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Article: PLENTY TO PROVE.(Sports)(Jim Moore has arrived at Oregon with the dual goal of turning around the volleyball program and repairing any damage to his reputation)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- August 3, 2005
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Byline: Chris Hansen The Register-Guard
It was Jim Moore's moment of truth.
Shortly after transplanting his family from Michigan to Eugene in January, the newly hired Oregon volleyball coach found himself facing a tough line of questioning from his son Matthew, the oldest of his two boys.
"Why are we really here?' was the crux of the inquiry by Matthew, who at the age of 7 had just moved to his fourth different college town in his fourth different state.
"He said, `Dad ... we had a nice house and I had friends and I liked it in Marquette,' ' Moore recalled. "So I told him that this was for both him and (6-year-old) Michael and that ...