You've undoubtedly heard about it by now, but former NFL head coach and current NFL Network and FOX Sports analyst Jim Mora went on Colin Cowherd's radio show on ESPN Radio to promote his interview with Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick.
Mora's interview with Vick will air on Sunday morning.
ESPN Radio host Doug Gottlieb, who was filling in for Colin Cowherd, asked Mora about Vick, including suggesting that Mora could still be the head coach of the Falcons had Vick had bought into being a professional back then.
That suggestion clearly did not sit well with Mora, who said "Ah, I don't live in the past, pal. You might, but I'm looking forward and I'm just happy for Mike."
To move things along, Gottlieb changes subjects, and asks Mora how Philadelphia Eagles should feel when Donovan McNabb's return to Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday.
Mora, who has a history of poor radio interviews, does not come across in a positive light. But neither does Gottlieb, who was out of line for trying to create controversy by suggesting that Mora might still be the head coach in Atlanta had Vickd been more dedicated to his craft, and for asking Mora how 70,000 fans in Philadelphia "should feel" about McNabb's return.
The 2:33 portion of that interview is a radio train wreck.
(H/T: The Big Lead)
5 comments:
Not to be a pest, just pointing it out, but the 2:33 mark of the video is actually the end. The video is only 2:33 long.. The train wreck actually starts at 0:00 and ENDS at 2:33 ;)
Do you think Mora's comments about wanting the U of Washington job while the head coach of Atlanta had anything to do with his firing?
Jim Mora is a Dbag....
Nevermind, I see what you were saying. This is why I didn't graduate high-school until my mid-twenties..
@81 - Wasn't point out the 2:33 mark. Was referring to the 2:33 portion, encapsulated in the video, of a longer interview.
@Anonymous - It's been denied that had anything to do with it, but it's hard to not think that it did.
Mora has a history of saying too much in interviews, from the UW spot and mouthing "Pete Carroll cheats" in the YouTube video during appearances on KJR, to his interview with The Kevin Calabro Show on 710 ESPN Seattle when he claimed to not know who the new Seahawks GM was.
That said, Gottlieb inferring that Mora would still be the head coach, and then asking how 70,000 people should "feel" was amateur hour.
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