Jim Mora Maryland Post Game Media Availability

[SwingDog]

Postgame Media Availability (at Maryland)

Coach Jim Mora speaks with the media following the loss to Maryland.

storrscentral.com

 

[ShakyTheMohel]

I am glad to hear Evers is the starter next week if he is healthy. He needs reps.

 

[giddyup]

Mora is a good human that cares. Totally a class act. Unfortunately, he just doesn’t have the right stuff to fix this mess. We need somebody that is maniacally driven to win with beads of sweat, veins popping, willing to pack some mustard sandwiches and borrow a beater and drive to East Bumbfork to find the kid he needs to win.

 

[Austin316]

Mora is a good human that cares. Totally a class act. Unfortunately, he just doesn’t have the right stuff to fix this mess. We need somebody that is maniacally driven to win with beads of sweat, veins popping, willing to pack some mustard sandwiches and borrow a beater and drive to East Bumbfork to find the kid he needs to win.

Winning and installing a culture in months for 100 people is going to be challenging when you have new faces everywhere. We also lost veteran leadership on defense.

I’m sure there is a special formula. But finding the staff that has a special formula would be like catching lightning in a bottle. It’s hard.

I’m not going to rag on Mora. I think more fans need realistic expectations and wait to grind some wins out. It’s always going to be a slow build every season when all you have every year are portal players.

 

[UCFBfan]

I have to laugh at the "media" setup. The one microphone from a local TV station and two cell phones. One phone the guy takes after Mora's opening remarks. Mora has to just think sometimes about how low he's dropped on the media totem pole

 

[BigTenFan]

I think Mora is doing the best he can with what he has to work with.
He definitely is a professional who represents the University in a positive way.

 

[Palatine]

Two years in a row his team came out NOT ready. Maryland had 14 points before the fans sat down. They came out flat and slow.

Last year they couldn't tackle. But looked like they belonged.

Two years ago at Utah State they came out on fire until the season blew up with an injury.

 

[kemba]

Maybe reading too much into it, but I don’t love that he spent so much time talking about body language, buying into the culture, etc. If that’s a concern after one game that’s a problem

 

[SwingDog]

Maybe reading too much into it, but I don’t love that he spent so much time talking about body language, buying into the culture, etc. If that’s a concern after one game that’s a problem

Yeah, I agree that's a bit concerning. Seems like buyer's remorse for the some of the new additions to the roster. I do agree with what he says about not knowing portal players as well as ones recruited from high school, so it is a bit of a gamble but that's part of the new landscape in collegiate athletics. Hopefully this team will quickly gel together and develop a collective winning mindset.

 

[ZooCougar]

Pathetic.

 

[Purple Stein]

I have to laugh at the "media" setup. The one microphone from a local TV station and two cell phones. One phone the guy takes after Mora's opening remarks. Mora has to just think sometimes about how low he's dropped on the media totem pole

He also spent the whole “press conference” competing with the marching band. Is this what a Big Ten setup looks like?

 

[AllHusky]

I have a bad feeling Jim is going to do some skiing January February in Idaho. Hope not, but he’s an awfully nice guy, who as Big Ten Fan pointed out is classy and represents the University well

 

[CTBballfan243]

Two years in a row his team came out NOT ready. Maryland had 14 points before the fans sat down. They came out flat and slow.

Last year they couldn't tackle. But looked like they belonged.

Two years ago at Utah State they came out on fire until the season blew up with an injury.

Yesterday they were just way over matched. Maryland is just in a different stratosphere when it comes to talent and skill. It’s really that simple

 

[SwingDog]

Two years in a row his team came out NOT ready. Maryland had 14 points before the fans sat down. They came out flat and slow.

Last year they couldn't tackle. But looked like they belonged.

Two years ago at Utah State they came out on fire until the season blew up with an injury.

Looking at the highlights I guess what I was most disappointed in was the missed tackles. Way too many. On the other hand, 50 points could have been 65 had we not held them to 3 FG's and given up TD's instead so maybe that's a dim bright spot.

 

[SwingDog]

Looking at the highlights I guess what I was most disappointed in was the missed tackles. Way too many. On the other hand, 50 points could have been 65 had we not held them to 3 FG's and given up TD's instead so maybe that's a dim bright spot.

I meant 50 points could have been 62.

 

[UConnJim]

If you look at Mora's recored the past 2 years, he is 8-9 against G5/FCS with only the JMU game last year being a blow out loss. SIx of the losses have been by 14 points or less. That tells me we are competitive with G5 schools, but not ready to compete with P4 schools although Mora has had a couple of tight P4 games. So, I would say Mora has elevated the football program, but we are all hoping for even better.

Starting off the season against Maryland, or against any P4 school for the matter, was not the best strategy for a team with so many coaching and player changes. It's clear this team needed more practice to gel. Let's see how the next few weeks looks.

 

[Duncan Idaho]

If you look at Mora's recored the past 2 years, he is 8-9 against G5/FCS with only the JMU game last year being a blow out loss. SIx of the losses have been by 14 points or less. That tells me we are competitive with G5 schools, but not ready to compete with P4 schools although Mora has had a couple of tight P4 games. So, I would say Mora has elevated the football program, but we are all hoping for even better.

Starting off the season against Maryland, or against any P4 school for the matter, was not the best strategy for a team with so many coaching and player changes. It's clear this team needed more practice to gel. Let's see how the next few weeks looks.

UConn set this game up in 2019. I am always in favor of a FCS home opener to begin a season but I think the strategy was to be much better than they were at the time of signing this deal...plenty of season left.

 

[psilotic]

I meant 50 points could have been 62.

If Sammis had sat on it as he should have at the end of the first half it might, stress might, been a little more respectable.

 

[Scrutineer]

Maybe reading too much into it, but I don’t love that he spent so much time talking about body language, buying into the culture, etc. If that’s a concern after one game that’s a problem

I agree to an extent.

It's his responsibility to find the "right" players, develop them and win in order to attract fans and generate the revenue needed to sustain the program. But, with the rules changes recently enacted, the focus of players will increasingly be on how much we'll pay to sign them.

Gone will be the players' love for the program they rooted for growing up, or they got to know from several years of interaction with the staff while being recruited. Sure, that's a romantic notion and old fashioned, but soon the criticism of fans who boo the players will also be a thing of the past.

We used to get to know the kids as they progressed through their years on the team. We saw them grow as players and as people. We cheered hardest for guys like Kendall Reyes and Christian Haynes, who were relatively unheralded out of high school, as they developed over their time at UConn.

Where does it all lead? My guess is the universities will spin off their athletic departments into separate corporations in order to insulate themselves from the insanity. That may be why some are talking about "private equity" on the horizon.

 

[Jetskies]

If you look at Mora's recored the past 2 years, he is 8-9 against G5/FCS with only the JMU game last year being a blow out loss. SIx of the losses have been by 14 points or less. That tells me we are competitive with G5 schools, but not ready to compete with P4 schools although Mora has had a couple of tight P4 games. So, I would say Mora has elevated the football program, but we are all hoping for even better.

Starting off the season against Maryland, or against any P4 school for the matter, was not the best strategy for a team with so many coaching and player changes. It's clear this team needed more practice to gel. Let's see how the next few weeks looks.

you are so much more mature than me. I'm more of the nuclear-option, forehead-vein-popping, yell-at-the-tv-screen, type.

Cheers

 

[CJasmer]

UConn set this game up in 2019. I am always in favor of a FCS home opener to begin a season but I think the strategy was to be much better than they were at the time of signing this deal...plenty of season left.

Because of conference schedules it will be likely P4 games will always be in the first part of season.