UCLA's Mora bolts press conference
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Most of the time when coaches storm out of press conferences, they end up looking like idiots. But UCLA head coach Jim L. Mora deserves a "Bravo!" for what he did on Monday.
Mora began his press conference by addressing the tragic death of walk-on freshman wide receiver Nick Pasquale, who died Sunday morning after getting hit by a car . While Mora was in the middle of talking about the tragedy, a member of the media continued to yap on his phone in the back of the room as if Mora wasn't even there.
This, naturally, incensed Mora, who shouted: "Hey, shut up!" before adding, "The disrespect of some people is unbelievable to me. Just unbelievable."
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When the reporter responded, "Go on" as if giving Mora permission to speak again, Mora lost it: "Don't tell me to 'Go on'! I'll go on when I'm ready to go on! Why don't you take your butt out of here if you're going to be disrespectful."
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The reporter apologized but Mora had already seen enough and stormed out of the press conference.
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Talking on a cell phone during someone's press conference is rude enough â€" but doing it while the coach is addressing a player's death is reprehensible.
Kudos, coach Mora.