The John Morrison Coaching Manual

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

Legend has it, that as St Patrick was banishing the snakes from the Sod, none other than John (Morrison) stood up and approached the venerable Saint himself, and said "Hold on St Pat, don't you know that thon you're now banishing has so much potential as a lethal and prodigious talent in the top corner", and whereupon the much vaunted Saint interrupted and ceased his miraculous deeds, and lo, and behold, was the forefather and progenitor of young Rónán saved, SAVED I TELL YE, from the awful fate that so existed. And thus, was one of the great myths born, and so extinguished, Amen.

[JMohan]

Trained under John a few years back and didn't get on with him at all. He tended to take 90% of the training which was shit. Players had a meeting when things got so bad and decided they wanted mickey to take the training as it was far more enjoyable and results improved thereafter. Mickey will never 'split up' with John but he should if he wants to achieve anymore in the game. He could 'COACH' an All Ireland team no problem. He's not a No1 and never will be. WOuld love to see Mickey join up with a top manager and achieve what he has the ability to achieve.

That would seem to be a fair and common belief

[jodyb]

Trained under John a few years back and didn't get on with him at all. He tended to take 90% of the training which was shit. Players had a meeting when things got so bad and decided they wanted mickey to take the training as it was far more enjoyable and results improved thereafter. Mickey will never 'split up' with John but he should if he wants to achieve anymore in the game. He could 'COACH' an All Ireland team no problem. He's not a No1 and never will be. WOuld love to see Mickey join up with a top manager and achieve what he has the ability to achieve.

He already did in '93. He just never caught on that coaching's where his strength lies. The subsequent 15 years haven't shown any evidence that he ever will either

[Solo_run]

This is still a laugh!

[Lar Naparka]

Just heard David Brady on Newstalk 106 there, and he said that Morrison sent Valentine's cards to around 10 of the Mayo panel in 2006!!

Not sure of what Brady said but he'd never miss a chance to embellish what he has to say about anybody or anything.
The Valentine cards were supposed to be from Sam Maguire and I'm not sure why he picked on 10 of the squad and left the rest out.
The nuts and  the craic about Brazil got a bit mixed up in the telling. They were separate issues.
John boasted that he'd get Mayo to play like Brazil- all out attack at all times. He admitted that Mayo would leak scores at one end but would score more than the opposition with their free-flowing football.

It's fair to say that all of Mayo, including the players, realised that he had lost the plot and should be in a home for the bewildered. We all knew that there would be no problem achieving half of what he was looking for but at the other end there could be problems!
The nutcracker folly was something he had tried out on the Derry players during his time there. The Derry players revolted, telling him that if the likes of Paddy Bradley couldn't makes sense of what he was looking for, the rest of them certainly hadn't a hope.
Nothing daunted, Beefer tried to get Mayo players to implement his strategy and soon found they weren't impressed by his plan either. IIRC, the idea was for players outfield to kick a direct ball into the full forward who would turn his back to goal and hold onto the ball, shielding it from the opposition. Next, both corner forwards would simultaneously race in from the
wings. This was supposed to confuse the opposition as no one would know until the last second which of them would get the off-load.
This was supposed to create a state of panic among the defenders. He created a sense of panic alright but it was  the Mayo forwards who got shit-scared at his proposals.

Given that none of the likely corner forwards were known for their cerebral approach and the fear of a head-on collision between whatever pair were playing was very real indeed.
This yet another brainwave from John that never got off the ground.

[longballin]

Just heard David Brady on Newstalk 106 there, and he said that Morrison sent Valentine's cards to around 10 of the Mayo panel in 2006!!

Not sure of what Brady said but he'd never miss a chance to embellish what he has to say about anybody or anything.
The Valentine cards were supposed to be from Sam Maguire and I'm not sure why he picked on 10 of the squad and left the rest out.
The nuts and  the craic about Brazil got a bit mixed up in the telling. They were separate issues.
John boasted that he'd get Mayo to play like Brazil- all out attack at all times. He admitted that Mayo would leak scores at one end but would score more than the opposition with their free-flowing football.

It's fair to say that all of Mayo, including the players, realised that he had lost the plot and should be in a home for the bewildered. We all knew that there would be no problem achieving half of what he was looking for but at the other end there could be problems!
The nutcracker folly was something he had tried out on the Derry players during his time there. The Derry players revolted, telling him that if the likes of Paddy Bradley couldn't makes sense of what he was looking for, the rest of them certainly hadn't a hope.
Nothing daunted, Beefer tried to get Mayo players to implement his strategy and soon found they weren't impressed by his plan either. IIRC, the idea was for players outfield to kick a direct ball into the full forward who would turn his back to goal and hold onto the ball, shielding it from the opposition. Next, both corner forwards would simultaneously race in from the
wings. This was supposed to confuse the opposition as no one would know until the last second which of them would get the off-load.
This was supposed to create a state of panic among the defenders. He created a sense of panic alright but it was  the Mayo forwards who got shit-scared at his proposals.

Given that none of the likely corner forwards were known for their cerebral approach and the fear of a head-on collision between whatever pair were playing was very real indeed.
This yet another brainwave from John that never got off the ground.

would have taken a team of psychologists to get Mayo over the line...

[Lar Naparka]

Just heard David Brady on Newstalk 106 there, and he said that Morrison sent Valentine's cards to around 10 of the Mayo panel in 2006!!

Not sure of what Brady said but he'd never miss a chance to embellish what he has to say about anybody or anything.
The Valentine cards were supposed to be from Sam Maguire and I'm not sure why he picked on 10 of the squad and left the rest out.
The nuts and  the craic about Brazil got a bit mixed up in the telling. They were separate issues.
John boasted that he'd get Mayo to play like Brazil- all out attack at all times. He admitted that Mayo would leak scores at one end but would score more than the opposition with their free-flowing football.

It's fair to say that all of Mayo, including the players, realised that he had lost the plot and should be in a home for the bewildered. We all knew that there would be no problem achieving half of what he was looking for but at the other end there could be problems!
The nutcracker folly was something he had tried out on the Derry players during his time there. The Derry players revolted, telling him that if the likes of Paddy Bradley couldn't makes sense of what he was looking for, the rest of them certainly hadn't a hope.
Nothing daunted, Beefer tried to get Mayo players to implement his strategy and soon found they weren't impressed by his plan either. IIRC, the idea was for players outfield to kick a direct ball into the full forward who would turn his back to goal and hold onto the ball, shielding it from the opposition. Next, both corner forwards would simultaneously race in from the
wings. This was supposed to confuse the opposition as no one would know until the last second which of them would get the off-load.
This was supposed to create a state of panic among the defenders. He created a sense of panic alright but it was  the Mayo forwards who got shit-scared at his proposals.

Given that none of the likely corner forwards were known for their cerebral approach and the fear of a head-on collision between whatever pair were playing was very real indeed.
This yet another brainwave from John that never got off the ground.

would have taken a team of psychologists to get Mayo over the line...

I'm sure we can pick up a couple from the Dubs, now that Diarmuid has gone AWOL, ye must a few to spare.

[joemamas]

Just heard David Brady on Newstalk 106 there, and he said that Morrison sent Valentine's cards to around 10 of the Mayo panel in 2006!!

Not sure of what Brady said but he'd never miss a chance to embellish what he has to say about anybody or anything.
The Valentine cards were supposed to be from Sam Maguire and I'm not sure why he picked on 10 of the squad and left the rest out.
The nuts and  the craic about Brazil got a bit mixed up in the telling. They were separate issues.
John boasted that he'd get Mayo to play like Brazil- all out attack at all times. He admitted that Mayo would leak scores at one end but would score more than the opposition with their free-flowing football.

It's fair to say that all of Mayo, including the players, realised that he had lost the plot and should be in a home for the bewildered. We all knew that there would be no problem achieving half of what he was looking for but at the other end there could be problems!
The nutcracker folly was something he had tried out on the Derry players during his time there. The Derry players revolted, telling him that if the likes of Paddy Bradley couldn't makes sense of what he was looking for, the rest of them certainly hadn't a hope.
Nothing daunted, Beefer tried to get Mayo players to implement his strategy and soon found they weren't impressed by his plan either. IIRC, the idea was for players outfield to kick a direct ball into the full forward who would turn his back to goal and hold onto the ball, shielding it from the opposition. Next, both corner forwards would simultaneously race in from the
wings. This was supposed to confuse the opposition as no one would know until the last second which of them would get the off-load.
This was supposed to create a state of panic among the defenders. He created a sense of panic alright but it was  the Mayo forwards who got shit-scared at his proposals.

Given that none of the likely corner forwards were known for their cerebral approach and the fear of a head-on collision between whatever pair were playing was very real indeed.
This yet another brainwave from John that never got off the ground.

Brady is a media hound trying to stay relevant, he comes across as being as dumb as rocks

[Throw ball]

Many of John Morrison's coaching tips are superb. He is a bit eccentric though. If you can pick the good from the 'off field ' stuff then we can all learn something.

[longballin]

Just heard David Brady on Newstalk 106 there, and he said that Morrison sent Valentine's cards to around 10 of the Mayo panel in 2006!!

Not sure of what Brady said but he'd never miss a chance to embellish what he has to say about anybody or anything.
The Valentine cards were supposed to be from Sam Maguire and I'm not sure why he picked on 10 of the squad and left the rest out.
The nuts and  the craic about Brazil got a bit mixed up in the telling. They were separate issues.
John boasted that he'd get Mayo to play like Brazil- all out attack at all times. He admitted that Mayo would leak scores at one end but would score more than the opposition with their free-flowing football.

It's fair to say that all of Mayo, including the players, realised that he had lost the plot and should be in a home for the bewildered. We all knew that there would be no problem achieving half of what he was looking for but at the other end there could be problems!
The nutcracker folly was something he had tried out on the Derry players during his time there. The Derry players revolted, telling him that if the likes of Paddy Bradley couldn't makes sense of what he was looking for, the rest of them certainly hadn't a hope.
Nothing daunted, Beefer tried to get Mayo players to implement his strategy and soon found they weren't impressed by his plan either. IIRC, the idea was for players outfield to kick a direct ball into the full forward who would turn his back to goal and hold onto the ball, shielding it from the opposition. Next, both corner forwards would simultaneously race in from the
wings. This was supposed to confuse the opposition as no one would know until the last second which of them would get the off-load.
This was supposed to create a state of panic among the defenders. He created a sense of panic alright but it was  the Mayo forwards who got shit-scared at his proposals.

Given that none of the likely corner forwards were known for their cerebral approach and the fear of a head-on collision between whatever pair were playing was very real indeed.
This yet another brainwave from John that never got off the ground.

would have taken a team of psychologists to get Mayo over the line...

I'm sure we can pick up a couple from the Dubs, now that Diarmuid has gone AWOL, ye must a few to spare.

am I from Dublin?