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Name a fan base that wouldn't be pissed about it afterwards. I'm guessing you are drawing a blank as well.
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A message from Mora
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Be pissed but you should not be surprised.
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Except for the offseason. He was MIA for 3-4 months out of the year so he could go skiing or tobogganing or sled dog racing, whatever. Off for a quarter of the year, sort of like my high school spanish teacher.
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Most people aren’t pissed at the leaving, they’re pissed at the ghosting. Even Kiffen said “Goodbye” before he said “Hello”. Not good when Lane can teach you manners.
Marc D’Amelio is on spaces right now and said Mora called him this week to take exception to some of his tweets this week and was pissed at him. Marc got the feeling that Mora didn’t want to leave.
Said Mora told him the reason for leaving but it’s for him to share not Marc. But he got the feeling Mora did not want to leave. And Colorado state is not his dream job. Said mora hasn’t come out to say anything but neither has anyone in Connecticut.
D’Amelio suggests UConn didn’t ask him to stay and didn’t counter the offer. Marc said these questions should be asked to UConn and haven’t.
Also suggested mora wanted to coach the bowl game but UConn didn’t ask.
Said Mora told him the reason for leaving but it’s for him to share not Marc. But he got the feeling Mora did not want to leave. And Colorado state is not his dream job. Said mora hasn’t come out to say anything but neither has anyone in Connecticut.
D’Amelio suggests UConn didn’t ask him to stay and didn’t counter the offer. Marc said these questions should be asked to UConn and haven’t.
Also suggested mora wanted to coach the bowl game but UConn didn’t ask.
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Now spaces listeners fact checking Marc on Colorado states contract not being a huge money difference. D’Amelio said Colorado state would be able to give more for the staff and NIL.
Conference was not a deal breaker for him as he did not go to P4.
Does not think Mora was scared of losing Bell and Joe because if he was afraid of a challenge he never would have come here.
Thinks Mora liked living in Connecticut. He has 3 kids in New York. People don’t have all the facts about Mora’s living situation and thinking he just wanted to go back west.
Me- listening to this spaces, “Rambling Russ” should be in charge. He’s smarter than Marc and runs a better spaces than the 2 men’s basketball only guys.
Conference was not a deal breaker for him as he did not go to P4.
Does not think Mora was scared of losing Bell and Joe because if he was afraid of a challenge he never would have come here.
Thinks Mora liked living in Connecticut. He has 3 kids in New York. People don’t have all the facts about Mora’s living situation and thinking he just wanted to go back west.
Me- listening to this spaces, “Rambling Russ” should be in charge. He’s smarter than Marc and runs a better spaces than the 2 men’s basketball only guys.
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Mora doesn’t owe anyone an explanation, but a ChatGPT generated goodbye as well as leaving under darkness could’ve been handled better. Masterclass in ruining any good will your fanbase had. I think all of us understand that it’s his decision to leave for whatever reason, but he could’ve handled the departure way better.
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Is this implying the the UConn AD wanted Mora to leave? That is absurd.
Agreed, that doesn’t add up.
Spaces is still going on and he’s taking questions. He all but said UConn didn’t counter earlier. Mora told Marc he loves David Benedict.
Marc saying UConn didn’t want to offer more money.
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DB rather go search for another coach and have chaos in the off season. Mora was not good enough for UConn anymore. Just threw him out like he was garbage. Poor Mora had to leave in the dead of night. Does anybody believe this story….lol
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Marc likes to make himself seem very important. This is crap.
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Marc got the feeling he didn’t want to leave. His theory is Mora was testing the waters for a big job. Colorado State came. He got an offer. Did UConn match the offer? Did they show they were willing to up the commitment to football?
Marc says these questions need to be asked of UConn.
Marc clearly thinks UConn deserves some blame here.
Marc says these questions need to be asked of UConn.
Marc clearly thinks UConn deserves some blame here.
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We need to get to the bottom of this. Imagine UConn fans turning on Mora without knowing the whole story. lol
Somewhere in one of these threads it's implied that Mora was testing the waters for more money, hoping UConn would match, but Marenka Radic wouldn't sign off. Maybe this is what D'amelio is referring to?
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Match or a highway robbery? Based on what's transpired, he was trying to leverage the hell out of it....
Why Marc is doing this? to what end? Talking about snafu....
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What Marc's saying doesn't line up with the CSU paywalled article says, which include Mora's own statements.
So someone (or multiple someones) is lying/talking out of both sides of their mouths.
I highly, highly doubt Dave told Jim to take a hike. No freaking way.
So someone (or multiple someones) is lying/talking out of both sides of their mouths.
I highly, highly doubt Dave told Jim to take a hike. No freaking way.
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I listened too.
It sounds like Mora botched his exit and he’s upset that he got called out for it.
1. He didn’t want to leave? Nonsense. Of course he did.
2. Pretty sure Dave didn’t want to be engaged in a nationwide search for a new coach while the roster is blown to smithereens.
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Riiiight...so him got us to 9-4 last season and then signed a solid but not grand extension to 2028, but then another good season in 2025 made him test the waters for a higher salary, and when that offer wasn't reciprocated on our end, him bailed even though it appears nobody told and wanted him to leave. Him was a victim, am I reading this right?
Seems to me him caused this problem in the first place by being greedy, especially if him loves Benedict the way him said him does. When did our HC-AD relationship turn into something from Days of Our Lives with D'Amelio interjecting as a 3rd party?!?!
Seems to me him caused this problem in the first place by being greedy, especially if him loves Benedict the way him said him does. When did our HC-AD relationship turn into something from Days of Our Lives with D'Amelio interjecting as a 3rd party?!?!
This is what Chief posted:
Chief00 said:
What you owe and what you give are two different things. What you give is what defines you
Having said that Lamont and Benedict took the high road but a Mora like silence from the person who is at the mid point of that reporting relationship. It is clear the ball was dropped in regards to what needed to be a quick negotiations turnaround by the institutional sign off. That is a major failure. The two people who look bad in this is Mora and the President of UConn.
blame or credit
It would make sense if there were some major disagreement between DB and JM which led to him taking off to his final destination, so to speak, the way he did. It'll be interesting to see what comes out. And if that were the case, so be it. perhaps there was some football membership scenario which JM preferred and DM declined. No matter, it's in everyone's best interest at this point. Pull the sled!!
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C'mon guys this is garbage. Mora and Benedict are both seasoned professionals and there's no chance that a lack of communication caused all of this. Your best source on this is Millen.
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I look at how Mora chose to handle leaving UConn to go to CSU and that's really all I need to know about the whole thing. For whatever reason, he decided to leave UConn. Fine. It's how he handled it that sticks in my craw -- you can't just walk it all back now and act like you were essentially forced into making these choices. It rings false.
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I don't buy for one second that it was a "failed" renegotiation by Maric. If Mora really wanted to stay, he would still be HC. It's not like anything he got from CSU is better than UConn (or if it was can't be matched), at least what you can negotiate on.
His little BFF trashing the program in the press shows why he left. That's true character on display. Really disappointing from Mora that he clearly didn't believe in the State or the fans any more. Probably was sick of being second fiddle to hoops like he was at UCLA and now he can be the top dog in Fort Collins. These guys are so egotistical. Sad end to a fruitful four years, but Mora is far from the victim that Marc is playing him out to be...
His little BFF trashing the program in the press shows why he left. That's true character on display. Really disappointing from Mora that he clearly didn't believe in the State or the fans any more. Probably was sick of being second fiddle to hoops like he was at UCLA and now he can be the top dog in Fort Collins. These guys are so egotistical. Sad end to a fruitful four years, but Mora is far from the victim that Marc is playing him out to be...