UCLA hires ex-NFL coach Jim Mora Jr

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  • KnightNoles
    Kdub #9
    • Jul 2009
    • 2409

    UCLA hires ex-NFL coach Jim Mora Jr

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    LOS ANGELES -- Jim L. Mora was named football coach at UCLA Saturday, the team announced.

    Mora, the former coach of the Seattle Seahawks and the Atlanta Falcons, is currently an analyst for the NFL network. He replaces Rick Neuheisel, who was fired after going 21-29 during his four years with the Bruins.

    "I think UCLA is truly a sleeping giant, and I realize that an opportunity like this, of this magnitude, doesn't present itself more than once in a coaching career," Mora said. "When the job was offered, I jumped at the chance to be a Bruin."

    Mora signed a contract for five years, $12 million, plus incentives.

    Mora, whose father Jim briefly served as an assistant a UCLA, has little college coaching experience. He was a graduate assistant at Washington, where he played defensive back, in 1984....
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  • Atlas
    BRACK FRIDAY BUNDURU!!!!!
    • Feb 2010
    • 7949

    #2
    Mora wont do shit there... they have so many underlying issues there, they needed a system coach (Leach, Jones, RRod-esque) hire or a big name (sorry, Mora isnt a big name, he's been a radio DJ or w/e for the past 3 years)... i hope he does well there, but i doubt he actually does...

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    • KnightNoles
      Kdub #9
      • Jul 2009
      • 2409

      #3
      Reading through some of it, looks like they went with someone that didn't have any ties. has some NFL experience but I agree, I think he doesn't do anything. Yeaaaa, he coached in the NFL but really what kinda "wow" will he bring to recruits?

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      • Atlas
        BRACK FRIDAY BUNDURU!!!!!
        • Feb 2010
        • 7949

        #4
        his recruiting pitch should be to just show the "playoffs" postgame presser his dad did... just sit back, let them watch it over and over, and let the recruits pour in... thats the only thing i can think of when i hear the Mora name...

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        • NAHSTE
          Probably owns the site
          • Feb 2009
          • 22233

          #5
          Brutal fucking hire. Brutal.

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          • Golden Taters
            RIP West
            • Jul 2009
            • 6640

            #6
            Bad hire, in my opinion. I've never been a fan of Mora, even when he was with Seattle. I also don't think he will be able to recruit very well there, either.

            I'm becoming more and more thankful of how Wazzu was able to land Leach.

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