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Jamie Morrison
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Last: 3 days ago by NJ75AGfdt
In all seriousness, how does Coach Morrison go from an unpaid assistant at Texas to a National Championship coach in 5 years? The man obviously has a ton of talent, but his path to A&M is so much different than what I'ad expect.
Congratulations ladies and you Coach Morrison and staff. I'd probably have to go back to my teenage years to see a team (UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball), dominate the way the Aggie women did.
It's one thing to win a championship...but the way you did it...unbelievable.
Congratulations ladies and you Coach Morrison and staff. I'd probably have to go back to my teenage years to see a team (UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball), dominate the way the Aggie women did.
It's one thing to win a championship...but the way you did it...unbelievable.
Farmer @ Johnsongrass, TX said:ElephantRider said:
I said it on the game thread, he's the best coach we've ever had in any sport. Absolutely unbelievable job he's done in three years. I know him and his family personally, and he's a great dude. I can understand why the team plays so hard for him
Pat Henry, legendary track and field coach at Texas A&M, has won a combined 37 NCAA National Championships (10 with A&M and 27 with LSU)
Yet Jamie is easily still A&Ms best HC. It is more about the type of human being he is and what he stands for.
ToddyHill said:
In all seriousness, how does Coach Morrison go from an unpaid assistant at Texas to a National Championship coach in 5 years? The man obviously has a ton of talent, but his path to A&M is so much different than what I'ad expect.
Congratulations ladies and you Coach Morrison and staff. I'd probably have to go back to my teenage years to see a team (UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball), dominate the way the Aggie women did.
It's one thing to win a championship...but the way you did it...unbelievable.
His foundation is strong with experience in all levels of the sport except being a college head coach.
Through this tournament, I was surprised to hear that he had a hard time finding a college head coaching job but it was never mentioned why? Anyone know?
Only thing I can recall was he was coaching internationally and maybe his tenure did not last long for some reason?
ToddyHill said:
In all seriousness, how does Coach Morrison go from an unpaid assistant at Texas to a National Championship coach in 5 years? The man obviously has a ton of talent, but his path to A&M is so much different than what I'ad expect.
Congratulations ladies and you Coach Morrison and staff. I'd probably have to go back to my teenage years to see a team (UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball), dominate the way the Aggie women did.
It's one thing to win a championship...but the way you did it...unbelievable.
He has a significant amount of International experience including U19 National Head Coach winning several medals.
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flintdragon said:ToddyHill said:
In all seriousness, how does Coach Morrison go from an unpaid assistant at Texas to a National Championship coach in 5 years? The man obviously has a ton of talent, but his path to A&M is so much different than what I'ad expect.
Congratulations ladies and you Coach Morrison and staff. I'd probably have to go back to my teenage years to see a team (UCLA Bruins Men's Basketball), dominate the way the Aggie women did.
It's one thing to win a championship...but the way you did it...unbelievable.
His foundation is strong with experience in all levels of the sport except being a college head coach.
Through this tournament, I was surprised to hear that he had a hard time finding a college head coaching job but it was never mentioned why? Anyone know?
Only thing I can recall was he was coaching internationally and maybe his tenure did not last long for some reason?
Administrators are lazy in nonrevenue sports and usually not willing to take the time or effort to think outside the box. It's easy and traditional to hire a sitting head coach at a lower level or an assistant at a championship program. The hard part for the former is that you never know if they can get it done in the SEC and with the latter how much they actually had to do with their program's success. Like Kuhn, who recruited amazing at Kansas and recruited these seniors but was not up to coaching at this level.
Morrison is obviously a heck of a coach, but it took some outside the box thinking to hire a guy who did not have much of a college resume or at least not enough to be a traditional candidate for this job. If you hire Kansas' assistant or GCU's head coach or whatever the case may be and you whiff, you're just like any other AD but if you hire a club coach and whiff you look bad.
So let's give thanks for Bjork and Kuhn. They didn't always do the Aggies right, but they deserve some credit here.
Bird and her staff did only two memorable things for this program
1. Recruited Camilla Gomez and paired her with a senior Hans for Sweet 16 run
2. Recruited Ifenna who was ready to quit VB before Morrison arrived
Lednicky and Underwood were coming likely anyway
There was no buy in by staff to culture or creating their own successful culture.
No ill will but this is ALL on Morrison and his staff and the Corbelli's before that who had runs of Sweet 16s marred by being in Austin regional way to many times after Elliot arrived at Texas
1. Recruited Camilla Gomez and paired her with a senior Hans for Sweet 16 run
2. Recruited Ifenna who was ready to quit VB before Morrison arrived
Lednicky and Underwood were coming likely anyway
There was no buy in by staff to culture or creating their own successful culture.
No ill will but this is ALL on Morrison and his staff and the Corbelli's before that who had runs of Sweet 16s marred by being in Austin regional way to many times after Elliot arrived at Texas
Wicked Good Ag said:
Lednicky and Underwood were coming likely anyway
Nonetheless, Kuhn recruited them.
Morrison is great, we all agree on that. But there is no need to diminish anyone else's accomplishments, whether it be Aggie HOF coaches like Pat Henry or Gary Blair who you may have subjective opinions or their character and personality vs. Morrison but they are good men and have done a lot to elevate A&M over a long period of time.
Or Kuhn, who was not a great coach but at the very least deserves her flowers for getting us these seniors.
That's it for me. I hope Morrison wins 10 more titles and is truly the combination of John Wooden and Mother Teresa that you all say he is and ends up with his statue right next to E. King Gill.
What seniors did she get ??
Once again no ill will at all but Lednicky and Underwood were likely coming here regardless and both of them obviously major conference D1 talent.
Ifenna the other.
Everyone else LEFT the program except another DS before their eligibility expired
No one stayed under the staff before except Fields for their run
Morrison and staff recruited everyone else on roster either from HS ranks or transfer portal.
We took a major backslide as a program under previous staff
The staff's one good run was with all Corbelli recruits except Gomez who I mentioned.
This staff has girls who left for playing time elsewhere show up to root the team on. And the one other girl who could do elsewhere to get significant playing time STAYED to be a part of this season and postponed a year of actual play to be a part of it. I don't know many that would do that in this day and age.
Once again no ill will at all but Lednicky and Underwood were likely coming here regardless and both of them obviously major conference D1 talent.
Ifenna the other.
Everyone else LEFT the program except another DS before their eligibility expired
No one stayed under the staff before except Fields for their run
Morrison and staff recruited everyone else on roster either from HS ranks or transfer portal.
We took a major backslide as a program under previous staff
The staff's one good run was with all Corbelli recruits except Gomez who I mentioned.
This staff has girls who left for playing time elsewhere show up to root the team on. And the one other girl who could do elsewhere to get significant playing time STAYED to be a part of this season and postponed a year of actual play to be a part of it. I don't know many that would do that in this day and age.
One of the noticeable differences between Morrison and others is that he is up and animated on the sideline. Most head coaches stay seated but Jamie is right there alongside the action celebrating the big plays and encouraging his squad.
I think debating whose the best A&M coach is not productive. Changing times make each generation of coaches and sports almost impossible to compare.
My two bits is that women's NCAA volleyball and soccer have been dominated by a few teams. I just glanced at the volleyball winners since about 2000, and Penn State, Nebraska, and Stanford dominate the list. tu has won three times, two in row 2022-3, but there there just aren't any other contenders.
My point is, like women's soccer, there have the three or four traditional powerhouses and everyone else. To break into that powerhouse group is difficult. Those powerhouse programs also dominate the recruits, who usually are identified by their club programs and commit in their junior year mostly into the few elite programs.
I have no idea how good these seniors were considered coming out of high school relative to the other girls recruited by Nebraska, tu, and KU. But it's clear Jamie improved all of them and developed a team fitting their abilities.
Next season will be a real test, as we lose so much and our talent is so young. But it's hard not to have faith in Jamie's ability to make them winners, even if a Natty next year is really unrealistic.
My two bits is that women's NCAA volleyball and soccer have been dominated by a few teams. I just glanced at the volleyball winners since about 2000, and Penn State, Nebraska, and Stanford dominate the list. tu has won three times, two in row 2022-3, but there there just aren't any other contenders.
My point is, like women's soccer, there have the three or four traditional powerhouses and everyone else. To break into that powerhouse group is difficult. Those powerhouse programs also dominate the recruits, who usually are identified by their club programs and commit in their junior year mostly into the few elite programs.
I have no idea how good these seniors were considered coming out of high school relative to the other girls recruited by Nebraska, tu, and KU. But it's clear Jamie improved all of them and developed a team fitting their abilities.
Next season will be a real test, as we lose so much and our talent is so young. But it's hard not to have faith in Jamie's ability to make them winners, even if a Natty next year is really unrealistic.
How stable is Coach Morrison's contract? His resume and "word of mouth" from some players on other teams he's coached internationally shows he is currently a hot commodity. Just musing.
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