Maybe Mora just overestimated how much "chest" the kid had.
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Maybe Mora just overestimated how much "chest" the kid had.
Oh yeah I get it that there is more to the story. I get it that the kid may be entitled and all that. I don't have a problem with strongly worded encouragement, if you will. My problem is just the statements about the kid's abilities. Well, he's the person that recruited the kid. He saw his high school competition. He's the one that thought he could come in and compete. So to me, Mora's statements are an indictment of his own stupidity more so than the kid's abilities. It shows me that he's not too bright of a coach, all things considered.I'm with Mack.
Mora doesn't exactly have a history of doing stuff like this. If this is the first time he's ever done something like this, there must be a reason we're not privy to.
Do I agree with it? Not at all. But I'll give him the benefit of the doubt because it does seem so out of character & because I don't know the nuances of their relationship.
More was asked about it yesterday. Here's what he said:A new element may have been introduced to the UCLA quarterback competition: method acting.
Freshman quarterback Josh Rosen, the darling of the recruiting analysts while at Bellflower St. John Bosco High, was having a good practice Wednesday morning. Then he got lackadaisical launching a Hail Mary pass during a drill at the end.
Cue Coach Jim Mora.
“You’re not at ... Bellflower St. John Bosco,” Mora screamed. “That’s why you have not been named the starter.”
Rosen threw another Hail Mary and Mora got colorfully descriptive:
--“You can’t hit an open receiver down field with no defense.”
--“The ‘Anointed One.’”
--“Go back to Bosco and beat some more [bad] teams.”
Finally, Mora looked at the members of the media present and yelled, “Tell your readers that is why has not been named the starter.”
And, scene.
“That’s ridiculous to me,” he said. “This is football. I’m not going to change the way I coach just because there’s fans and media here. You’re trying to put these guys in stressful situations. You’re trying to test them. You’re setting things up to see hope they handle it. To me, this is where you do all of that.
“On game day, what you see me do is support those guys and be there for them. Out here, it’s about toughening them physically, mentally and emotionally to be able to go in that Rose Bowl in front of 85,000 fans and perform in stressful situation. If the music was up, no one would have even heard me. I do that stuff all the time. You can ask them. I got Jerry (Neuheisel) today, you saw it. It’s just part of the deal.
“Like I told them after practice, am I an a..hole? Yeah. Out here, I’m an a..hole, but I’m an a..hole because that’s my job, to make sure they get the most out of what God gave them and to protect all they’ve worked for and what they’re working toward. I’m not going to let anyone go through the motions at any time. That starts with me.”
Of course. That changes everything then.Everyone knows this happened in practice, right? The media just happened to be there. The original article is here.
More was asked about it yesterday. Here's what he said:
Doing God's work by being an a..hole“Like I told them after practice, am I an a..hole? Yeah. Out here, I’m an a..hole, but I’m an a..hole because that’s my job, to make sure they get the most out of what God gave them and to protect all they’ve worked for and what they’re working toward. I’m not going to let anyone go through the motions at any time. That starts with me.”
Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.I'm really not a big fan of the media being present at practices. Things get blown out of proportion and context.
Doing God's work by being an a..hole
I've never heard of that approach, but ok.
i've seen it a few timesDoing God's work by being an a..hole
I've never heard of that approach, but ok.