Flashback to December 2006:

Mora: Well, I really have a lot of respect for Ty, and I know he’ll do a great job. But if he ever decides to move on, and get in the NFL or you know, go back to Notre Dame or whatever, if that job’s open you’ll find me at the friggin’ head of the line with my resume in my hand ready to take that job.

Interviewer: If you’re available.

Mora: It doesn’t even matter if I’m available.

Interviewer: So if you just won the Super Bowl, and it’s available, you’re there?

Mora: I’d be there

Interviewer: You’re there, okay.

Mora: I’d do it, I promise you that. Now, I want to see Ty succeed, and I want to see that program succeed. But if he decides at some point that he’s ready to move on and they want me, I will be there. I don’t care if we’re in the middle of a playoff run, I’m packing my stuff and coming back to Seattle.

Interviewer: So, are you saying…

Mora: You know, it’s funny, and I mean that, and I’m dead serious, the further I get away from it the more I’m drawn to it. You know, that’s the job I want, so…

Interviewer: You would leave the Falcons for that job?

Mora: Absolutely.

Now, a few things turned out to ruin the dream for Jim Mora. First of all, Ty Willingham is still the coach at UW. Secondly, you can’t be in the middle of a playoff run if you don’t have a job. The first of the two is totally out of Mora’s hands, but he made sure to take care of the second by accepting a job as the secondary coach for the Seattle Seahawks.

If Mora wasn’t lying (or “joking” as he later put it) then this might actually be considered a ’step-up’ towards the UW job as he will be much closer to the program. This also means that he will be closer to Tyrone Willingham, and would love to take over the program should, say something happen. I’m not trying to imply anything… but Ty, buddy, you might want to watch your back.

You know, out of the blue Jimmy calls inviting you out for drinks. He slips a little something into your appletini and next thing you know you are waking up in a Motel 6 room full of FBI agents, a kilo of black-tar heroin, a few dozen hookers and we’re all talking about Jim Mora: the new coach of the Washington Huskies.

• Mora joining the Seahawks coaching staff (Seattle Times)