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Should Jim Mora Become the Washington Huskies' Next Coach?

 
Jim L. Mora has the world at his fingertips. Currently the defensive backs coach and assistant head coach for the Seattle Seahawks, Mora is the designated successor to current Seahawks Head Coach Mike Holmgren, who will be leaving the team after this season. Poised to become an NFL head coach again without any competition, Mora is in an enviable position. However, thanks to the firing of Washington Huskies Head Coach Ty Willingham, another job may now be available to him—one that Mora has said he would take anytime, even while he was coaching another NFL team, the Atlanta Falcons. While Mora said his 2006 comments were made in jest, it's hard to downplay statements like, "I don't care if we're in the middle of a playoff run, I'm packing my stuff and coming back to Seattle [to coach the Huskies]." What about when the team he's set to take over, the Seahawks, is in the midst of an injury-plagued down year with a record of 2-5, and is in danger of missing the playoffs for the ... (link)

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