[Row80Critic]

[quote author=Phogge link=topic=15760.msg173068#msg173068 date=1474813716]
Mora has been preaching toughness because his team has been labeled as soft. So this one little DB translates it to play dirty. Vanderdoes acts out and berates nobody in particular post game in an act of sportsmanship (lack of) and a couple of Bruins go all tears on the bench just like the loser Duck did at Stanford Stadium in 2013.

I didn't like Jim Mora's post-game body language as he addressed the topic of his teams' physicality...

https://youtu.be/9umruupeEFs?t=109
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Yep, he seemed mighty pleased with the "physicality" of his team. Seems 8 years of frustration finally got to him, so he threw honor and sportsmanship out the window. Seemed pretty clear that Stanford was the more physical team.  Mora knew it, so he tried to close the gap any way he could.  I'm sure he didn't direct those hits, but they are on him as head coach, especially after he saw what was happening.  I couldn't help thinking of this scene from Karate Kid every time ULCA would lob in a helmet grenade...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueZZLKhwZ-w

[Row80Critic]

[quote author=Phogge link=topic=15760.msg173068#msg173068 date=1474813716]
Mora has been preaching toughness because his team has been labeled as soft. So this one little DB translates it to play dirty. Vanderdoes acts out and berates nobody in particular post game in an act of sportsmanship (lack of) and a couple of Bruins go all tears on the bench just like the loser Duck did at Stanford Stadium in 2013.

I didn't like Jim Mora's post-game body language as he addressed the topic of his teams' physicality...

https://youtu.be/9umruupeEFs?t=109
[/quote]

Yep, he seemed mighty pleased with the "physicality" of his team. Seems 8 years of frustration finally got to him, so he threw honor and sportsmanship out the window. Seemed pretty clear that Stanford was the more physical team.  Mora knew it, so he tried to close the gap any way he could.  I'm sure he didn't direct those hits, but they are on him as head coach, especially after he saw what was happening.  I couldn't help thinking of this scene from Karate Kid every time ULCA would lob in a helmet grenade...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueZZLKhwZ-w