-Live press conference posted below.
MSU fired Head Football Coach Joseph Moorhead This morning. The university issued the following statement.
Mississippi State Director of Athletics John Cohen announced Friday that Joe Moorhead has been relieved of his duties as head football coach.
"In consultation with President Mark Keenum and after a thorough review and evaluation of all aspects of our football program, I have decided that a change in leadership is in the best interest of our team and university," Cohen said. "I want to thank Coach Moorhead for the hard work he has done with our football program. I wish Joe and his family success in the future."
"It is clear the time has come to change the leadership of our football program," Keenum said. "Coach Moorhead is a good man, and I have nothing but respect for him. I sincerely wish the very best for him and his wonderful family."
Moorhead compiled a 14-12 on-field record in his two seasons, including a 7-9 mark in SEC play. The Bulldogs finished the 2019 campaign with a 6-7 record.
Cohen announced that a national search to identify the Bulldogs' next head football coach is underway and that associate head coach Tony Hughes will serve as interim head coach.
"We look forward to finding an outstanding leader both on and off the field who connects with our Bulldog student-athletes, coaches and fans to the fullest," Cohen said.
"Director of Athletics John Cohen will be working to find a new head football coach who will demonstrably reflect our shared expectations for a consistently competitive football team that displays discipline, pride, and preparation in all facets of the program," Keenum added.
Cohen will hold a noon CT press conference Friday. It will broadcast live on SEC Network and streamed live on SEC Network+ via the ESPN app, on @HailState Twitter and on MSU Athletics' official Facebook page.
That dog is out.
69 comments:
Hey, Joe, go pound sand. Or kick rocks. Your choice.
Any coach deserves more than two seasons.
Horrible move...
I'm a state fan and we must recognize that we aren't Alabama, LSU, Notre dame Ohio State Michigan etc... we are generally a middle of the pack SEC team. Not sure where the program goes from here. It's like starting from scratch.
Peace out!
Sincerely,
Bob from Bogue Chitto
Bring on Billy Napier
Must be jealous of the staff that Lane Kiffin is putting together at Ole Miss.
Cohen is lucky they're not packing the same Uhaul together. He was told to get it done, against his own advice.
Salter, like Pelosi, will now complain that he was not consulted prior to the kill.
HAHAHA...the Lane Kiffin hire has already had its' effect nation-wide, but especially in starksville. msu's "knee-jerk" reaction to our Head Coaching hire and the national attention it has provided us has brought out the most severe "little brother syndrome" for all doggy fans many have witnessed in decades.
This is just too good and my popcorn bowl is full as I watch this glorious debacle unfold.
Thank you all bullpoops for the entertainment...and...and...and it's free!!! :D
Good riddance!!!
Ole Miss increased the ante, they are all in. State just said "Not so fast,
we are still in this game"! GAME ON! Let's see if State can Ante Up.
Little brother going to little brother.
kingfish IS running with the big boys!
This article about Moorehead is on USA Today.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/sec/2020/01/03/mississippi-state-fires-joe-moorhead-after-two-seasons-at-school/2803737001/
Bring on the Freeze.
Willie gonna be mad as hell.
One glaring mystery with no answer is wasn't Keytaon Thompson given a chance from the get-go? He paid his dues under other QBs and coaches, and no mention of him anywhere..
The Lane Train has it's first victim, and the ball hasn't been snapped.
You Ole Piss, I mean Ole Miss fans, need to get over yourselves. Moorhead is probably a great guy, but his lack of discipline among his players cost him his job. Good decision by Keenum & Cohen.
Did Moorhead get ring sizes before he was fired?????
Leg humpers are in disarray. If it is true that Slo Jo Mo had already signed an extension, this problem runs deeper than the ball coach.
HAHAHAHA!!! During the msu press conference, AD John Cohen said that msu is "an elite program"!!! I kid you not...the man really had the nerve to say that after his most recent 6-7 record.
Yes, he said a 10 game bowl streak is elite...but he forgot to say that the streak was held together by an "academic bowl" to keep that string alive!!! HAHAHAHA!
AND after winning that academic bowl game, the team STILL had a losing season ending record! HAHAHAHA!!!(btw, the school was later caught by the NCAA for tudor-gate involving 10+ players for academic fraud that helped them get that academic bowl...hilarious...can't make this stuff up...HAHAHAHA!!!)
This just keeps getting better and better...HAHAHAHA!!!!
It was obvious he had lost control over the players after this last flare up. He should have sent Gay packing. Hell, he knocked the starting QB out of the line up with no punishment.
I love watching ole miss and state fans argue about who sucks the least/most.
Makes me smile and appreciate how simple this place really is.
Well-placed sources are indicating that Rick Comegy is currently considered the front runner for the job.
Bless your heart, 12:54. Does that rant make you feel better about the last three years in Oxford?
This has nothing to do with Ole Miss signing Kiffin and the guy who had a player die under his watch(cue the he was aquitted by 2 independent investigations). Truth is Moorehead and Cohen pissed in the fans Cheerios after the way Moorehead didn't handle the Gay/Schrader debacle. Had Moorehead sent Gay packing and told him never to step foot in the program again he would have most likely saved his Job. Cohen got an earful from a ton of fans and he knew he would be gone had he not fired Moorehead. This is 110% how it went down and the little brother up north who thinks its because they hired a coach who is a loudmouth and has underperformed at every school he has been at except C-USA FAU and the Ex-Maryland coach with a players death on his hands are kidding themselves and looking like fools.
Hey 1:09...try selling your spiel to the nation!!! HAHAHA!!!
EVERYBODY following the Ole Miss hire and now the MoFiring can see this for what it is..."little brother "tryin' to keep up with big brother"...plain and simple.
When you can actually get to the Cotton Bowl and "WIN IT" (instead of getting steam-rolled" by the opposing RB or by some unimaginable miracle make it into the Sugar Bowl and actually win it just once, let alone more than 5 times as we have...well, then you might be able to call yourselves "Big Brother" or even "elite"!!! HAHAHAHA
Color me "waiting for hell to freeze over" as I watch and wait for that to happen!!! HAHAHAHA!!!
Sports Illustrated article states that if msu has a shred of decency after the JoMo firing, the school should let the most recent football signees out of their Letters of Intent.
Attorney Tom Mars is most probably working with all of the signees to help them out of these commitments and on to other more reputable schools.
See the article link:
https://www.si.com/college/2020/01/03/mississippi-state-incoming-signees-nli-joe-moorhead-firing
NoMo JoMo.
Hire Mike Price. He'd work for cheap with The Pony right there and all.
Did the QB really think he could fight a RB/LB directly? Should have kept his mouth shut instead of getting a broken face. His mouth cost his coach a job.
Tom Brady would never fight Legarrett Blount.
I never had faith in his ability to handle the players.
He just did not understand the culture down here.
This has everything to do with current perception of the university. After the ISIS deal a few years ago, all the fights, the academic cheating, the sex scandal, player arrests, and lackluster boring teams, the fans were too embarrassed to not make a change. It didn’t help that the in state rival has been making a splash with their new hires and fan support is on the rise. Will be interesting to see if fans will get excited for the new hire or take a wait and see attitude since the current admin hasn’t been very impressive with their recent hires.
Never hire a coach from north of the Mason-Dixon line!
Nobody at MSU gives a rat's ass about TSUN hiring the guy who chases coed skirts. He'll self destruct by the middle of next October and will be history. Kiffin's antics will put Pastor Freeze's pocket phone behavior to shame. Moorhead was 'gone' before Kiffin was a thought.
So how much is his buyout going to cost, and who gets stuck with that bill?
JoMo lost State fans after not winning 10 games in year one. Everything was teed up for him, and he swung and missed by being a complete imbecile. All he had to do was run a modified Mullen offense for 1 year to get the fans on his side, and he would have had the next three years to try and figure it out his stuff. Yankee Freakin' Idiot!
3:00 pm - if my memory serves me, Leg Humper U has employed a coach or two that enjoyed the ladies (and quite recently in one case). And, Leg Humper U embraced the devil himself (Jackie Wayne) when he was otherwise toxic nationally. Perhaps, you should put your rocks back in your little glass house.
Like everyone on this site I have no clue why the fired him but am glad they did. When you pay someone millions of dollars a year the expectations should be high and results Swift. The university now needs to remove Gay from the team.
A player pee’d like a dog
A quarterback got into a fight
So both Mississippi schools
Told their coaches to take a hike
Man, lots of little brother chatter on the interwebs from O-town. Seems they can get the Maroon out of their mouths. I guess that's what rent free living is like in their heads. None of this hiring and Firing is because of Lane Kiffin. None. The only person worried about Lane Kiffin are the fathers of Blonde Co-eds attending UM.
For all this "splash hire" talk about Kiffin, please, do tell why he has been so awesome at anywhere besides FAU.
Oh well, at least he didn’t look straight at the interviewer and say no I’m not going to leave like Mullin did. If that’s how you spell his name. He tried but read this and it’s why we are such a dumb state......
When you base your University on this you know you’re in trouble.
https://247sports.com/ContentGallery/Every-SEC-football-programs-gross-revenue-for-last-fiscal-year-118194035/#118194035_1
If the qb getting beat up by his own teammate didn’t seal the deal, the first half play in the bowl game when the MSU player tried to break the Louisville players ankle after the play ended probably did. Turning point of a game they should have won. Not a peep out of the coach but it was sickening
No matter who state hires, they never win more than 7-8 games a year
How much negative publicity has Ole Miss and MSU football cost our state. And it all has happened to keep up with Alabama and most of the other SEC teams in football. Time to realize that they will never catch up, even with breaking NCAA rules.
Free cheese/Jerry Clower !
Ring the cowbells and castrate some young bulls on the back forty over at the Veterinary farm.
Hail State.
(Whatever that means)
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/mississippi-state-football/report-mississippi-states-top-target-former-alabama-assistant-turns-down-job/
Looks like Napier rejected MSU. Says a lot that he’d rather stay a Ragin Cajun than move to Starkville. Who the hell would want the gig after what Cohen and co did to Moorehead? These redneck cow bell ringers think too highly of they selves. Sad.
Not sure why the Southwestern La. coach would reject a job at an “elite “ college football program like Leg Humper U.
I heard the new coach has bad allergies and his ears ring. So say goodbye to Billy and the cowbells.
Not sure who State will decide to hire; however, there were only three coaches in the nation willing to stand on the Ole Myth sidelines next September. Matt Luke, his predecessor they fired, and the teenager they hired.
Nothing like the fireing of a stinking overpaid football coach on a goat ranch in Starkville to bring out the beautiful people of the SEC. the only place you see a bigger turnout of these beautiful people is the bankruptcy and divorce courts.
6:50 You seem to have an acute obsession with Ole Myth/Bears/Landhsharks/TSUN. Was someone mean to you at some point? Or did you grow up watching your dogs experience multiple ass-whippings from TSUN.
The small and poor state of MS has too many college and junior college football teams. They split a limited talent pool and cannot recruit competitively outside of MS. This situation will never change.
Here's something I would like to hear comments on. How long has it been since a MSU coach was fired after just 2 years? How often is a coach in the FBS fired after just two years unless there is a character issue? That said, Morehead was a bad hire. Now what I want to know is just how much responsibility does Cohen take for making such a bad hire? He acts as though he had nothing to do with JoMo's hiring. What about it Cohen???
Yes Cohen is a golden boy of MSU but but he has made several bad decisions since being made AD. How long does MSU Put up with this before they realize what the real problem is
As an LSU alumnus living in Mississippi, I've enjoyed watching the Ole Miss and State debacles during the last few months. You need to realize that outside of Mississippi both Mississippi SEC teams are no longer relevant. Plus, the "elite programs" (sorry Cohen) continue to separate themselves from the rest of the college football programs.
Regardless of Moorehead’s ineptitude, the buck stops with Cohen. A bowl committee works for a year to provide a great atmosphere and special experience for the teams and players that they invite to be their guests. They go out of their way to be the best hosts they can be to insure that the players have a lifelong memory of the experience. The Bullthugs can’t even fake decent behavior for a few days and fake respect for their hosts. Two players on the same team get in a fight and the opening bowl storyline is that the starting quarterback has been knocked out of the lineup by a fellow teammate. They embarrassed the bowl, their hosts and their school. Moorehead’s empty response to the event is irrelevant. Just like his apathy about players skipping bowl practice. Cohen should have stepped in as the Director of Athletics for MSU and sent the players home immediately, if for no other reason, out of respect for their hosts.
Can you imagine what a coach at a real “elite” school would have done? How about Saban’s reaction to such thuggery? Never mind, Alabama doesn’t sign street thugs with absolutely no character. Forget Moorehead, he is gone. Cohen is the problem to sit idly by and allow his players to smear their hosts with such an embarrassment. He only fired Moorehead after decent State supporters were rightly embarrassed and humiliated that such thuggery is regularly condoned by their coach and AD. Ever watch a State sideline pregame at kickoff? Ever watch when someone gets a turnover? A culture is embedded a little at a time. The Bullthugs have allowed it to grow like a cancer.
If you sign enough animals, they will eventually run the zoo. State folks have never learned this since Sherril was there.
Some folks need to get some real problems in their lives. Way too much angst about a friggin football coach.
6:19 Hey Saint Paul or however you are, Lighten Up! What program would you consider for your approval? Holy Cross? Harvard? Army? Everybody else recruits the same "thugs", even Alabama if they have enough stars beside their names. Unless one of the thugs from State whipped your ass or did something to you personally why do you single them out in a world of thuggery?
Hire Dennis Johnson and go 0 & 12
For the Bear who posted @ 8:41 about the TSUN ass-whippins visited upon MSU: Not that it matters, but considering the past twenty five meetings between these two schools (removing the two Shark Forfeits), MSU has won 15. That's, lemme see....60%.
@ 7:27....
What a pissant-weak dart-throw. As if credibility lies with 'someone said'. From the 'link' you provided:
"Louisiana’s Billy Napier, expected to be among Mississippi State’s top targets, has declined an opportunity to join the Bulldogs, a source told @Stadium"
Who the hell is 'a source' and what the hell is '@Stadium'.
BULLTHUGS !!
That’s perfect and nails them.
Bullthugs — that needs to stick and become a common reference starting now.
Much better than leg humpers.
Hail Bullthugs !
Shackle Jerrill - It’s always beneficial to cut the sample off in a way that benefits your side. What say we stick with the overall record for now.
Confirmed - Southwestern Louisiana football coach declines to move to the ”elite” Leg Humper program.
As stated earlier in this thread, bullpoops haven't even been mentioned as an elite program anywhere but on the Gene'sPage puppy site...yes, that's where John Cohen said they were elite...HAHAHA!!!
Now programs that have elite historys play in elite bowl games such as Ole Miss did and actually won by destroying Oklahoma State in 2014.
Only elite programs are recognized by having their Head Coaches recognized as such in "Hall Of Fames"...yes, even if it were for victories long ago...my point, "historys".
The Rebs have played in 8 Sugar Bowls and winning 5 Sugar Bowl trophies and yes, everyone of them are still in the Ole Miss trophy case (even 2014's...weep dogs as you thought we'd have to give it back...HAHAHA!!!).
Just last week, Coach Vaught was inducted into the Sugar Bowl Hall of Fame and no, there is no Dan Mullen or Jackaie Wayne Cheryl in that company. Remember, we're talking "ELITE" here.
One of you dogs, need to inform msu AD John Cohen what "elite" looks like...even as recent as 2014.
https://247sports.com/college/ole-miss/board/103605/Contents/johnny-vaught-inducted-into-sugar-bowl-hall-of-fame-141728196/
State is negotiating with Hugh Freeze.
"State is negotiating with Hugh Freeze"
Why not? This should tell everyone just how many folks have already turned them down for their "elite" program's head coaching position!
They are DESPERATE.
My bet is they hire a former msu player that has never been a Head Coach...Ole Miss can attest that THAT is an extremely bad idea!
Desperation is growing in Stankville with each rejection.
Rejection is soooo painful. Humpers have resorted to humping their own legs.
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