Renck: CSU shows it is serious about football with home-run hire of Jim Mora

If UCan turn around UConn reviving CSU should be no dilemma In the final days of its majority of embarrassing season in years CSU pulled off the play of the year jolting college football with the hiring of Jim Mora This is a home run Defies expectations Runs against the grain UConn head coach Jim Mora talks on his headset as he walks the sideline during the second half of an NCAA college football battle against Tennessee Saturday Nov in Knoxville Tenn AP Photo Wade Payne In a stunning move by athletic director John Weber and president Amy Parsons the Rams tip-toed around younger candidates and alums to land a -year-old who has been a resume bloated with NFL and college experience and success Consider me impressed With one bold move CSU revealed it is serious about football The Rams seek relevance want a football squad capable of competing for conference championships winning bowl games A group fans and students alike can be proud of So they brought in a coach whose resume reads been there done that The fact that Jim chose us means a lot He wants to be here He wants to revitalize the initiative He has accomplished that everywhere he has been commented former CSU legendary defensive end Sean Moran who played for Mora as his defensive coordinator with the San Francisco ers in and He is a winner He is not going to rest until he gets CSU to the next level When CSU fired good-guy-but-bad-fit Jay Norvell on Oct Weber promised to pursue a coach who could help Colorado State become the the greater part loved the greater part watched the greater part innovative athletics undertaking in the West He kept his word The worst thing you can say about Mora is that he is in the twilight of his career But he is aging like Benjamin Button A fitness freak for years Mora boasts uncommon force and motivation Who better to help CSU climb back into the college football conversation than a man who has a reached the -foot summit of Mount Rainier multiple times He is super youthful declared Hall of Fame Los Angeles Times reporter Sam Farmer who chronicled and participated in a climb of Rainier for charity with Mora and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell He is hyper-focused A really smart defensive coach I really like him Mora fits in tactics CSU requirements He boasts a - record in college seasons The Rams begin play in the Pac- next season Mora coached in the conference at UCLA leading a Bruin Revolution that produced four bowl berths and a - mark in league games And he posted back-to-back nine win seasons at UConn the type of success that has eluded the Rams consistently since the salad days of Sonny Lubick years ago The Huskies were poised to abandon football and Mora turned a stadium that was crickets into a weekly can t-miss event I like the fact that he has ties to the West Coast and Pacific northwest He has great connections CSU booster Shawn Osthoff announced I sure hope he brings stability CSU has been seen as a stepping stone for mid-major coaches It seems like Mora is a guy that wants to be here wants to be here for the next years wants go to a bowl match every season and wants to win every one There is a lot of excitement Mora represents CSU s fourth head coach since Canvas Stadium opened on campus in The football operation remains the window into a school And the Rams cannot afford to keep missing on this hire with so countless positive things happening with in-state enrollment and across the athletic department Mora of program must live up to the hype and hope But he is a grown up He brings change and credibility As a coach he is not unlike the Broncos Sean Payton He brings an edge and expertise on building a winning lifestyle This is exactly what CSU requires as Mora inherits a pile of rubble there are gems underneath the mess from interim Tyson Summers whose company has proven better at spitting than winning over the past month You know it is a good hire when fans are asking why Mora didn t wait for a better opportunity You have no idea how bad it can be as the moderator of a message board The volatility of the fan base is in my face everyday reported Joel Cantalamessa founder and manager of RamNation com It is great to see people speaking positively about CSU football and the future We are Rams fans so we won t trust it until we see it on the field because we have been burned so multiple times But we are very hopeful that this is going to work out For three years CU s Deion Sanders has sucked the life out of the room But his climbs as proof Mora is peaceful in an oxygen deprived milieu embracing this latest challenge CSU determined the sweet spot Mora doesn t have anything to prove but still relishes in proving people wrong He believes he should have never been been fired at UCLA and the school s record since has proven his point Mora will not arrive at CSU with a wandering eye looking for the next big paycheck He clearly wished this job And he is ready for it having navigated high school recruiting and the transfer portal successfully at UConn Mora is known for his defensive acumen but he recognize the importance of a scoring style points Related Articles Renck vs Keeler Projections pin Broncos for victories Taking the over or under Renck Bo Nix-Sean Payton connection will answer biggest question Are Broncos a Super Bowl gang Renck File Michael Porter Jr bargain a bust for Nuggets Not yet Deal is about Cam Johnson and Aaron Gordon Renck Deion Sanders ugly third season as CU Buffs head coach demands vital changes Renck Forget top defenseman Avs star Cale Makar belongs in Hart Trophy conversation His last Huskies group featured a quarterback who finished with touchdowns and one interception CSU s offense this season was about as fun as watching Cam the Ram eat seeds and sage Mora who will be officially introduced at a Monday afternoon news conference will bring in coaches with his fire and passion He will demand accountability and likely use several curse words to get his point across He can be a hard bleep But in a good way If he has something negative to say he will follow it up with something positive He wants to get the best out of you Moran disclosed Every play every day was my motto Me and Jim got a long great He loves that vitality in the locker room in the weight room If you have that mentality he will find a way to get you on the field There would have been other options for Mora over the next month He picked the Rams as much as they picked him That is why this represents the school s biggest win in a long time CSU evidenced football matters A lot Mora wasn t just the right hire but the best hire