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-> “I think it’s awesome and I think he’s going to love it,” Mora said Thursday, offering his take on the rather surprising news of Bill Belichick’s hiring to coach North Carolina. “And I think he’s taking it very seriously, given his first hire was Mike Lombardi, someone I know very well. To me, that indicates there’s a real seriousness by Bill to do this right. … I think he will get great joy out of coaching college football. I know it has brought me great joy.” <-
-> “You’ve got a couple of programs now, and I’m sure there are others, that are going all in on the NFL model of organizational structure,” Mora said. “And you’re going to see more and more of that. It’s necessary right now the way this thing is going. Those are thoughts that (UConn AD) David Benedict and I have talked about, how to set up a structure that allows us to have the most success we can have. I do think you’re going to see a lot more of this.” <-
-> “For me, it’s just been so rewarding and so different from what the NFL was in a positive way,” Mora said. “There is just a factor to college football, dealing with his level and this age, that is really rewarding as you get a little older in your career, so I hope he enjoys it, I know he’ll be successful, he’ll recruit well, he’ll attack the portal. It’s the same game. If you’re a good football coach, you’re a good football coach. Sometimes, the Bill Belichick you see on TV wasn’t the guy I’ve come to know over the last 20 or 30 years. He’s got a great personality, he has a great sense of humor, and I think those players will really relate to him.” <-