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<blockquote data-quote="bobongo" data-source="post: 839514" data-attributes="member: 3893"><p>From his Wikipedia page:</p><p></p><p>The national media and the Falcons fans had high expectations in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Atlanta_Falcons_season" target="_blank">2006 season</a>. While in the wild card race at 7–6 in December, Atlanta lost their final three games, including two at home, and missed the playoffs for a second straight year with a 7–9 record overall. On December 14, while the Falcons were still statistically alive in their quest for the playoffs, Mora said during a radio interview with Dave "Softy" Mahler and former Huskies teammate/roommate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Millen" target="_blank">Hugh Millen</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle" target="_blank">Seattle</a> sports-talk radio station <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KJR-AM" target="_blank">KJR-AM</a> that if it were offered, he would take the head coaching job at the University of Washington (a job that was not open), <em>"even if [the Falcons] were in a playoff run."</em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_L._Mora#cite_note-7" target="_blank">[7]</a> He additionally said he was "dead serious" about his desire for the Washington job. While Mora later backpedaled and claimed that he was only kidding,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_L._Mora#cite_note-espn-20061215-8" target="_blank">[8]</a> team owner <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Blank" target="_blank">Arthur Blank</a> publicly expressed his disapproval of Mora's comments.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_L._Mora#cite_note-9" target="_blank">[9]</a></p><p></p><p>Following the season, the Atlanta Falcons announced that they had fired Mora.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobongo, post: 839514, member: 3893"] From his Wikipedia page: The national media and the Falcons fans had high expectations in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Atlanta_Falcons_season']2006 season[/URL]. While in the wild card race at 7–6 in December, Atlanta lost their final three games, including two at home, and missed the playoffs for a second straight year with a 7–9 record overall. On December 14, while the Falcons were still statistically alive in their quest for the playoffs, Mora said during a radio interview with Dave "Softy" Mahler and former Huskies teammate/roommate [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Millen']Hugh Millen[/URL] on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle']Seattle[/URL] sports-talk radio station [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KJR-AM']KJR-AM[/URL] that if it were offered, he would take the head coaching job at the University of Washington (a job that was not open), [I]"even if [the Falcons] were in a playoff run."[/I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_L._Mora#cite_note-7'][7][/URL] He additionally said he was "dead serious" about his desire for the Washington job. While Mora later backpedaled and claimed that he was only kidding,[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_L._Mora#cite_note-espn-20061215-8'][8][/URL] team owner [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Blank']Arthur Blank[/URL] publicly expressed his disapproval of Mora's comments.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_L._Mora#cite_note-9'][9][/URL] Following the season, the Atlanta Falcons announced that they had fired Mora. [/QUOTE]
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