Originally published at: The Top 5 Quotes from Eric Morris’ First News Conference of Spring Ball
STILLWATER — The first spring of the Eric Morris Era is here. Oklahoma State opened its spring practice schedule on Monday. Afterward, Morris met with reporters to discuss how it went. Here are five things he hit on, and you can watch his news conference in full below. The Defense Got the Better of the Offense Morris is an offensive guy. He said he’s had to learn that it’s alright if the defense beats the offense in practice some days. Monday, the first day of spring practice, was one of those days. “I thought the defense really got after the offense for most of the day,” Morris said. “Maybe it was a little bit of the elements. We were outside the whole entire day. It was beautiful out there, pretty windy. We had some 18-22 mph wind at our backs, and so I didn’t think we adjusted very well to that. We threw a bunch of balls over the receivers’ heads today.” Being a part of the Mike Leach tree didn’t help Morris expand on his views of defenses having their days in practice, but he learned about it in his short stint at Washington State. “It was really good…