When he arrived on scene with the 49ers, Mora was the defensive backfield coach. As the defensive backfield coach, Mora worked with Antonio Langham, RW McQuarters, Darnell Walker, Marqueze Pope, Marc McMillian, and Rod Woodson along with safeties Merton Hanks and Tim McDonald. On paper, a rather good group of athletes that had performed decently throughout their NFL careers. So when the 49ers defensive backfield wasn’t performing up to snub, Mora became the bearer of criticism.

Mora stuck with it though. Not paying attention to doubters, Mora won the approval of coach Mariucci and moved up the ranks of the 49ers coaching staff. In his first year as defensive coordinator, the 49ers defense was just horrid. Again Mora shouldered the blame. All this time though, Mora has really been doing wonders with little talent. And now that he has some talent on the defensive side of the ball, we can really see how good a coach he is.

Although Mora’s defense isn’t ranked top in the NFL, it’s quite apparent that he has turned these players around, molding them into a confident squad that can really compete with opposition. This change has finally started changing doubters minds. Suddenly Mora, or ‘Moron’ as he was often called in his early days with the team, is receiving praise from fans. It’s a long time coming, and that couldn’t be more evident than when listening to when players speak of Mora.