<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/akKjLWG0KG4?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/akKjLWG0KG4?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> I thought Jim Mora was being an ass for no reason in this interview.
The only thing I figure is that Mora took that as a shot to his coaching ability, saying the Vick wasn't the same player under Mora as he is today.
Yeah I was debating this on another board and that is how someone else took it. I took it as Gottlieb saying Vick is way more focused and dedicated in Philadelphia than he was in Atlanta.
Vick admitted it. There was no reason for Mora to take offense. Gottlieb took a cheap shot at Mora saying he would still be the coach of the Falcons had Vick matured earlier. The interview should have ended there cause Mora just became an a$$ after that.
Mora definitely shut down after that comment, but I don't really blame him. Mora has a point: Vick wasn't exactly a bench-warmer when he played at Atlanta. He was a starting QB, and he had flashes of brilliance (much as he has the last two weeks) that justified him being in that position. Gottlieb makes it sound like he went from scrub to MVP, and that just ain't so. And "How should they feel" is, indeed, a really stupid question. Gottlieb handled that very poorly.
The majority of questions on ESPN are stupid. "How should they feel?" is a softball, filler question. All Mora had to do was say Eagles fans should cheer McNabb before the game for his success there and once it kicks off boo him cause he's now a Redskin. That's it. Mora didn't have to call out Gottlieb - is this your first time interviewing?
I thought Gottlieb was totally baiting Mora. And I thought Mora's response, especially his final sentence, was pretty funny
