneakers — much to their delight. I could even tell coach Moorhead was excited. It was probably a welcome distraction from the vitriol building up around him.

I also spoke with the children’s guardian after the holidays and their gratitude was immeasurable, considering the simple fact that anyone, much less the most famous person in town, thought enough of them to bring Christmas to their door.

 https://www.starkvilledailynews.com/opinion-a-joe-moorhead-story-you-haven-t-heard/article_991a1a5e-2e73-11ea-9f18-9fa142ea19ac.html

So he's being criticized because a fight broke out on the team? That's never happened before on a football team? No? Are you sure? There were fights sometimes on the high school team I was on. There's tv shows about pro and college football teams that show players fighting sometimes. Fights between players on a football team is nothing new at all. Here's just one video, of probably many, with fights between teammates:

One of the players in the fight on Joe Moorheads team was already on the team when he was hired 2 years ago. Is he to blame for that player being on the team? He recruited him? No one, except those there, knows what really happened. Criticizing the situation when you don't know what happened is, well, rather unwise:

“Don’t criticize people, and you will not be criticized. For you will be judged by the way you criticize others, and the measure you give will be the measure you receive.” Matthew 7:1,2

Something that anyone can see though, is that Mississippi St went down hill the last 2 years. They were 6-6 this year, with blow out losses to any ranked team they played. I could probably bet that's more likely the reason he was fired. Joe Moorhead is a great offensive coordinator. Maybe being a head coach isn't his cup of tea at the moment.

Is there room for him at Michigan?

Joe Moorhead and Josh Gattis have already worked together. And Moorhead has said good things about Gattis during the Locksley/Gattis spat:

“That’s my dude,”

picked things up “incredibly fast.”

Results soon followed, as did the title of “passing game coordinator” and Moorhead’s attention.

“You could tell right away when we were installing, he had a really keen eye and understood offensive football,” Moorhead said. “Especially wide receiver play. And he was a great teacher.”

Moorhead said Gattis gave input in the play-calling process on third-down passing situations and would often make in-game suggestions. Last week, during an interview with reporters in Ann Arbor, Gattis took credit for calling the final, game-winning, play in Penn State’s win over Iowa in 2017.

“I think (that) was one of the great things about our staff,” Moorhead said. “It gave guys ownership of the position, gave them ownership over a specific part of the game plan. I thought that was something Josh grasped on to and really ran with.”

https://www.mlive.com/wolverines/2019/08/joe-moorhead-michigans-josh-gattis-100-ready-to-be-play-caller.html

Two heads are better than one. Maybe them together could be one of the factors that helps get Michigan over the "can't win as the underdog" hump? Who knows for sure.

I just wanted to inject some brake pumping into the criticisms.