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Sad to hear of the passing of John Morrison. Undervalued and under appreciated, did a first class job alongside Mickey Moran in getting Mayo to an AI final in their only year in charge. As a pair they definitely deserved more time but our County board is as fickle as they come. Never heard of a bad word about John. May he rest in peace. ponga (Mayo) - Posts: 647 - 12/02/2019 17:59:01 2164928 Link 3 |
yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11219 - 12/02/2019 19:16:35 2164949 Link 1 |
Did a few coaching sessions in our club over the years as a favour , didn't know the man personally but you couldn't but admire his enthusiasm, he allways had the players eating out of his hand RIP Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 12/02/2019 19:27:23 2164956 Link 1 |
panamasam (Australia) - Posts: 2771 - 12/02/2019 19:28:08 2164958 Link 0 |
decent man, great legacy, Ar dheis De go raibh a anam. suckvalleypaddy (Galway) - Posts: 1662 - 12/02/2019 21:24:39 2164982 Link 0 |
Brolly (Monaghan) - Posts: 4472 - 12/02/2019 21:32:20 2164983 Link 0 |
Had the pleasure of meeting John many years ago. John would have you hanging on his every worth. From details of teaching Paul McGrane to restore his fielding technique. To giving his opinion on shoulders being inline with the post as you shoot and listing the 50 odd some ways to beat a man. shaggylegend (Monaghan) - Posts: 1923 - 12/02/2019 23:42:08 2165006 Link 0 |
I often went along to Mayo training sessions back in 2006 and the first thing that always struck me about both John and Mickey was the love of the game that they both possessed. They were proud to be managing Mayo at the time and treated all the players as if they were their own. They were at every training session hours before it would begin and this was after travelling hundreds of miles to get to Mayo. They were never in any rush home either and often stayed behind to chat to spectators. This was important to them. It felt really strange at the time listening to two guys with big northern accents roaring everything positive to ours boys and John in particular stood out not just in size but the way he used his quirky language to get the best from the guys. mayomanic (Mayo) - Posts: 85 - 13/02/2019 07:52:39 2165016 Link 2 |
Open training sessions...that would never happen now.
yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11219 - 13/02/2019 09:31:35 2165024 Link 1 |
clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 13/02/2019 10:04:43 2165032 Link 1 |
By all accounts John was not only a great GAA man, but just a great human being first and foremost. His weekly columns in the Gaelic Life were required reading for any aspiring coach or motivator. Sincere condolences to his family and many friends. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9073 - 13/02/2019 10:20:16 2165035 Link 0 |
RIP John The_Fridge (Tyrone) - Posts: 2087 - 13/02/2019 12:41:15 2165082 Link 0 |
Very sorry to hear of the passing of John Morrison. I enjoyed the football played by Leitrim during his stint with Mickey Moran over our county team. offyertrolley (Leitrim) - Posts: 141 - 13/02/2019 13:44:14 2165114 Link 0 |
realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8571 - 13/02/2019 14:10:21 2165119 Link 1 |
bert09 (Meath) - Posts: 1788 - 13/02/2019 17:35:48 2165181 Link 0 |
RIP John, always thought himself and Mickey Moran were very harshly treated by the Mayo County Board (and they weren't the last ones, either). Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 15/02/2019 13:43:24 2165486 Link 0 |
Trump2020 (Galway) - Posts: 2100 - 15/02/2019 16:56:08 2165536 Link 0 |
Did a number of coaches coaching sessions under his tuition brilliant brilliant coach lovely man who had a great way about him will be sadly missed RIP
runnerin (Meath) - Posts: 202 - 16/02/2019 10:25:05 2165623 Link 0 |