Mora getting defensive

AtomicPiss

bruinsnation.com/ucla_bruin_football/2014/10/26/7076071/mora-ugly-defensiveness-over-bad-football

MikeDamone

Sounds like he's rubbing people the wrong way.

MrsPetersen

LoneStarDawg

Yeah but how is moving the goalposts a bad thing?

TierbsHsotBoobs

sarktastic

Good teams play shitty sometimes... and win.

Mora will be at UCLA for a long time. He'll be successful yet Bruin fans will never be satisfied.

The biggest problem Mora has on this team right now is Hundley at QB... he sucks.

TierbsHsotBoobs

sarktastic said:

Good teams play shitty sometimes... and win.

Mora will be at UCLA for a long time. He'll be successful yet Bruin fans will never be satisfied.

The biggest problem Mora has on this team right now is Hundley at QB... he sucks.

Disagree. Mora's biggest problem is that his staff isn't developing players. Hundley is just a symptom of that problem.

AZDuck

One of the commenters at the SB Nation Broon site mentioned that Mora is the most successful year 1-3 corch in school history.

AtomicPiss

Brett Hundley has become Jake Locker

RaceBannon

Heard his radio show. Said criticism of Hundley was unfair. Then said he didn't read or listen to media and don't know what they say

AtomicPiss

Unlike many, I haven't abandoned the Mora bandwagon, but obviously the team looks poorly coached this year, save for their 62-27 win over ASU.

sarktastic

UCLA will probably end up with a 10 win season... but it feels more like 8.

8 win seasons won't cut it in Southern California for long.

TierbsHsotBoobs

sarktastic said:

UCLA will probably end up with a 10 win season... but it feels more like 8.

8 win seasons get you hired to coach Southern California.

sarktastic

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

sarktastic said:

UCLA will probably end up with a 10 win season... but it feels more like 8.

8 7 win seasons get you hired to coach Southern California.

alumni94

This is why I was never on Mora train.

Predict to be first in the south.

http://pac-12.com/article/2014/07/22/oregon-picked-win-pac-12-title-preseason-media-poll

Current Standings

http://pac-12.com/sport/football/standings


Underachiever. Check out his career, it's often been that way...too often.

Swaye

DerekJohnson said:

Brett Hundley has become Jake Locker

Black Jesus > Purple Jesus

sarktastic

do Hundley and Mora have trust issues?

AtomicDawg

Mora is not a bad coach by any means but I think he just hired a bunch of recruiters and an OC that hates to run the ball and is paying the consequences for it now that this team has matured. Player development has been lacking. That falls on him but he is still winning games. Not an implosion. I am interested to see what this off season looks like for him and his staff.

Also, he is supposed to be a defensive specialist, but his defenses seem to preform below the talent level on a consistent basis.

Homebrew_Dawg

DerekJohnson said:

Brett Hundley has become Jake Locker Lockner

Some of you need to learn the difference.

SteveInShelton

I don't think he's a good coach. It played out after the Oregon game. The ASU game was obviously a fluke, as the rest of their wins have been 1 possession games against terrible teams. The only other 2 teams with a pulse they have played they lost, including getting plungered by Oregon. He might be winning now but he could easily lose the next 4 games (including at home to Sark which would be the death blow).

Southerndawg

alumni94 said:

This is why I was never on Mora train.

Predict to be first in the south.

http://pac-12.com/article/2014/07/22/oregon-picked-win-pac-12-title-preseason-media-poll

Current Standings

http://pac-12.com/sport/football/standings


Underachiever. Check out his career, it's often been that way...too often.

I think it's too early to tell, but can't really argue with not being on the Mora train.

Looking back, he started fast at Atlanta, but faded, didn't handle himself well publicly and got fired. Still, his stock was pretty damned high, high enough for Paul Allen to hire him as an assistant coach and heir apparent to take over the Seahawks head coaching job. But, he was dealt a shit hand there. He inherited poor management and poor player personnel, a team that needed to be rebuilt from the top down. He didn't win, publicly handled himself poorly again and was fired again.

At UCLA, Mora has shown flashes. He lit a fire under them, instantly making them better than they were under Neuheisel. He also seems a better fit for the college game than the NFL. He has recruited at an elite level and has had people talking about UCLA as a potential national title contender. But again, this season has been a huge disappointment for UCLA and that falls to Mora to correct. As others have pointed out, he needs assistant coaches who can develop talent and coach on game day as well as they can recruit. One way or the other, we'll see what sort of head coach he is as this season progresses. The team with either improve from the top down as time passes or it won't. He'll deserve credit for the improvement and blame for failing to improve. Personally, I still think he'll be successful, but he's going to have to make some tough decisions and work his ass off to get there, like all successful head coaches do. 2015 could be special :-)