Your last sentence is exactly why i said everything else is A+. I disagree with your first though, i personally think Moorheads schemes are so great he could have all 3 stars running around and be effective. One note i would add is JF did not recruit all of the kids who made an impact on O last year for Moorhead either. Not a knock on JF, he's getting more talented kids now, just a fact.
For 2 years JF seemed unprepared for many games and was in over his head in clock management, especially at the end of games. Last year was much better in regards to clock management and but I don't think there were as many tight games to reflect that. And the Rose Bowl to me was a complete coaching meltdown to lose that game as we went into a shell in the 4th on O instead of staying aggressive, that could/should be on Moorhead too, he's not exempt from that. Starting faster would be another major area for improvement and JF has said that. Playing from behind constantly will catch up to you and takes a lot out of a ball team (see Rose Bowl again) especially with multi talented teams like USC and your margin for error becomes much slimmer in a game.
I love James, love what he's done, who wouldn't. I just don't think he is the best in game coach. I think thats a fair and honest assessment from a die hard PSU fan. A+ everything else, B- in game coach so far to me. If he steps it up he can be unstoppable. Again, he knows this and has said it. He critiques himself harder than anybody because he has a desire to be the best.
