Jim Mora - Compulsive Whiner & Headset Thrower

[PhillyPhreak54]

Updated: Dec. 25, 2005, 9:46 PM ET
Mora loses cool after postgame radio question
Associated Press

ATLANTA -- Falcons general manager Rich McKay said Sunday it's too early to tell if the team will discipline coach Jim Mora for his antics following the team's overtime loss at Tampa Bay.

"Let me get through the weekend," said McKay, who also is the Falcons president. "Right now I just don't know."

The 27-24 defeat on Saturday eliminated Atlanta from playoff contention. After the game, in his regularly scheduled postgame chat with radio flagship analyst Dave Archer, Mora was asked to explain why the Falcons punted from their 24 when facing fourth-and-2 with 1:08 remaining in overtime.

Even though Michael Koenen's punt went 53 yards, Mark Jones' 28-yard return put the Buccaneers in position to win the game on Matt Bryant's field goal five plays later.

According to several team and radio station employees, Mora abruptly removed his headset after hearing Archer's question and threw it to the ground.

Three team employees and two with the radio station, all of whom requested anonymity because they said they feared alienating the coach, said Mora was so angry that he also threw a microphone -- which almost hit Nicole Watson, a sideline reporter with the radio station, in the head.

Watson had given Mora the microphone and headset so he could conduct his usual postgame interview with Archer, who was in the broadcast booth above the field.

Mora did not immediately return a call placed to his cell phone Sunday afternoon.

The Falcons have lost five of seven since a Week 9 victory at Miami left them 6-2 and tied for the NFC lead.

Atlanta, which advanced to the conference title game last season and beat defending NFC champion Philadelphia in the Sept. 12 season opener, blew a 24-17 lead against the Bucs when Carnell Williams ran for a touchdown on fourth-and-1 at the Falcons 6 with 25 seconds left in regulation.

Remember him tossing his headset at the Linc last year and stomping his feet on the sidelines?

Mora is a whiner.

[rjs246]

Yay, more teams who won't be in the playoffs and will have a worse draft pick that the Eagles!

[MDS]

Like father like son.

[PhillyPhreak54]

CAN VICK, MORA COEXIST?

In the wake of a stunning fall from Super Bowl contender to at least seven losses and no shot at the playoffs, there's very good reason to believe that Falcons coach Jim Mora and starting quarterback Michael Vick cannot coexist on  long-term basis.

Apart from the chronic efforts of Mora and offensive coordinator Greg Knapp to make Vick into the kind of quarterback that he isn't and will never be, Mora soon might realize that Michael also isn't, and never will be, the kind of leader who can take a team to the top of the NFL mountain.

Here's Exhibit A.  Following Saturday's overtime loss to the Bucs, Vick offered this explanation regarding the impact of the blocked field goal following the recovery of a Tampa fumble early in the fifth quarter:  "It kind of put everything in perspective, like maybe this just ain't our year."

In contrast, when a reporter asked Mora whether the blocked field goal made him think that "it just wasn't meant to be," Mora said:  "That's a loser's attitude, and I would like to think we don't have a whole lot of losers in the locker room . . . .  People like that don't accomplish much in life."

Ouch.

Though the two quotes weren't identical, with Vick saying it "ain't our year" and Mora reacting to whether "it just wasn't meant to be," Mora's message is that folks who say things like it "ain't our year" or it "wasn't meant to be" have a mindset that regards losing as a product of fate, not the consequence of a failure to perform.  The difference is that people who don't recognize winning and losing as something over which they have total control will more often than not find a way to will themselves to defeat.

The other thing that Mora might find troubling is the shot of Vick smiling and yukking it up with Chris Simms and other Bucs players immediately after Tampa stuck a knife in the heart of the team's season.  Kudos to the guy in the FOX trailer who promptly cut to an image of defensive tackle Darrell Shropshire standing on the sideline with a "What the f--k just happened to us?" look on his face.

Shropshire is a seventh-round rookie who didn't play at all until the seventh game of the season, not the face of the franchise and one of the highest-paid players in the game.

Because of his salary and his stature in Atlanta, Vick won't be going anywhere any time soon.  As a result, our guess is that Mora might soon be thinking about his next career move, especially in an offseason in which there are plenty of other teams who would love to have a guy like Mora on the sidelines.

Imagine how the McNabb haters in this city, some of whom repeatedly name Vick as a better QB to have over Donovan, would react if this happened in Philadelphia?

[MDS]

What a bitch organization. from top to bottom. Starting with Arthur Blank and his guido moustache to Mora and his temper tantrums. I'm so happy they aren't making the playoffs.

[hunt]

vick runs fast.

[rjs246]

That team is a joke. I'm embarrassed that the Eagles lost to them this year.

[Rome]

Wah!

[Geowhizzer]

Mora says he has 'great control' of emotions

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) - Jim Mora acknowledged Monday that he was upset when he put an abrupt end to a radio interview following the loss Saturday that knocked his Atlanta Falcons out of playoff contention.

Still, Mora insisted "I have great control of my emotions," adding that he is unfairly judged by those seeking to link his emotional displays with those of his father, former coach Jim Mora.

[General_Failure]

[LBIggle]

CAN VICK, MORA COEXIST?

In the wake of a stunning fall from Super Bowl contender to at least seven losses and no shot at the playoffs, there's very good reason to believe that Falcons coach Jim Mora and starting quarterback Michael Vick cannot coexist on  long-term basis.

Apart from the chronic efforts of Mora and offensive coordinator Greg Knapp to make Vick into the kind of quarterback that he isn't and will never be, Mora soon might realize that Michael also isn't, and never will be, the kind of leader who can take a team to the top of the NFL mountain.

Here's Exhibit A.  Following Saturday's overtime loss to the Bucs, Vick offered this explanation regarding the impact of the blocked field goal following the recovery of a Tampa fumble early in the fifth quarter:  "It kind of put everything in perspective, like maybe this just ain't our year."

In contrast, when a reporter asked Mora whether the blocked field goal made him think that "it just wasn't meant to be," Mora said:  "That's a loser's attitude, and I would like to think we don't have a whole lot of losers in the locker room . . . .  People like that don't accomplish much in life."

Ouch.

Though the two quotes weren't identical, with Vick saying it "ain't our year" and Mora reacting to whether "it just wasn't meant to be," Mora's message is that folks who say things like it "ain't our year" or it "wasn't meant to be" have a mindset that regards losing as a product of fate, not the consequence of a failure to perform.  The difference is that people who don't recognize winning and losing as something over which they have total control will more often than not find a way to will themselves to defeat.

The other thing that Mora might find troubling is the shot of Vick smiling and yukking it up with Chris Simms and other Bucs players immediately after Tampa stuck a knife in the heart of the team's season.  Kudos to the guy in the FOX trailer who promptly cut to an image of defensive tackle Darrell Shropshire standing on the sideline with a "What the f--k just happened to us?" look on his face.

Shropshire is a seventh-round rookie who didn't play at all until the seventh game of the season, not the face of the franchise and one of the highest-paid players in the game.

Because of his salary and his stature in Atlanta, Vick won't be going anywhere any time soon.  As a result, our guess is that Mora might soon be thinking about his next career move, especially in an offseason in which there are plenty of other teams who would love to have a guy like Mora on the sidelines.

Imagine how the McNabb haters in this city, some of whom repeatedly name Vick as a better QB to have over Donovan, would react if this happened in Philadelphia?

i've seen mcnabb smiling during losses.  not right after getting eliminated from playoff contention, obviously.  mcnabb seems the alot lesser of two evils by the way he handles some things.  but people saying vicks better then mcnabb is utter insanity.  "this just probably wasn't our year".  hahahaha, what a load.  i guess fans want deep humanoid emotions after football games.  kind of like the ones we get when we used to play football, or watch the games.  in reality their just overpaid sissy millionaires, who are playing football with some of the homies from back in the day.  their just too damn good to not watch though.

[SunMo]

Falcons' Mora fined for sideline cell call
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Posted: January 5, 2006

Associated Press

NEW YORK -- Atlanta Falcons coach Jim Mora has been fined $25,000 by the NFL for using a cell phone on the sidelines during the team's overtime loss to Tampa Bay on Dec. 24.

Mora was fined under a rule adopted last March prohibiting the use of cell phones or any other form of communications by coaches or players on the field -- other than the regular phones used by teams to communicate between the sideline and press box.

That was a recommendation of the league's competition committee, the co-chairman of which is Rich McKay, Atlanta's general manager.

Two years ago, New Orleans' Joe Horn was fined $30,000 for using a cell phone after scoring a touchdown. The NFL said the fine against Mora had nothing to do with the rule under which Horn was fined.

Mora used the phone late in overtime of the game in an attempt to determine how a tie might affect his team's playoff chances.

After it happened, Horn said he believed Mora should be fined, just as he was.

"I want $30,000," said Horn. "I'm not trying to player-hate coach Mora, but it shouldn't be a double-standard league. A player gets fined, then a coach should get fined under any circumstances.

"Cell phones are prohibited in the NFL. So I think coach Mora should be fined $30,000 like I was."

[ice grillin you]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3NDiMorX-o&mode=related&search=



best line = "that might be an nfl record"

[Butchers Bill]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3NDiMorX-o&mode=related&search=



best line = "that might be an nfl record"

best line has to be the "diddley poo" one.

[PhillyPhreak54]

MORA'S FATE IS SEALED?

The talk in league circles is that Jim Mora Jr. will be fired by Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank after the team completes the current season, even if the Falcons make it to the playoffs.

Could a hot streak in January save Mora?  Perhaps.  But something short of a Super Bowl appearance might not be enough to save him.

Mora angered Blank with his comments from last week indicating a willingness to leave the Falcons in a minute if he could get the University of Washington job.  And even if Blank accepts Mora's explanation that he was joking, the comments were, in our view, inexcusable.

Hell, even if Mora said he was drunk at the time there still would be concern, we think, from Blank (and not just due to the fact that, you know, Mora was sauced up while on the radio).

For those of you who don't think it's reasonable for Blank to be upset, think of it this way.  What if you were talking in a public setting and your high school girlfriend's name just happened to come up?  And what it you were to declare that, if she ever gets a divorce, you'd leave your wife in a heartbeat in order to rekindle that flame?

Even if you were joking, do you think Mrs. You would be happy about the development?

(If you disagree, we suggest that you give it a try.  If you don't have access to radio, we recommend a classified ad.  Or a billboard.)

We know the example is a tad extreme, but at the core there's no difference between that scenario and Mora's situation.

The bigger question is whether Mora will get a sniff in the short term for another head coaching job.  First of all, there might not be many of such gigs available at the NFL level in 2007.  Second, any owner would be justifiably concerned that Mora still has his eyes on Seattle.  Third, there might be concerns that his total lapse in judgment will manifest itself in other ways.

We think his best bet would be to take a year off, cash some of Arthur Blank's checks, do some television work, and then look for a coaching gig in 2008.