Posted on 09/18/2023 9:41:26 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
Colorado Buffaloes coach Deion Sanders is one of the hottest coaches in football at the moment. The Buffaloes are currently 3-0 and ranked No. 19 in the Associated Press poll with a huge game at Oregon coming this weekend.
But it wasn’t always clear that Sanders was headed for success in Boulder. He took plenty of criticism from posting his first meeting with his team. In no uncertain terms, he told the team that he was bringing his “Louis Vitton luggage” with him from Jackson and any player that didn’t like it should hit the portal.
Over 40 players took up Sanders on that offer. But so far, Sanders’ tough love has paid dividends for a program that won one game in the season prior to his arrival.
Sanders didn’t apologize for his method of operation in a recent interview with 60 Minutes.
“I think truth is good for the kids. We’re so busy lying we don’t even recognize the truth no more in society. We want everybody to feel good. That’s not the way life is,” he said, according to Fox News. “Now, it is my job to make sure I have what we need to win. That makes a lot of people feel good – winning does.”
Sanders said anyone who let words run them off wasn’t fit for his program anyway.
“If you went for that, if you were able to let words run you off, you ain’t for us because we’re an old-school staff. We coach hard. We coach tough. We’re disciplined. If you’re allowing verbiage to run you off because you don’t feel secure with your ability – you ain’t for us,” he said.
So far, it’s hard to argue with the results.
Wait til the media find out he is a Christian minister too.
They dropped to 19th in the polls.
I think this week at Oregon will be the real test. If they beat Oregon, they should be ranked in the top ten.
They probably figured, “I’ll play at CU, they aren’t very good, but at least I can impress the chicks by being on the football team.”
I dont thing the kids at CU are paying a lot for their college.
If CU loses a few key players, they will become mediocre very quickly.
We have to wait until he loses. Then we have to see how many excuses he comes up with to make a good Hamilton comparison. ha ha.
I’m sure there were plenty of those as well.
Deion knows the formula for success.
As does Tom Brady and Reggie White and any other super-championship level athlete.
Hard work, dedication and guts................
my deion sanders story >> back in the mid 90s i had the chance to see/meet him when he visited the sf giants after a game, he and barry did not speak but was friendly to a lot of other players there .. i just said “hey, whats up” we made eye contact ..
Regarding CU recruits and the recruits skin color:
Their top 2024 QB recruit, Danny O’Neill, rated a four star is as white as an Irishman can be.
Maybe he’s one of those highly recruited cucks you’re talking about?
Most former teammates and players that I have heard describe Deion as very supportive and say they really enjoyed him around the clubhouse. Being probably the best athlete in American sporting history doesn’t hurt but it doesn’t explain or guarantee current performance either.
I think he asked them to leave.
N=1 is meaningless, and you are the cuck, not the players.
A grown white man getting in an online argument defending 20 year old ghetto blacks…cuck.
If you can’t take the heat,...................
at some time the big talk won't be enough.
I am not a fan of obnoxious people....they'll have they're day until they don't...
What do mean by “these kids”? If you mean the kids that were there when he came, he replaced over 60 of them, with only 6 or 8 retained. If you mean the team he’s built, he’s certainly done that.
They lost their best player during the game, talent-wise they were very top-heavy.
But Deion will start bringing in top-ranked recruiting classes, so they should only get better.
But the Pac-12 is loaded this year, so they may struggle a bit from here on out.
I mean he team he’s built.
“He will be successful because ghetto blacks will flock to him.”
Colorado got more than 50 transfers this year. New rule: Transfers can play without sitting out for a year.
At least Deion would never approach Hamilton level behavior.
Hamilton isn’t a “keepin’ it real” kind of guy.
I don’t even dislike Deion, I dislike grown men worshipping a game or crap culture.
Best as anyone on FR can see, there’s only one racist bomb thrower on this thread, and it’s not me.
So, standing up against another grown man who’s defending and promoting his irrational racial insecurity?
Sure. You bet. I’ll do it every time.
Must have been rough growing up a skinny white boy in the South.
From Golden, NC, maybe?
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