He’ll be 58 in a few months and has had numerous health issues. The belief he might become a rookie NFL coach at that age was perhaps unrealistic. And of course it seems his greatest value is as a college recruiter not necessarily as a coach.
Since Prime has CU bent completely over, I'd be willing to bet he has favorable exit terms cooked in. Maybe not, but I'd be surprised.
they didn't before Deion arrived
"If Sanders accepts another coaching job before the end of the contract, his buyout would start at $12 million if he left on or before Dec. 31, 2025, followed by $10 million in 2026, $6 million in 2027, $4 million in 2028 and $3 million in 2029. He can retire from coaching, though, without having to pay damages to the university -- as long as he doesn't retire and then return to coaching somewhere else."
I would say the only jobs he would take now are FSU or the NFL. If it is the NFL the buyout will never be $12 mil, because their season doesn't end until January.
"National power " may be hyperbole but he has drawn incredible attention to a program that otherwise no one would give two sh*ts about. He'll have a couple of top 10 draft picks, a good QB recruit coming in and lots to sell. Like him or not, he's a master at generating buzz. He makes his players do things right. I kind of admire that. Now he can sell kids on being around.
Like Indiana, the liberal transfer rules (and genetics) really helped, i.e., Hunter plus his kids. We’ll see how he does without them. It also helped in 2024 that the Big XII was considerably weaker than the last season of the PAC. It will be interesting to see if Utah and Okie State get back on the beam and give ASU and CU a tougher time. (While he doesn’t get Sanders’ constant press, I think Dillingham’s turnaround at ASU was more impressive and of course they too benefitted from a much easier conference.)
Because that conference is horrible from top to bottom. There is a reason they have double the 1000 yard rushers and receivers compared to the BIG or SEC....its because top to bottom the conference is shit, so you plug in a couple NFL players like Sheduer or Hunter and they can rack up stats against defenders that couldn't make BIG or SEC rosters.
Definitely. He's the show man. He's got coordinators and some former pros there to do all of the work. The main thing Deon has to do is keep his mouth shut a little more often and things will go more smoothly in Boulder. But I'm not so sure that CU is going to keep winning as much as they did last season. They had a top QB, the best WR in college football and the best corner in college football. Plus they lost their top four WRs. That's a lot to replace.
I still intend on being proven right.....that once his roster isn't full of kids with his last name, his rediculous roster management will sink the ship.
So, same as Rhule average at Nebraska:
One difference nobody in the NU administration has come out and said we are a national power. Especially the AD
