Once upon a time, I loved both of these guys. But both had underwhelming careers. Yes, I realize that Mora is still going. But to this point, what are everyone's thoughts?
Looking back, who had the more disappointing coaching career?
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My expectations of Slick were much higher than Mora. Never understood the Mora fetish.
Rick had it rolling here and then everything went soft. Too many skill guys were recruited and not enough beef.
Rick's Highs dwarf anything Mora could attain.
whatshouldicareabout
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Neu because I never cared about Mora
Yes but since he actually coached here it's most disappointing that he couldn't make it last. Had a better opening than any coach before him. DeBoer now on the clock
Mora was a hypothetical built for 2007. Anything after that was meaningless
coronabruin
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Jim went from NFL head coach to fuckin UCONN. At least Rick won something. WOOF!
AtomicDawg
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Rick won something and just missed two additional trips to the rose bowl. Big wins too. It was fun.
Mora got a bunch of talent at ucla and was a slightly better version of sark in LA. No hardware.
Both were considered up and comers.
Mora got a bunch of talent at ucla and was a slightly better version of sark in LA. No hardware.
Both were considered up and comers.
I will agree with you Race that Rick demonstrated far more real world potential than Mora who was more dealing in hypotheticals BS, and in this respect the let down of his "low" was harder to take. I mean I didn't go to the 2001 Rose Bowl because I was poverty stricken at the time and thought we'd be back next year. 2019 was long time coming.
I suppose my vote was more who was the most "disappointing" based on the overall suck factor.
Fishpo31
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Rick had success, but couldn't (didn't) sustain it. It is hard to climb out of the hole, but once you do, it takes an incredible amount of work and discipline to sustain it. There is no more getting overlooked, sneaking up on teams. Rick won an RB with Lambo's guys, and then he coasted instead of grinding. JLM could have done the same here, but I don't know if he is dynamic enough to sustain it, long term.
When Chip was at the 0, they were measuring him for a statue, and he decided to shoot for the moon (and avoid THE HAMMER). My poont is that a lot of coaches can scheme, a lot that can recruit/evaluate, and very few that can do both and create a sustainable, winning culture...
When Chip was at the 0, they were measuring him for a statue, and he decided to shoot for the moon (and avoid THE HAMMER). My poont is that a lot of coaches can scheme, a lot that can recruit/evaluate, and very few that can do both and create a sustainable, winning culture...
I went with Mora because there were warning signs about Rick from his time in Colorado.
Mora was a blank slate, had decent defenses in SF and I thought he would be our? version of Pete Carroll, middling NFL, rah-rah type coach who connects with and gets the best out of college players. His first 2 years looked like that would happen and then the wheels came off leading to his implosion.
Mora was a blank slate, had decent defenses in SF and I thought he would be our? version of Pete Carroll, middling NFL, rah-rah type coach who connects with and gets the best out of college players. His first 2 years looked like that would happen and then the wheels came off leading to his implosion.
Mora had a respectable start at UCLA and I think if he had eaten his birthday cake, he would have likely been an upgrade over the Sark years at UW.
He wouldn't have gone owen12 in 08
The vindication was Mora leading the other Huskies to a bowl last season. They had sucked for years.
That was the original premise. He'd come in after 07 and get rid of the Ty stench and bring excitement back
Yes we? wanted him again after 08 but Sark also brought some excitement back for a minute
Ty still being here in 08 is unforgivable
I was told my some members of the half brain pundit class that Sark had achieved house money status after 2010.
I'm not saying Sark has house money status after beating Nebraska but if he did it would look like this
I went Neweasel as he disappointed - Slick Rick for a reason. Mora never coached here so hard to pick him as Idngaf about fUCLA.
Slick will never be rated worse than the comportment king - in mines opinion
And if it wasn't for Ty, would this hell hole exist?
Slick will never be rated worse than the comportment king - in mines opinion
And if it wasn't for Ty, would this hell hole exist?
Unfortunately after working 25+ years in law enforcement some shit is creepy and not funny in any context