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Looking back, who had the more disappointing coaching career?

DerekJohnson
DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 69,805 Founders Club
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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? 60 votes

Rick Neuheisel
31%
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Jim L. Mora
68%
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  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,739 Standard Supporter
    Rick Neuheisel
    My expectations of Slick were much higher than Mora. Never understood the Mora fetish.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,705 Founders Club
    Jim L. Mora
    Rick's Highs dwarf anything Mora could attain.
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  • whatshouldicareabout
    whatshouldicareabout Member Posts: 13,014
    Rick Neuheisel
    Neu because I never cared about Mora
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 115,553 Founders Club
    Rick Neuheisel
    YellowSnow said:

    Rick's Highs dwarf anything Mora could attain.

    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
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  • coronabruin
    coronabruin Member Posts: 1,515
    Jim L. Mora
    Jim went from NFL head coach to fuckin UCONN. At least Rick won something. WOOF!
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  • AtomicDawg
    AtomicDawg Member Posts: 7,358
    Jim L. Mora
    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.
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  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,705 Founders Club
    Jim L. Mora
    RaceBannon said:

    YellowSnow said:

    Rick's Highs dwarf anything Mora could attain.

    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
    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.
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  • Fishpo31
    Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,672
    Rick Neuheisel
    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...
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  • CFetters_Nacho_Lover
    CFetters_Nacho_Lover Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 32,757 Founders Club
    Jim L. Mora
    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.
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