The best thing for college football? Deion Sanders. But some think he’s the worst thing as well. Here’s your dose of Daily Deion.
Disclaimer: I have always been a fan of Deion Sanders. Loved him as a player at FSU, in Atlanta and Dallas, and even respected him as a 49er against my Cowboys.
I was never great at sports. I played football, basketball, baseball, and tennis, but wasn’t anything close to special. But anyone who has played sports knows “that coach” — the guy coaching the team for his kid and giving him all sorts of preferential treatment and attention. It happens at the youth level in every town and city in America but rarely occurs beyond that. Heck, even at the high school level, it’s very rare. So when I see “Daddy Ball,” as I call it, at the Power Five level, it’s astonishing.
At first, I didn’t think that was the case at Colorado. I didn’t think the Buffs would be good by any stretch of the imagination as I expected a 2-10 or 3-9 season (4-8 won’t be much better), but I thought Colorado made a smart business decision hiring Deion. But now I don’t think they did.
This has clearly become “Daddy Ball” in Boulder, more so in regards to Shedeur than Shilo, and I’m hearing there is a slight fracture within the program because of it. Has Deion ever once criticized his son at QB? If he has, I’ve missed it. And yes, Shedeur has excellent stats with 3,230 yards and 27 touchdowns with only 3 interceptions. But how about when he holds onto the ball way too long, as many NFL scouts and GMs are concerned about? Deion blames the offensive line and demotes his OC. And when he puts Travis Hunter back in the game with a lacerated liver but pulls Shedeur out of the Washington State game for fear he’ll get hurt. It becomes more and more obvious that this is about Deion and his sons and not about the team.
Fans and backers of Deion claim him as a mentor of young men. But when he says, “This is the toughest stretch of probably my life.” once again, it’s all about Deion and not his team. He’s done nothing but throw players under the bus, make things about him and his sons, and relish in watch flashing and logo stomping when things were going well. And now he’s sad.
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Shedeur will be back next season, and we will see more of the same — padded stats and Deion being about himself and his son. “Daddy Ball” sucked for me and many others as a kid, and we ended up disliking the coach and even the kid himself. It’s not going to be pretty this off-season as we will hear more and more about the created culture in Colorado. It’s time for Deion to grow up and be a real coach and not just an advocate for his kids.
