ESPN article on Mora and UConn

[uconnric]

Nice article on ESPN. So far the vibe has been positive, but we have a very tough early schedule.

With a defiant attitude -- and a haunted house? -- Jim Mora returns to the sideline

Jim Mora has returned to coaching at UConn while insisting he never should have been fired at UCLA, that his house is haunted and that he is ready to undergo one of the sport's biggest reclamation projects.

www.espn.com

 

[rayrayfor3]

He's really not over his ex, huh

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

He's really not over his ex, huh

Maybe they can make that our first Conference game when we join the B1G in 10 years. Let Mora not only celebrate elevating UConn into the B1G, but give him the chance to embarrass his old program in front of a raucous 60,000 people at the newly expanded Rent on opening weekend of the season in a nationally televised Saturday night game to kick off the season!

.....ok, now back to reality (a boy can dream!)

 

[Nostical]

The kind of article that wouldn’t have been written had we hired a young MAC coach.We hired a coach with a well known name and history; a positive persona who had essentially become irrelevant. It’s the stroke of good fortune that seemed to evade our program for years. The staff is outstanding. Charlton is a rising star. We’ve got some good players and no matter the coaching you can’t win with bad players. I like this team. I just bet the money line before boarding the flight to SLC. Go Huskies!!

 

[Chin Diesel]

He's really not over his ex, huh

Spite is a helluva motivator.

 

[Palatine]

Lots of times writers know what they are going to write before they interview someone. It makes their job easier. This article had that feel. He probably had the UCLA stuff before they talked.

The only surprising thing in the piece is the part about the haunted house. And if he was a better writer, Thamel would have paid off the haunted house thing in the last paragraph to tie the piece together.

 

[ZooCougar]

If Mora had “failed” as badly here as he did at UCLA there would be people here clamoring to build him a statue and drink his bath water.

Also TR is QB1.

 

[JohnFSilver]

That was a valentine to Mora from Thamel, but that’s OK.

Time to win football games.

 

[noeynox]

The kind of article that wouldn’t have been written had we hired a young MAC coach.We hired a coach with a well known name and history; a positive persona who had essentially become irrelevant. It’s the stroke of good fortune that seemed to evade our program for years. The staff is outstanding. Charlton is a rising star. We’ve got some good players and no matter the coaching you can’t win with bad players. I like this team. I just bet the money line before boarding the flight to SLC. Go Huskies!!

Who cares about an article? If a young MAC coach came here and won that would be worth a hell of a lot more than some fluff piece.

 

[noeynox]

Also when we brought back Edsall with Lashlee as OC, as soon as the OC left I was wishing he got the HC spot off rip. I hope this doesn't happen again as Charlton looks and sounds like a guy going places.

 

[Chin Diesel]

A 3 acre lot with a home that's on a hill and a six minute walk from work? That shouldn't be too hard to figure out where it is, should it?

 

[ZooCougar]

Also when we brought back Edsall with Lashlee as OC, as soon as the OC left I was wishing he got the HC spot off rip. I hope this doesn't happen again as Charlton looks and sounds like a guy going places.

Charlton doesn’t have Lashlee or Mora’s pedigree yet. And unlike Lashlee and Edsall, Mora and Charlton don’t hate eachother.

 

[Get a Job]

A 3 acre lot with a home that's on a hill and a six minute walk from work? That shouldn't be too hard to figure out where it is, should it?

I already tried. I'm thinking it must be on Separatist Road if it's truly a 6 minute walk. There are a few lots that Zillow lists as around 3 acres.

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

I already tried. I'm thinking it must be on Separatist Road if it's truly a 6 minute walk. There are a few lots that Zillow lists as around 3 acres.

We may be limiting the search too much to the radius of a 6 minute walk for us or a normal human being.

We are talking about a 6 minute walk for the superhuman Jim Mora who was climbing mountains and training to climb Mt Everest as a spare time hobby during his coaching hiatus. His stamina is unlimited and his calf’s are likely bigger than any of our waists. A 6 minute walk for the immortal Jim Mora could be anywhere from Willimantic to Tolland!

 

[huskymedic]

A 3 acre lot with a home that's on a hill and a six minute walk from work? That shouldn't be too hard to figure out where it is, should it?

I already tried. I'm thinking it must be on Separatist Road if it's truly a 6 minute walk. There are a few lots that Zillow lists as around 3 acres.

Thought I read he was in the former UConn President House?

 

[noeynox]

Charlton doesn’t have Lashlee or Mora’s pedigree yet. And unlike Lashlee and Edsall, Mora and Charlton don’t hate eachother.

At the time Lashlee was an OC who did not call plays at Auburn. When you're UConn you have to get in early on and up and comer. We've never done it unless you count Diaco who was just an odd character to say the least.

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

And has anyone thought that maybe the house isn’t actually haunted, but maybe the infamous missing “Civil Conflict Trophy” is secretly hidden in the homes’ attic. We may need to remove it and have an official exorcism to finally rid the home and our program of the obvious witches spell that has been placed upon UConn Football?!

 

[ZooCougar]

At the time Lashlee was an OC who did not call plays at Auburn. When you're UConn you have to get in early on and up and comer. We've never done it unless you count Diaco who was just an odd character to say the least.

Edsall 1.0

 

[pepband99]

Thought I read he was in the former UConn President House?

this would have been my guess, especially assuming how we don't have a permanent president, at the moment.

 

[Chin Diesel]

If it were Lane Kiffin, you'd have a strong case for being correct.

 

[Get a Job]

Thought I read he was in the former UConn President House?

I don't think so. Neither the Gurleyville Road house nor Oak Hill are anywhere near the football facility.

 

[noeynox]

Edsall 1.0

Lew Perkins was a long time ago. Guy was a forward thinker.

 

[huskymedic]

Thought I read he was in the former UConn President House?

I don't think so. Neither the Gurleyville Road house nor Oak Hill are anywhere near the football facility.

I knew I read it before… could have changed since then I guess:

 

[Get a Job]

I knew I read it before… could have changed since then I guess:

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