Morris Weekly Press Conference (9/3/24)

[Big Z]

 

[MeanGreenGlory]

You can tell Coach Morris is feeling much more confident in his role than he did this time last year. It's great to see the professional growth, and I hope that continues to translate to on-field success. The third quarter of the USA game was solid, and hopefully a model of what's to come.

On another note, I'm grateful Coach Morris is willing to talk ball during these things. There's a little bit of coach speak, but more often than not, he's actually talking about the nuts and bolts of the game and providing honest reflections—even if that means calling himself out for making a bad call or two. Refreshing. Overall, that was one of the better regular press conferences I've seen at North Texas in a long time. Kudos to Morris.

[Mean Green 93-98]

16 hours ago, MeanGreenGlory said:

On another note, I'm grateful Coach Morris is willing to talk ball during these things. There's a little bit of coach speak, but more often than not, he's actually talking about the nuts and bolts of the game and providing honest reflections—even if that means calling himself out for making a bad call or two. Refreshing. Overall, that was one of the better regular press conferences I've seen at North Texas in a long time. Kudos to Morris.

I agree--Coach Morris is generally fun to listen to.  Dickey and Dodge were both pretty good at the press podium, but McCarney exhausted pretty much everything he had to say at his initial hiring press conference, and Littrell seemed to want to be anywhere else.

Morris may have imbibed a little bit of Coach Leach's enjoyment with interacting with the press.  No, he's not nearly as clever or quoteworthy (remember "fat little girlfriends"?), and he has his share of spoonerisms every time, but he provides more insight to the players, schemes, and the coaches' way of thinking than any of his predecessors that I can remember.