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Evidently, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Because his son's teams are geometrically parallel on the plane of defensive craptacularosity.
As you'll recall, Seahawks head coach Mike Holmgren is retiring at the end of the year, and the front office decided that the coaching market was so competitive and thin that they had better lock up their new head coach a full year before he'd be actually taking over the job. (Nice work if you can get it.) So Jim Mora was named head coach for next season, and is now cooling his heels as defensive back coach for the team.
Except that Jim Mora is not the Jim Mora from the video clip above. It's his son. You see, the old guy in the video is Jim Lawrence Mora, the former coach of the Colts and Saints and other teams who got much better once he moved along. So Mr. Mora had a kid and named him Jim Earnest Mora. The media, to differentiate between the two, call them "Jim Sr." and "Jim Jr." Except that the media is always getting corrected because technically its not really a "Junior/Senior" thing. So we just call them both "Jim Mora", and you are never really sure which one we are talking about. We have Jim E. Mora, not Jim L. Mora. We think. But we might have to go back and check the receipt.
Confused?
Imagine being a defensive back sitting in a meeting with either one of these Mora guys. No wonder our pass defense is getting shredded. We don't have a freeking chance out there. "Earnest" our ass.
Which makes us wonder if Mora the Elder wasn't clever enough to master the simplest of all naming conventions, what should make us think his kid has the bandwidth to take over a pro football team? Shit, we all know how it worked out the last time we trusted someone who's dad couldn't figure out how to name his kid after himself. Just check your bank account on that one.
If naming your kid was so consarned impossible, why couldn't you just copy down the three words on your driver's license, slap a "Junior" on the end and call it a day. Then, just call him "Chip" or whatever. Numbers work too. If it was good enough for The Bard, it's good enough for you, pal. And who the hell spells "Earnest" with an "A"? Got a hard-on for Oscar Wilde or something? Worried about the little guy being mistaken for that bug-eyed funny guy?
We are watching you, Mora. Both of you.
(less ranting after the jump)
Saturday
The Huskies, at 0-5, are idle, saving up their energy for the grueling push to go winless this season. No one said it would be easy, but they are making it look effortless.
WSU at Oregon State
We didn't bother looking up the time or the broadcast information, because seriously, are you gonna watch this?!? When the P-I's Perma-Coug Jim Moore wonders if this is the worst team ever, well, you know its not good times in Pullman.
Prediction: Beavs 40, Cougs 12
Sunday
Green Bay at Seattle (1:15 p.m., FOX, 710 KIRO)
The good news is that the game starts fifteen minutes later than usual, so you can squeeze in a few more beers before kickoff. God knows the Cheeseheads will. Brett Favre is gone, and is replaced by Aaron Rodgers, who is nursing a shoulder injury. That would be good news, except for Seahawks QB Matt Hasselbeck has missed practice all week with a bum knee. This is must-win game for both teams meaning someone's gonna go home pissed, and it may well be Hawk fans. The Packers (2-3) have lost three straight games, while the Hawks (1-3) are coming off a thumping in New York.
Prediction: Hawks 9, Packers 6
Don't like football? We are beginning to have some self-doubt ourselves, frankly. Don't worry the Winter Olympics are only 15 months away and will be held in Vancouver and Whistler. Ticket applications are available now through November 7. Just stay away from the damned curling tickets.
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