A great Article to read if Posters want to discuss, judge and predict the coming game. It is very long, but here is a small excerpt about how Moorhead learned it all at Pitt?
Article & Excerpt:
The Panthers' Think Tank:
A career as a professional quarterback was not in the cards for Moorhead, who spent time in an Arena Football League training camp with the Milwaukee Mustangs and also played a season in Europe with the Munich Cowboys. It was onto Pittsburgh to coach for two years (1998-1999) as a grad assistant. Moorhead said he learned something from everyone there — head coach Walt Harris, DC Larry Coyer and top Panthers assistant J.D. Brookhart, who was credited with the development of receivers Larry Fitzgerald, Latef Grim and Antonio Bryant during his seven years (1997-2003) at the program."If your offensive line isn't going to get it done, you probably should go play flag football.'' -- Joe Moorhead.
"Joe's done real well so far,'' Harris said when asked about his former Pittsburgh grad assistant. "He's real smart, a quick thinker, someone who can react fast, a 'go, man, go' kind of guy. I was impressed with his astuteness. "Plus, he's been a head coach before and I think that will really help Coach Franklin. You can always use a guy that's used to seeing the big picture when it comes to getting ready for a game and playing one.'' "You could tell Joe was going to be a star from the beginning,'' said Brookhart, the Akron head coach from 2004-2009. "He's a grinder. What's unique about Joe is he has the intelligence and he has the work ethic to go with it. He can make it very difficult for defenses. He can put a defense in conflict.''
Harris was also amazed at Moorhead's intensity when it came to finishing the job, be it football-related or competing in a pickup basketball game. "We had a little break and some of the guys were playing basketball at lunch time,'' Harris recalled. "(Moorhead) hurt his shoulder in a pickup basketball game and just popped it back in and kept playing. That kind of surprised me.'' (For the record, Moorhead said the story is mostly true — he did have a shoulder pop out, but there was a trainer present and the trainer put it back in.).
The Moorhead-Coyer Connection:
Harris and Brookhart are well-known offensive minds in the college game but it may surprise you to learn that Moorhead said it was his time working with Coyer on the defensive side — for one year — that really aided in fast-tracking his offensive approach. "My second year (at Pittsburgh), I went over to the defensive side of the ball,'' Moorhead said."And as an offensive guy, you think you have an idea of what the defense is doing, you have your 'O's and you draw up the 'X's, but to actually sit in there and watch how a top-level defensive coordinator develops his scheme, motivates his guys and does the things necessary to be successful, it was tremendous.''
Moorhead continued: "Being an offensive guy, (Coyer) would put me on the board and really kind of take me through how a defense works and how it operates. I think after that year, it really helped me, you know, heading back to the offensive side of the ball, understand what defenses are truly trying to accomplish and why.'' "(Moorhead) was a very valuable asset for us at Pittsburgh and we had a guy, (head coach) Walt Harris, who also has a great offensive mind,'' Coyer said. "He's a bright kid and I admit I'm biased but I can tell you he has a brilliant mind and he's also got those Pittsburgh values. "He's not a B.S.-er, he's very direct. He's developed that offense over time. I had him on the defensive side at Pittsburgh and I have a lot of respect for him, I feel like he's my son. I love him.''
Harris was also quick to note he had a special graduate assistant on his Pittsburgh staff in the late 1980s. "Joe had a great work ethic and he was from Central Catholic,'' Harris said. "He was working with Larry (Coyer), who was one of the smartest veteran coaches that I have been around. That was a great opportunity for Joe and he made the most of it. And eventually he went to Akron with J.D. (Brookhart) and he went into the direction of the no-huddle a little bit.'
LINK:
http://www.pennlive.com/pennstatefootball/index.ssf/2016/08/the_book_of_penn_states_joe_a.html
Article & Excerpt:
The Panthers' Think Tank:
A career as a professional quarterback was not in the cards for Moorhead, who spent time in an Arena Football League training camp with the Milwaukee Mustangs and also played a season in Europe with the Munich Cowboys. It was onto Pittsburgh to coach for two years (1998-1999) as a grad assistant. Moorhead said he learned something from everyone there — head coach Walt Harris, DC Larry Coyer and top Panthers assistant J.D. Brookhart, who was credited with the development of receivers Larry Fitzgerald, Latef Grim and Antonio Bryant during his seven years (1997-2003) at the program."If your offensive line isn't going to get it done, you probably should go play flag football.'' -- Joe Moorhead.
"Joe's done real well so far,'' Harris said when asked about his former Pittsburgh grad assistant. "He's real smart, a quick thinker, someone who can react fast, a 'go, man, go' kind of guy. I was impressed with his astuteness. "Plus, he's been a head coach before and I think that will really help Coach Franklin. You can always use a guy that's used to seeing the big picture when it comes to getting ready for a game and playing one.'' "You could tell Joe was going to be a star from the beginning,'' said Brookhart, the Akron head coach from 2004-2009. "He's a grinder. What's unique about Joe is he has the intelligence and he has the work ethic to go with it. He can make it very difficult for defenses. He can put a defense in conflict.''
Harris was also amazed at Moorhead's intensity when it came to finishing the job, be it football-related or competing in a pickup basketball game. "We had a little break and some of the guys were playing basketball at lunch time,'' Harris recalled. "(Moorhead) hurt his shoulder in a pickup basketball game and just popped it back in and kept playing. That kind of surprised me.'' (For the record, Moorhead said the story is mostly true — he did have a shoulder pop out, but there was a trainer present and the trainer put it back in.).
The Moorhead-Coyer Connection:
Harris and Brookhart are well-known offensive minds in the college game but it may surprise you to learn that Moorhead said it was his time working with Coyer on the defensive side — for one year — that really aided in fast-tracking his offensive approach. "My second year (at Pittsburgh), I went over to the defensive side of the ball,'' Moorhead said."And as an offensive guy, you think you have an idea of what the defense is doing, you have your 'O's and you draw up the 'X's, but to actually sit in there and watch how a top-level defensive coordinator develops his scheme, motivates his guys and does the things necessary to be successful, it was tremendous.''
Moorhead continued: "Being an offensive guy, (Coyer) would put me on the board and really kind of take me through how a defense works and how it operates. I think after that year, it really helped me, you know, heading back to the offensive side of the ball, understand what defenses are truly trying to accomplish and why.'' "(Moorhead) was a very valuable asset for us at Pittsburgh and we had a guy, (head coach) Walt Harris, who also has a great offensive mind,'' Coyer said. "He's a bright kid and I admit I'm biased but I can tell you he has a brilliant mind and he's also got those Pittsburgh values. "He's not a B.S.-er, he's very direct. He's developed that offense over time. I had him on the defensive side at Pittsburgh and I have a lot of respect for him, I feel like he's my son. I love him.''
Harris was also quick to note he had a special graduate assistant on his Pittsburgh staff in the late 1980s. "Joe had a great work ethic and he was from Central Catholic,'' Harris said. "He was working with Larry (Coyer), who was one of the smartest veteran coaches that I have been around. That was a great opportunity for Joe and he made the most of it. And eventually he went to Akron with J.D. (Brookhart) and he went into the direction of the no-huddle a little bit.'
LINK:
http://www.pennlive.com/pennstatefootball/index.ssf/2016/08/the_book_of_penn_states_joe_a.html
