Seriously? UCLA might as well go hire Bellevue's Bruce Goncharoff if they are simply going to go out and re-sign his re-treads each year. Before Slick Rick went to westwood, he worked for BG. Same goes for Mora. Really, hiring Goncharoff would have been a better move. I just haven't seen anybody, even in ucla, with as much optimism for the guy as you buckmark. He might develop into a good coach, but I just don't see it happening since there is nothing he's done in the past that makes me think he'll be successful, especially in a crappy situation like ucla.buckmarkduck wrote:Mora is so much better of a hire than Sherman or Callahn it's not even funny. The guy is energetic well spoken and a great D coach and parents, alum and recruits will love him. He did good in Atl until Vick got him fired because Knapp wouldn't use Vick right. Seattle was a disaster, but that was only about 30% his fault and 70% the gm ruskells fault.
The guy may never have recruited per say, but just read how he recruited TJ Whoesurmomma to Seattle sometime, and you figure out he will be a formidable foe on the recruiting trail. If he brings in the right OC UCLA will be very good.
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Mora has this going for him, on the UCLA 2 deep there is at least 50% of the guys we all would have loved over half the guys we signed out of HS. Meaning he has a ton of talent to work with, plus they have a line, that with the right coaching, should be better than Stanfords. Seriously they are all 4-5* guys and avg 323 across the board, how did their O suck so bad.
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Lots of coaches can screw things up with talented players. UCLA has been doing it for decades now, in large part because they do not identify as a football school but as a basketball school. Sure, he's new blood, but its all based on the wishful-thinking that guy with a brash personality will turn into the affable Pete Carrol simply because he came from the NFL like Pete did. Needless to say, nobody is happy at http://www.bruinsnation.com/ and with good reason.buckmarkduck wrote:Mora has this going for him, on the UCLA 2 deep there is at least 50% of the guys we all would have loved over half the guys we signed out of HS. Meaning he has a ton of talent to work with, plus they have a line, that with the right coaching, should be better than Stanfords. Seriously they are all 4-5* guys and avg 323 across the board, how did their O suck so bad.
But hey, if UCLA wants to be the Kentucky of the P12 South, go for it!