And so it begins...(tracking Coach Prime decommits/transfers)

[Ripping Lips]

Pretty interesting listen if you have the time. Whitlock interviews 2 former CU players to talk about their experience w/ Deion. Both were holders from the previous coaching staff. It's not really surprising any of this stuff but Deion is honestly a huge slimeball. Zero class at all

Player interviews start at 56:00



Interview highlights / bullet points:

1. Deion no-showed his first 3 weekly team meetings. Had entire team in meeting auditorium & they just sat there for 1 hr each time. Then an assistant coach came in at the end and said "yeah, he's uh not coming, you guys can go"
2. Assistant coaches were afraid to cover during the no-show meetings for fear of "disrespecting" Deion
3. Deion would not acknowledge holdover players even if you were w him 1-on-1 in an elevator. He would not look up from his cell phone even when addressed directly by the player. But Deion would hug, high 5 and dap up players he recruited like they were family
4. When they cut 50 holdover players, Deion and staff purposefully avoided telling all 50 players that the school would still honor their academic financial aid. So everyone rushed to the portal with no place to go. 3 players knew the rules and knew CU had to honor their academic financial aid so they stayed. Other 47 did not so they rushed to the portal w no place to go and many got screwed over.
5. Deion made it a rule that he would not meet any parents when they visited Boulder and he forbid the position coaches from meeting parents (one kid said this)
6. Deion had a red carpet outside his 5th floor private office & it had a sign that said no shoes allowed (he's since removed the carpet)
7. Deion's office had a sign out front that said "were you ASKED to be here?". You were not allowed to visit Deion's office or knock on his door unless you were invited or asked to be there.

Wow, their AD must be a true beta to allow that to even happen, especially the sign to the coaches office. Kind of ironic how he once said that he wanted kids who had both parents in their life, but won’t meet with the kids parents. No wonder HS kids are not staying committed there and with their poor NIL, they won’t get the hired guns from the portal.

 

[Alcaus]

Encapsulates our society completely. Shallow culture, materialist... just all around garbage.

Pretty disappointing to hear, really. Watching some of Deion's talks really made him seem like a good guy but some of these details point to him being a total narcissist. Shame on me.

 

[Red Finger]

Encapsulates our society completely. Shallow culture, materialist... just all around garbage.

Pretty disappointing to hear, really. Watching some of Deion's talks really made him seem like a good guy but some of these details point to him being a total narcissist. Shame on me.

I've been skeptical from the beginning. Not wishing anything bad on the guy but the stories we heard from a year ago didn't exactly say to me success story at CU. Marketability is the only thing I see as the reason ESPN latches on to any little success Coach Prime has had. At this point I hope he doesn't has success for the sole purpose of: I don't want to see a Colorado/Deion promo in every sporting event I watch. It was THICK when they got off to their good start.

 

[vailhusker]

Pretty interesting listen if you have the time. Whitlock interviews 2 former CU players to talk about their experience w/ Deion. Both were holders from the previous coaching staff. It's not really surprising any of this stuff but Deion is honestly a huge slimeball. Zero class at all

Player interviews start at 56:00



Interview highlights / bullet points:

1. Deion no-showed his first 3 weekly team meetings. Had entire team in meeting auditorium & they just sat there for 1 hr each time. Then an assistant coach came in at the end and said "yeah, he's uh not coming, you guys can go"
2. Assistant coaches were afraid to cover during the no-show meetings for fear of "disrespecting" Deion
3. Deion would not acknowledge holdover players even if you were w him 1-on-1 in an elevator. He would not look up from his cell phone even when addressed directly by the player. But Deion would hug, high 5 and dap up players he recruited like they were family
4. When they cut 50 holdover players, Deion and staff purposefully avoided telling all 50 players that the school would still honor their academic financial aid. So everyone rushed to the portal with no place to go. 3 players knew the rules and knew CU had to honor their academic financial aid so they stayed. Other 47 did not so they rushed to the portal w no place to go and many got screwed over.
5. Deion made it a rule that he would not meet any parents when they visited Boulder and he forbid the position coaches from meeting parents (one kid said this)
6. Deion had a red carpet outside his 5th floor private office & it had a sign that said no shoes allowed (he's since removed the carpet)
7. Deion's office had a sign out front that said "were you ASKED to be here?". You were not allowed to visit Deion's office or knock on his door unless you were invited or asked to be there.

 

[Irv]

I think when this whole thing started, people conflated the idea of him needing to be a hard worker to become an elite 2-sport athlete with the idea of the work it takes to run a football program.

Being an elite athlete is an essentially selfish pursuit. They have to focus on themselves at all times. They follow particular regimens and do things exactly the way they want it done, all day long. They don't have to -- and often can't - give a shit about anyone else. You see the trails of relationships these guys leave behind them.

Successfully running a football program is entirely the opposite. You have to give a shit about 100s of people. You have to figure out how get the best out of them, not out of yourself. You have to manage each one of them differently.

At Jackson, he could just out-talent people. Now he's being asked to actually build a program, and he needs a different set of tools.

It's an entirely different skillset -- regardless of anyone's "work ethic" -- and he hasn't shown he has any real aptitude for it.

 

[Ripping Lips]

I'm waiting for him to bring in more washed up NFL superstars to be on his staff such as MIchael Irvin and Ray Lewis.

 

[Steveweiser316]

OL Coach leaving as well.

Where to?

 

[Steveweiser316]

Pretty interesting listen if you have the time. Whitlock interviews 2 former CU players to talk about their experience w/ Deion. Both were holders from the previous coaching staff. It's not really surprising any of this stuff but Deion is honestly a huge slimeball. Zero class at all

Player interviews start at 56:00



Interview highlights / bullet points:

1. Deion no-showed his first 3 weekly team meetings. Had entire team in meeting auditorium & they just sat there for 1 hr each time. Then an assistant coach came in at the end and said "yeah, he's uh not coming, you guys can go"
2. Assistant coaches were afraid to cover during the no-show meetings for fear of "disrespecting" Deion
3. Deion would not acknowledge holdover players even if you were w him 1-on-1 in an elevator. He would not look up from his cell phone even when addressed directly by the player. But Deion would hug, high 5 and dap up players he recruited like they were family
4. When they cut 50 holdover players, Deion and staff purposefully avoided telling all 50 players that the school would still honor their academic financial aid. So everyone rushed to the portal with no place to go. 3 players knew the rules and knew CU had to honor their academic financial aid so they stayed. Other 47 did not so they rushed to the portal w no place to go and many got screwed over.
5. Deion made it a rule that he would not meet any parents when they visited Boulder and he forbid the position coaches from meeting parents (one kid said this)
6. Deion had a red carpet outside his 5th floor private office & it had a sign that said no shoes allowed (he's since removed the carpet)
7. Deion's office had a sign out front that said "were you ASKED to be here?". You were not allowed to visit Deion's office or knock on his door unless you were invited or asked to be there.

Those are the actions of a narcissistic DB and not of a head coach

 

[EwokRhuler]

I'm waiting for him to bring in more washed up NFL superstars to be on his staff such as MIchael Irvin and Ray Lewis.

Gotta get some rappers in as recruiters too. It'll be like Northwestern's Car Wash....but with strippers and twerking

 

[SOHusker11]

Where to?

SDSU with the OC.

 

[SOHusker11]

Written by click sucker Husker hater Pat Forde. Two of the most phony mfers I can think of.

 

[ThomOsborneMD]

this would be like Ron Brown leaving

 

[Stan Raymond]

this would be like Ron Brown leaving

Yeah Hagan has been there since 2005 under many different HCs. Many Colorado fans won't be happy with him moving on.

 

[Kaladin]

Sounds like their o-line coach left too but he sucks anyway

 

[Jim14510]

Watching this Texas game, you have to wonder if Manning is going to be happy sitting for a second year. He’s only come in one game. They are killing Okie Lite and Ewers is still in.

Any chance Ewers goes pro?

 

[nscottie]

Any chance Ewers goes pro?

I think I heard he’s waiting until after bowl game to decide. But I could have him confused with someone else. So many moving parts.

 

[Steveweiser316]

SDSU with the OC.

Got it. I haven’t seen that announced anywhere yet

 

[Stan Raymond]

Sounds like their o-line coach left too but he sucks anyway

Colorado's OL sucked, but he is well thought of in the profession, at least that is what I've read. Could be a Sander's aberration type year for him or he could suck.

 

[Kaladin]

Colorado's OL sucked, but he is well thought of in the profession, at least that is what I've read. Could be a Sander's aberration type year for him or he could suck.

I dunno if he is well thought of, he’s never coached anywhere that mattered. Chadron, Southern Illinois, Kent State. He was at Comorado because of the OC. He’s probably a pretty mediocre coach

 

[Steveweiser316]