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re: North Texas HC Eric Morris - The Good #’s
Posted on 11/20/25 at 9:54 am to Mingo Was His NameO
Posted on 11/20/25 at 9:54 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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Morris has coached in one big game and gave up nearly 70 points and got waxed
Hey! That was 63 points thank you very much.
It’s still North Texas.
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Posted on 11/20/25 at 9:55 am to HEtiger
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Yeah, but look at who his team playing against
Teams with equal talent to his?
Posted on 11/20/25 at 10:00 am to Louisianabound88
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The current state of LSU can’t accomplish these numbers vs LA Tech or Southeastern
Lmao, ok this is actually a great point.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 10:02 am to Jon Ham
I think Morris should be our second choice and a guy we look very hard at. What’s his work ethic like, how would he manage our program, and how would he establish a top 20 defense. If you can get comfortable with the answers to those questions he might be the guy.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 10:04 am to HarryHoudini
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But part of me would rather take a chance on the guy who has had way less to work with and way less opportunities to prove himself.
Lane Kiffin is at Ole Miss dude
Posted on 11/20/25 at 10:05 am to Hahnville07
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Morris is my number 2 after Kiffin
Holy shite make it stop.
Guys he is having a flash in the pan season. That gets you the Arkansas job. That does not get you the LSU job. I understand he's coached some good QBs - no doubt he can run an offense and coach QBs.
His is a .500 coach for his career with the exception of this season.
He is only 40 years old and has NEVER been on a staff at a school on par with LSU. TX Tech is not that. They were little brother in a little brother conference. You might not think thats important but he's never had to, nor has he studied under a coach who has had to:
- deal with the stress level of fan and media expectation
- deal with the politics of our boosters and politicians
- compete against the teams we are competing against
- recruit the level of player we are recruiting (and he has 0 ties to Louisiana)
- recruit against the teams we are recruiting against.
Guys a 9-1 season does not erase that inexperience. There are people on this board that want Morris bc of his QB pedigree but turn around and dont want Lincoln Riley who has 3 NFL starting QBs and a 4th former starter in Spencer Rattler. Its mind blowing how this guy has captivated some of you.
Downvote away.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 10:09 am to Heaphus
Dont pout out obvious facts to these people.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 10:09 am to Beef Supreme
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His is a .500 coach for his career with the exception of this season.
He is only 40 years old and has NEVER been on a staff at a school on par with LSU. TX Tech is not that. They were little brother in a little brother conference. You might not think thats important but he's never had to, nor has he studied under a coach who has had to:
- deal with the stress level of fan and media expectation
- deal with the politics of our boosters and politicians
- compete against the teams we are competing against
- recruit the level of player we are recruiting (and he has 0 ties to Louisiana)
- recruit against the teams we are recruiting against
These are the real and totally reasonable questions. And he may still be good, but these guys will tell you Dillingham or Drink suck and aren’t proven and then knight for a guy who’s had one good season at North Texas and never even really been a high level assistant.
And he may still be awesome
let’s just be honest about who he isPosted on 11/20/25 at 10:11 am to Beef Supreme
Fair enough, still want
Posted on 11/20/25 at 10:21 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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Lane Kiffin is at Ole Miss dude
I think 95% of people on here would take Kiffin over Morris. But if LK doesn't come here I think in this new era Morris would be an interesting choice and if doesn't work it would be a reasonably cheap fix. He's been kicking a$$ on the F2 circuit, lets put him in a Red Bull F1 and see what happens.
My choices: Kiffin, Dilly, Morris, Will Stien, Golesh.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 10:22 am to Jon Ham
Morris sounds like a good number two after kiffin
This post was edited on 11/20/25 at 10:22 am
Posted on 11/20/25 at 10:22 am to Cenlabration
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He's been kicking a$$ on the F2 circuit,
He really hasn’t though
Posted on 11/20/25 at 10:34 am to Hahnville07
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Morris is my number 2 after Kiffin
Please don't ever get on the BOS
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:13 am to Beef Supreme
quote:So it would take him going to Arkansas and spanking our arse a couple times to acknowledge that he might be a good coach? Would be typical LSU fashion.. Why can't we be the ones to find the diamond in the rough? Why do we have to let someone else do our homework for us?
Guys he is having a flash in the pan season. That gets you the Arkansas job. That does not get you the LSU job.
quote:In his first couple years they were transitioning from CUSA to the American. A step up in competition. Despite that, his record has improved each year.
His is a .500 coach for his career with the exception of this season.
quote:Last time I checked, this is a good thing. How'd the 65 year old coach work out for us?
He is only 40 years old
quote:TX Tech's defense was horrible those years (a side of the ball Morris had nothing to do with). And the Big XII still had Oklahoma and Texas. On offense they ranked top 5 in total offense per game, and led the country in total offense in 2016. He also had the #1 offense in the country in 2013 with Mayfield as a freshman.
NEVER been on a staff at a school on par with LSU. TX Tech is not that. They were little brother in a little brother conference
At Washington St he ranked #1 in the country in red zone scoring percentage.
He took over a bottom dweller 1-win Incarnate Word team and went to conference championship the first year and their first playoff appearance.
A good coach is a good coach, and his resume says nothing to suggest otherwise. He knows Texas and LSU recruits Texas heavily. We need somebody hungry. If Kiffin doesn't work out, I'd be very happy with him.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:21 am to baytiger11
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So it would take him going to Arkansas and spanking our arse a couple times to acknowledge that he might be a good coach? Would be typical LSU fashion.. Why can't we be the ones to find the diamond in the rough? Why do we have to let someone else do our homework for us?
Ive been preaching this same point. It’s like all we can do is try to steal someone else coach instead of doing homework and making a smart decision. Yes you absolutely go after Lane but this Eric Morris guy should be on your short list as well
This post was edited on 11/20/25 at 11:26 am
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:23 am to Jon Ham
He looks and talks like the hitchhiker guy from Something About Mary.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:31 am to Mingo Was His NameO
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Morris has coached in one big game and gave up nearly 70 points and got waxed
They had a lot of bad turnovers that game. It was 21 all at the half.
He also beat UTSA 55-17. UTSA crushed Tulane.
Wash St lost 24-21 to Ole Miss in Oxford. UNT beat them 59-10.
UNT is ranked for the first time since 1959 and has the highest scoring offense in FBS. If they win out they are likely the G5 playoff bid.
I would like to see what he can do with a good DC and a NIL/recruiting budget. Pair him with Baker and I don't think you get outscored by many teams.
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:39 am to Heaphus
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Heaphus
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Exactly, and I don't want to hire somebody else that wouldn't against this competition. Doing that against Southeastern Texas State University - Beaumont doesn't necessarily tell us anything.
Are you purposely being stupid?
He is saying that Morris….at North Texas and ALL of their recourses are doing better against competition that LSU did against similar competition.
So imagine Morris at LSU with LSUs resources….
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:46 am to baytiger11
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Why can't we be the ones to find the diamond in the rough? Why do we have to let someone else do our homework for us?
B/c its an awfully big rough. The college football landscape is littered with the bodies of hot up and coming can't miss flash in the pan G5 HCs that have made the jump to major P4 schools and flamed out. Herman, Taggart, Norvell, Fuentes, Napier just to name a few.
Coordinators at P4 schools who make the jump directly to P4 schools have a better success rate than G5 HCs making the jump.
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In his first couple years they were transitioning from CUSA to the American. A step up in competition. Despite that, his record has improved each year
Similar results at Incarnate word. .500, .500, .500, great year and he leaves. We don't see if he can sustain success.
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Last time I checked, this is a good thing. How'd the 65 year old coach work out for us?
It is a good thing. If they have experience at a big program which he does not. Incarnate Word, N. Texas, Tx Tech, and Washington St. absolutely do not come with the pressure that LSU does. They do not recruit the same players. They do not face the same competition. At 40 years he does not have the experience that some even younger than him have.
All of the stats you listed - I don't disagree with. He can run an offense. But i disagree where you talk about his resume. I do not see anything that shows he is prepared for LSU. There are so many more qualified coaches than him it is laughable that people hold him in this high regard. You just want to find a diamond in the rough and say i told you so. That's all it can be. Nothing logical says he needs to be our coach.
This post was edited on 11/20/25 at 11:47 am
Posted on 11/20/25 at 11:52 am to Louisianabound88
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Ive been preaching this same point. It’s like all we can do is try to steal someone else coach instead of doing homework and making a smart decision
There are shinier fricking diamonds in the rough! Glenn Schuman has never been a head coach but the only 2 head coaches he has ever worked under over his 18 years in the business (only 35 years old) have been Nick Saban and Kirby Smart. He ran football operations at Alabama in years they won the NC. I would say he is better equipped to handle LSU than the HC at N. Texas and Incarnate Word.
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