The Evening Post: Jim Mora upset, ends practice early

*UCLA coach Jim Mora was displeased with the effort, lack of focus and discipline, and that led to practice ending early. Mora threw the team off the field and back to the coaches. The move stunned the players and probably everyone else that attended practice. Mora was visibly upset with the seemingly endless amount of scuffles. He’d already warned players to knock it off, but to no avail. RB Darius Bell got into it with someone during a 11-on-11 but I really couldn’t tell with who. What I can say is that Mora wanted to see more poise from Bell. But it wasn’t over. DL Cassius Marsh and OL Ben Wysocki went at with a scrum of their own. On the next play, there was no sense of blocking. It seemed more about who would get the best of who. That’s when Adrian Klemm kicked Wysocki off the field and sent him to the locker. Wysocki would eventually get back and had a talk with Klemm. Around the time that was going on, LB Damien Holmes and FB Luke Gane went at it during pass-block drills. We’ve written it before and we’ll write it again: Mora means business, and he’s not putting up with any of the juvenile crap anymore. This is his time to mark a stamp on the program. It’s time to change the culture of this program buried in obscurity, and on his watch it’s not going to remain the same.

**There was an important note in the evening practice. WR Fabian Moreau donned a white jersey and played some cornerback. He got burned a couple times but showed some promise. Mora said the move is not permanent. Sounds like it was more of an experiment than anything.

**Offensive linemen Simon Goines and Will Oliver suited up for practice with pads and all. Goines went through some conditioning before he was pulled as planned. WR Shaq Evans sat out some drills with some tightness on his left hamstring but seemed fine.

***QB Brett Hundley threw another interception during a situational drill. Aaron Hester recorded the latest one in the end zone.

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  • INSANITY

    Get it together guys! Stop acting like children. Don’t you want to win this year?????

  • ucla34

    And that’s the bottom line cause Jim Mora said so!!!!

  • Anonymous

    In other news, Shabazz Mohammed is being investigated by the NCAA for improper benefits, but you would never read it here in this blog, which is supposed to be about UCLA sports. Oh well, there’s always the LA Times and Orange County Register if you want to read real news!

  • Anonymous

    The investigation’s been going on since February, but now that he’s on the team, people are realizing that it is still going on and it is affecting his role with the team.
    I’m sure they’ll cover it when something actually changes in the situation.

  • ucla34

    Hope you enjoy their coverage anonymous cause obviously no one here give a damn!!! Keep it up Miguel.

  • Anonymous

    I do. And I will. If you don’t care about the national No. 1 recruit in basketball, who is the centerpiece of the UCLA basketball team, then you have no business reading this blog in the first place!

  • CrouchingBruin

    You’re not going to get much new out of the OC Register, Anon. They’ve been running stories from the Daily News off & on the past few months.

  • ucla34

    Should Miguel comment on the cheerleaders outfits and band practice too Anon? I do read the L.A. Times cause i wanna get as much info as possible genius. Stop bitching damn! No wonder why we have sucked for so many years with fans like you complaining about bs!

  • Vvvbj

    Dont feed the trolls guys. Everyone knows the LA Times and OC Register are biased as hell. And the ‘investigation’ is going just fine. Shabazz doesn’t even have to be held out of China(not NCAA games), it’s just a precaution. So stop gossiping.

  • ucla34

    Exactly Vvv!!

  • BiII

    I am proud to be a Bruin where everyone is tough.

  • BiII

    We are better than everyone else

  • bruinbiochem06

    Shabazz is recovering from a high ankle sprain. It’s best that he not play in China anyway…

  • sam

    I’m really interested, whether all these “student-athletes” will RESPECT Jim Mora as a head coach.

    “Pro-athletes” quit on Mora in Seattle, because he always threw players under the bus. Mora never took accountability for the team’s failures.

    So… Jimmy, a smart-aleck kid lost his NFL job.

  • Bruin Bubba

    Its pretty common in training camp for skirmishes to break out, however, this can never happen in a game, so I’m glad Mora is trying to nip it in the bud!

  • Facescar

    @sam: He’s doing a fine job so far. He’s learned from past mistakes, and he’s shown signs that he likes unpaid, college athletes far more. He feels like they’re more receptive, and that he has actual methods to discipline them.

    I think he’ll be more than fine. Mora’s already done wonders for our football culture.

  • Belle

    I am proud to be a Bruin where everyone is butch.
    We are better than everyone else regardless of their gender reassignment surgery gone wrong.

    I remember 50-0 and’ll make the Trojans PAY

    Belle