On Tuesday, Jim Mora discussed in an interview with Colin Cowherd that his impression of UCLA Football when he was hired in 2011 was that the team was soft, an assessment with which Athletic Director Dan Guerrero agreed.
On Wednesday, Mora’s predecessor, Rick Neuheisel, lashed out with comments of his own, bristling at having his team called soft, questioning the perceived toughness of Mora’s teams, and complaining of a lack of administration support during his tenure.
Tough Players ≠ Tough Team
First, Neuheisel admirably defends his players (just as I would expect Mora to do), and bristles at the suggestion that they were soft.