re: Per LA Times, UCLA now focuses on Jim Mora Jr.

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why is al golden so coveted? wtf has he done so great?

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The dude almost won 10 games at TEMPLE!

Showed progress every year he was there.

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Golden was named head football coach at Temple University in December 2005,[1] as the second-youngest head coach in NCAA football at that time, behind Northwestern's Pat Fitzgerald. Temple had a record of 3–31 during the three years before Golden was hired, and had just been thrown out of the Big East Conference for non-competitiveness. In Golden's first three years at the helm, Temple recorded 1–11 in 2006, 4–8 in 2007 and then 5–7 mark in 2008. The 2008 record was the best for the program since a 7–4 mark in 1990.

The Owls finished the 2009 regular season at 9–3, their first winning season since 1990. It was also their best record since 1979, the last time they appeared in a postseason game, before facing the UCLA Bruins in the EagleBank Bowl on December 29, 2009.

After leading for three quarters, the Owls fell to the Bruins 30–21.

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Jim Mora Jr would be a great hire at UCLA IMO

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So 10 wins in 3 seasons and then put together a good 9-3 season in the big east. Woopty fricking doo.

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Cmon now.

The program had 3 wins the whole 3 years before he got there, averaging one win a year. He had 19 wins in 4 years, which obviously comes close to 5 a year. That is a hell of a turnaround for a program that got KICKED OUT of the Big East for not being competitive years ago.

10 wins then one good year? Ever heard of context? Steady progression in turning around a program. 1 win, 4 wins, 5 wins, 9 wins.

From 1993 to 2005, the program won 27 games TOTAL.

And don't play that whole, "they were playing shitty teams" card. Competition is relative. If you play with South Houston State Tech and you win 9 games against whomever is in your league, thats a good year. You know this, you're just acting silly about it.

Hell, even Addazio couldn't screw up what Golden built as they won 8 games this year as well, making 27 games in 5 years, equaling what they did in the 13 years prior.

I'm not saying he will be successful at Miami or any where else he goes, but with how shitty a state Temple football was when he got there its a damn miracle what he pulled off.

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A name to keep in mind: Mike Bellotti, ex-coach of Oregon

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I've mentioned this before, surprised he hasn't been mentioned more. He's from California.

Great line in today's LA Times about the UCLA coaching search:

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"One has to be impressed with UCLA AD Dan Guerrero, who seems intent on finding every person in America who is not interested in being the next UCLA football coach."

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