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Message: [QUOTE="supp, post: 868864, member: 702"] You're right. It was deepthrowit. I don't know then if I ever read anything JO had to say about Moore, but I'll take your word for it. I don't doubt that Moore is very knowledgeable on the technical aspects of playing WR. I'm sure that other coaches like JO who have had interactions with him would attest to the fact that he knows his stuff better than most. At the same time, I'm not sure that these kinds of endorsements necessarily mean he's a great coach. Personally, I think that recruiting and coaching are related skills. Both require the ability to make personal connections with the kids and require the ability to get (and hold) their attention. At the pro level, it's easier to teach technique because the guys you're working with are getting paid to be excellent at football. There is an even stronger incentive to listen and learn because your livelihood depends on it. The lure of the pros (and the love of the game) can have the same effect on some college players but the job of the college coach is more challenging. I don't think there's any doubt that Moore is struggling with his recruiting duties. That much read and talked about article from the summer reveals his frustrations with recruiting, if nothing else. But I don't see the frustrations he experiences with the HS prospect necessarily ending once they reach campus. I deal with college kids all the time in my line of work and freshmen and sophomores are not somehow magically transformed by virtue of their stepping on a college campus. Recruiting in part involves molding someone to your way of thinking and coaching requires you to do the same. I'm not sure we've had many examples of that happening under Moore's watch outside of Lemon and Sales (and Lemon was clearly a different kind of kid even as a freshman). As I said before, if he would rather work with diamonds in the rough than primadonnas as he suggests in that article, it would be nice to see substantial progress taking place with all of his charges on a regular and yearly basis. [/QUOTE]

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