It wasn’t surprising to hear UCLA administrators talk about the “especially difficult” decision to fire their football coach.
Cutting ties with Jim Mora meant cutting a check for about $12 million to buy out the last four years on his contract.
It also left the Bruins scrambling to make a hire with the early signing day for recruits only a month away.
But none of this compares with the real challenge ahead — finding the right guy.
Coaching searches are more art than science and anyone who believes that with Mora gone, the football program is automatically headed for brighter days, had better think again.