Jim L. Mora Berated a UCLA Sports Information Assistant at Practice

All, College Football Ty Duffy October 1st. 2012, 12:30pm

Working with Jim L. Mora sounds like a barrel of fun. UCLA’s head football coach reportedly berated a sports information assistant in front of his team and threw him out of practice. His crime? Letting a cameraman stand in the wrong place.

According to witnesses, it was like someone shredding a tackling dummy, or tossing fresh meat to a pack of animals.
He berated an unassuming sports information assistant in front of the whole team for allowing a TV cameraman to stand in the wrong place.
In doing so, he gave the sports information assistant an earful of some very impressive obscenities, which of course the young players would expect from their demanding leader.
Then Mora forced the guy to make the walk of humiliation off the practice field.

Pikes outside his office are laden with the heads of those who accidentally referred to him as Jim Mora Jr. It takes a big man to emasculate a subordinate who can’t fight back.

What is it with Los Angeles-based college football coaches and being pricks? (1) Treat your co-workers like human beings. It’s basic decency. It’s not that hard. (2) You are the most high-profile representative of a university. Show some decorum befitting your position. (3) If you want to be indulged like a delicate genius, you need to win. You have won nothing.

Previously: Jim Mora Doesn’t Like Doug Gottlieb’s Line of Questioning: “Is This Your First Interview?”
Previously: LA Times Will No Longer Attend USC or UCLA Practices as Schools Continue Battle with Newspapers

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46 Responses to “Jim L. Mora Berated a UCLA Sports Information Assistant at Practice”

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VladimirCrouton Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 12:32 PM
Sounds reasonable.
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 12:33 PM
Saw Waterworld twice in theatres, not that bad of a movie as its rap gets it. Loved him in Apocalypse Now. Criminally have never seen Easy Rider.
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johndewar Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 12:36 PM
What is it with Los Angeles-based college football coaches and being pricks?
Nepotism got them their jobs; it’s not like they had to work for them or anything.
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Human Vacuum Cleaner Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 12:36 PM
Someone to root for.
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angry Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 12:42 PM
supplicant
Not sure this is used right. Is there anything in the story, indicating he was a suplicant?
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Chief Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 12:43 PM
Yu Darvish season strikeout montage, very enjoyable to watch.
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Career High Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 12:48 PM

supplicant
Not sure this is used right. Is there anything in the story, indicating he was a suplicant?
I was thinking the same thing, should have gone with mendicant.
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TimmyTheEnchanter Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 12:50 PM
If you want to be indulged like a delicate genius, you need to win.
No one should need to, you’d still be an asshole even if you won. But since you don’t win, it just makes you pathetic.
Go Bruins!
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Walking Underwear Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 12:52 PM
At least he didnt put him in the scissorlift
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Breesus Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 12:54 PM
In Mora’s defense, the assistant wasn’t doing diddly-poo.
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Milk Steak To Go Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 12:55 PM
(1) Treat your co-workers like human beings. It’s basic decency. It’s not that hard. (2) You are the most high-profile representative of a university. Show some decorum befitting your position. (3) If you want to be indulged like a delicate genius, you need to win. You have won nothing. (4) Don’t put the video intern on a scissor lift in a windstorm.
Fixed for Notre Dame.
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angry Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 12:55 PM
should have gone with mendicant.
Or underling would have worked just fine.
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Tim Ryan Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 12:58 PM
At least he didnt put him in the scissorlift
Even better, you used no words requiring an apostrophe.
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Chief Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 12:59 PM
Even better, you used no words requiring an apostrophe.
I laughed…because he did.
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Tim Ryan Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:01 PM
Even better, you used no words requiring an apostrophe.
I laughed…because he did.
Ha. He’s avoiding the key, which is nice to see.
/;
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sousedbergin Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:04 PM
That’s the kind of man I need on my team, Smithers. A real scrapper. A self-made man, like me. Bring this fellow to me. I want to make him my Executive Vice President.
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:08 PM
That’s the kind of man I need on my team, Smithers. A real scrapper. A self-made man, like me. Bring this fellow to me. I want to make him my Executive Vice President.
Had an ex that could do that, she was obviously really classy and not at all gutter trash.
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gfunk supreme Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:09 PM
Criminally have never seen Easy Rider.
Got really high and watched it a few years ago because I’d never seen it. It sucked.
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A.P. Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:13 PM
not sure if it is Duckworth’d but Seth MacFarlane is hosting the 2013 Academy Awards.
/pulls pin, tosses
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sousedbergin Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:16 PM
Had an ex that could do that, she was obviously really classy and not at all gutter trash.
You dated Nora from Hamilton? D Cup?
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bk Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:18 PM
That’s the kind of man I need on my team, Smithers. A real scrapper. A self-made man, like me. Bring this fellow to me. I want to make him my Executive Vice President.
That’s a man I want in a tree stand around weapons.
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A.P. Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:18 PM
You dated Nora from Hamilton? D Cup?
I was going to suggest just about any girl from Niagara falls, ontario.
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ohheelyeah Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:20 PM
not sure if it is Duckworth’d but Seth MacFarlane is hosting the 2013 Academy Awards.
Tell me I’m not the only one who finds 99% of his “work” to be terrible. That guy can go get fucked.
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Nada Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:22 PM
Treat your co-workers like human beings. It’s basic decency. It’s not that hard.
/ Monster Is Meth furiously takes notes
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A.P. Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:22 PM
Tell me I’m not the only one who finds 99% of his “work” to be terrible. That guy can go get fucked.
the first 2-3 seasons of Family Guy were pretty good. Enjoyed the DVDs in college. Was glad when they eventually came back. Now I don’t even watch.
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Nada Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:23 PM
Saw Waterworld twice in theatres, not that bad of a movie as its rap gets it. Loved him in Apocalypse Now. Criminally have never seen Easy Rider.
Was not aware Jim MOra Jr. was in all those. Perhaps I was not high enough while watching, will have to rewatch while higher.
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Nada Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:26 PM
Seth MacFarlane is hosting the 2013 Academy Awards.
Apparently the new criteria the Academy uses in selecting an Oscar host is “sucks at hosting SNL.” Which means Timberlake will never host the Oscars, which is a bad thing.
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A.P. Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:27 PM
<Was not aware Jim MOra Jr. was in all those. Perhaps I was not high enough while watching, will have to rewatch while higher.
i think mole was referring to the discussion in a different post and typed the comment here instead
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:29 PM
Nah, we were promised some awesome posts in the hopper today in a derisory comment from Monk to a reader so I’m assuming he meant Dennis Hopper.
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Walking Underwear Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:30 PM
robert smiegel (sp?) the guy who did TV Funhouse should get all the fame that MacFarlane has
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Walking Underwear Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:31 PM
kricfalusi too and gendy tartovski
/pours one out for samurai jack
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Walking Underwear Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:32 PM
tim ryan, you take back that apostrophe comment! you troublemaker
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Nada Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:34 PM
Noticed this over the weekend, but when did people here start referring to JMac as Monk, and why?
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Nada Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:34 PM
Detective-related?
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Walking Underwear Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:35 PM
swarthy-related?
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cracker jack Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:39 PM
And here I was assuming Tony Shalhoub started commenting here
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Nada Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:42 PM
If it is related to the Monk TV show, can we call him Adrian instead?
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:43 PM
Nada is closest.
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A.P. Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:45 PM
robert smiegel (sp?) the guy who did TV Funhouse should get all the fame that MacFarlane has
he’s known enough just for Triumph
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Walking Underwear Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:47 PM
75 dollars to park at jerrah stadium?
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A.P. Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:48 PM
wouldn’t surprise me one bit, vez
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Walking Underwear Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:50 PM
will be watching mnf with some friends at a local theater that shows bears games on the big big big screen. free admission, and since it’s one of those places that serves beer and has waitstaff, should be fun until it’s not
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A.P. Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 1:53 PM
will be watching mnf with some friends at a local theater that shows bears games on the big big big screen. free admission, and since it’s one of those places that serves beer and has waitstaff, should be fun until it’s not
that.is.awesome
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squawkbox Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 2:47 PM
It’s called the Saban-effect … don’t you know anything?
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pigskin28 Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 3:30 PM
Many of the guys acting this way had coaches for fathers.
Kiffin, mora, the ryans even the harbaugh’s can act like they are lords.
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Pierlights74 Says:
October 1st, 2012 at 5:39 PM
For someone who always seems to sport such a stupid grin on his face, he sure does have a lot of anger issues.
If you’re a less talented version of your achievement-less father, I suppose you’re going to go through life in a constant state of bitterness.
Michael Vick thought Bobby Petrino was a better coach than this prick, so that tells you everything you need to know.
When I’m taking the side of a snarky Doug Gottlieb over Jim Moron, that goes to show how low my opinion is of Jim Moran.
He once spent most of a post-game media conference criticizing his kicker – another example of bullying someone who is too easy to bully. He does this shit all the time.
When you’re lusting over a college football job – a program that most of the time falls short of bowl eligibility – while coaching in the NFL, you’re stupid.
OK, I think that about sums up my feelings.