Mad Son's Ramblings... UCLA WEEK

dnc said:

ApostleofGrief said:

Mad_Son said:

ApostleofGrief said:

Let me take wild guess. If Mora were the next Huskie coach he'd be just like Don James. When are you guys going to give up on the idea of Don James coming back by proxy.

"He is clearly better than Sark although I am becoming skeptical he is THE best possible hire we could make. "

Clearly you didn't read or didn't comprehend the article.

There is only so much of this hire-Mora nonsense that I can read at once. True I didn't read the whole thing. What you guys need to do is just stop talking about him. He's not going to uproot himself from UCLA at this stage for starters. Most guys have to get beyond the ugh-me-cave-man attitude that associates an alum/player with the best candidate. The examples from recent history show that being an alum primarily serves to put a partially qualified candidate in the job. People that want the next Don James stupidly think that by hiring somebody who was associated with him at some point that will somehow bring back the era. What they always miss is that DJ himself was an obscure coach from nowhere not associated with any glory days at Washington. Try to remember this, because I'm not going to repeat it again (to the satisfaction I am sure of most of you who have heard it before and don't want to belive it).

Hiring a coach just because he's an alum is stupid.

Not considering an excellent candidate just because he's an alum is also stupid.

Belive it.

dnc said:

ApostleofGrief said:

dnc said:

ApostleofGrief said:

Mad_Son said:

ApostleofGrief said:

Let me take wild guess. If Mora were the next Huskie coach he'd be just like Don James. When are you guys going to give up on the idea of Don James coming back by proxy.

"He is clearly better than Sark although I am becoming skeptical he is THE best possible hire we could make. "

Clearly you didn't read or didn't comprehend the article.

There is only so much of this hire-Mora nonsense that I can read at once. True I didn't read the whole thing. What you guys need to do is just stop talking about him. He's not going to uproot himself from UCLA at this stage for starters. Most guys have to get beyond the ugh-me-cave-man attitude that associates an alum/player with the best candidate. The examples from recent history show that being an alum primarily serves to put a partially qualified candidate in the job. People that want the next Don James stupidly think that by hiring somebody who was associated with him at some point that will somehow bring back the era. What they always miss is that DJ himself was an obscure coach from nowhere not associated with any glory days at Washington. Try to remember this, because I'm not going to repeat it again (to the satisfaction I am sure of most of you who have heard it before and don't want to belive it).

Hiring a coach just because he's an alum is stupid.

Not considering an excellent candidate just because he's an alum is also stupid.

Belive it.

"This will mark the 52nd year since the coming of our Coach and savior Jim L. Mora." Look, I read carefully up to here and then skimmed after that. I mean, this sounds like you are keen to get Mora, "Jim L. Mora" even, no?

I've been arguing for the better part of a decade that he'd make an excellent college coach. Nothing that's happened the past year and a half at UCLA has made me question that.

ApostleofGrief said:

Mad_Son said:

ApostleofGrief said:

dnc said:

ApostleofGrief said:

Mad_Son said:

ApostleofGrief said:

Let me take wild guess. If Mora were the next Huskie coach he'd be just like Don James. When are you guys going to give up on the idea of Don James coming back by proxy.

"He is clearly better than Sark although I am becoming skeptical he is THE best possible hire we could make. "

Clearly you didn't read or didn't comprehend the article.

There is only so much of this hire-Mora nonsense that I can read at once. True I didn't read the whole thing. What you guys need to do is just stop talking about him. He's not going to uproot himself from UCLA at this stage for starters. Most guys have to get beyond the ugh-me-cave-man attitude that associates an alum/player with the best candidate. The examples from recent history show that being an alum primarily serves to put a partially qualified candidate in the job. People that want the next Don James stupidly think that by hiring somebody who was associated with him at some point that will somehow bring back the era. What they always miss is that DJ himself was an obscure coach from nowhere not associated with any glory days at Washington. Try to remember this, because I'm not going to repeat it again (to the satisfaction I am sure of most of you who have heard it before and don't want to belive it).

Hiring a coach just because he's an alum is stupid.

Not considering an excellent candidate just because he's an alum is also stupid.

Belive it.

"This will mark the 52nd year since the coming of our Coach and savior Jim L. Mora." Look, I read carefully up to here and then skimmed after that. I mean, this sounds like you are keen to get Mora, "Jim L. Mora" even, no?

Sometimes the first line of a joke doesn't include the punchline. I encourage you to more thoroughly read articles you intend to comment on in the future. That is general advice for life and not just this forum.

Thank you for your advice. In the future I give you some general advice for life and not just this forum. Don't write articles like:

"I assert A and B............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................."

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