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12th Man Rising:
After Sunday’s loss to the Chicago Bears, Jim Mora chastised kicker Olindo Mare in his post-game press conference for missing two key field goals. It is quite rare for a head coach in the NFL to single out a player like Mora did with Mare.
“There’s no excuses for those,” Mora said through pure emotion. “If [...]
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Via Seahawk Addicts
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September 30, 2009
Hey Addicts.
I've had gigs the last two evenings so I'm really late on my post game analysis. In fact, I'm so late there's really not much to be gained by re-hashing the game once again but there's one thing I'd like to talk about and that's whether Mora crossed the line with his comments about Olindo Mare and the two missed field goals made in Sunday's game with the Bears at...
Via Sun Sentinel
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September 28, 2009
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Jim Mora admits he's still learning in his second go-round as an NFL coach.
Via Dallas Cowboys And The NFL
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September 28, 2009
IRVING - After Olindo Mare missed 43- and 34-yard field goal attempts on a clear day Sunday in Seattle, Seawhawks coach Jim Mora made it clear he's not going to tolerate such failure.
"No excuses for those,'' SI.com's Peter King quoted Mora as saying. "Not acceptable. Not acceptable. Absolutely not acceptable."
Have you ever heard Wade Phillips say anything like that? Like I've...
Via Pro Football Talk
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September 28, 2009
Despite an impressive press conference rant that brought to mind the best microphone work of his father, Jim Mora Junior is not going to make a change at kicker this week. In fact, Mora expressed regret about throwing Olindo Mare...
Via NFL.com
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September 28, 2009
Coach Jim Mora has recanted his blistering criticism of
Olindo Mare. He now says the Seahawks will not have a new kicker this weekend
at Indianapolis.
Via Da' Bears Blog
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September 28, 2009
Being an asshole in post-game press conferences is to the NFL what alcoholism and baldness are to the rest of us: genetically inherited traits. Jim Mora publicly admonished kicker Olindo Mare in the wake of the Seahawk loss, essentially pinning the entire loss on his kicker. Today he rescinded that criticism (in a too...
Via Seattle Times
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September 28, 2009
Coach Jim Mora has recanted his blistering criticism of Olindo Mare. He now says the Seahawks will not have a new kicker this weekend at Indianapolis.
Via Sportsday
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October 01, 2009
Through three games, David Buehler is tied for the NFL lead in touchbacks with seven, along with Denver's Matt Prater and Seattle's Olindo Mare.
Considering the thinner air in Denver, Buehler is hoping to have a perfect afternoon with touchbacks Sunday. He said he might try and put the ball through the uprights ... in warmups.
"We'll see what happens," Buehler said. "At Washington...
Via Buffalonews.com
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September 28, 2009
Coach Jim Mora has recanted his blistering criticism of Olindo Mare. He now says the Seahawks will not have a new kicker this weekend at Indianapolis.
Via Bleacher Report
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September 28, 2009
Jim Mora winced his way through Week Three, occasionally pausing to curse his field-goal kicker.
Afterwards, he called out the same man, Olindo Mare, to pin the blame firmly at his door as the Seahawks floundered to 1-2, and losing 25-19 to Chicago.
"We're not gonna fight our a** off and have a field-goal kicker go out and lose a game."
Indeed this wasn't one of Mare...
Via GridironFans.com
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September 28, 2009
Coach Jim Mora was asked if he still felt as strongly about kicker Olindo Mare's pair of missed field-goal attempts as he did after Sunday's game....
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