The Mora family needs some public relations help
by briandtw on Saturday, December 16th, 2006 at 02:42pm
First, Jim Mora, Sr. calls Michael Vick a coach-killer, now Jim Mora, Jr. says that if the Washington Huskies head coaching job was open, he would quit his current job as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons even if they were in the heat of a playoff race.
“Mora, an alumnus of Washington, said he has much respect for Washington coach Tyrone Willingham but said ‘if that job’s open, you’ll find me at the head of the line with my resume in hand ready to take that job.’
“Mora, being interviewed by KJR’s Hugh Millen and Dave Mahler, was then asked, ‘If you’re available?’
“Said Mora: ‘It doesn’t even matter if I’m available … I don’t care if we’re in the middle of a playoff run. I’m packing my stuff and coming back to Seattle.’”
You really have to hear the interview to give it justice, because it’s funny how the radio hosts (one of whom is Mora’s old roommate) are actually trying to couch his statements and pull him back from jumping off a cliff. But Mora actually cuts them off on more than one occasion to talk about how serious he is about this, and how he is not joking.
Of course, now he says he was just joking.