Deion Sanders possibly stealing ND recruit
December 9th, 2022 at 11:59 AM ^
Someone has been reading the Board Stickies
December 9th, 2022 at 12:00 PM ^
I spent 10 minutes before posting this to make sure I didn't jack it up.
December 9th, 2022 at 12:02 PM ^
FFS. Would it kill you to include punctuation in yer title?
😉
December 9th, 2022 at 12:05 PM ^
I agree!!! This is great news because it’s bad for Notre Dame!!! Need more exclamation points!!! Be better next time!!!
December 9th, 2022 at 12:05 PM ^
The standards are so high here.
December 9th, 2022 at 12:29 PM ^
So are most of the readers, after all it is the weekend with NO Michigan football!
December 9th, 2022 at 12:06 PM ^
I say we reward your diligence, effort and flawless execution by turning this into the Friday Posbang!
Maybe the mods will make it a sticky and it can be the weekend drinking thread as well!
May you be endlessly positively banged!
December 9th, 2022 at 12:26 PM ^
No! The OP didn't provide any context or detail regarding what's in the link.
/s
December 9th, 2022 at 12:30 PM ^
This board is absolutely brutal - it's like Lord of the Flies. There is a handful of Karen's just waiting to pounce on any little issue with a post...punctuation, didn't post URL correctly, or any little thing. I got hammered in my WMU post because I didn't link the URL correctly. 98% of the participants of this board have productive thoughts that I love to read. The other 2% are Karens with too much time. Like it or hate what I said, Honey Badger don't care.
December 9th, 2022 at 12:38 PM ^
Which one is the sarcasm font? Should we go Comic Sans or a little Microsoft PhagsPa? Or do we just Bold, Italicize for the unlearned?
December 9th, 2022 at 1:07 PM ^
"huh," i thought, "i wonder what he's referring to."
so i looked. you got one comment that fixed the link for you, and one that said how to do it. that's it, the entirety of you "getting hammered." but sure, the board has a "handful of karens."
December 9th, 2022 at 1:12 PM ^
Thank you. I thought the same thing, sometimes people get corrected and many times people get teased (the horror), but the only time people get actually “hammered” around here is when they’re an asshole to others.
Kinda like real life.
December 9th, 2022 at 1:18 PM ^
There is a handful of Karen's just waiting to pounce on any little issue with a post...punctuation
Right. Why did you use an apostrophe with Karens? Inappropriate.
December 9th, 2022 at 1:49 PM ^
This reminds me of NANOG(North America Network Operations Group). People will make a presentation on something that has to do with Networking Infrastructure. During Q&A the peanut gallery will come out to show how clever they are by showing how stupid you are because you did not consider "THAT!"
December 9th, 2022 at 2:14 PM ^
I was reading MGoBlog in a bar in Toledo, and the woman sitting next to me said to her husband, "Look! He's reading MGoBlog!" It was a good thing, as both were M fans.
He said right away, "I would never post on that blog! I would be afraid of making a grammar mistake!"
But he loves reading here and actually kind of liked the high standards we have for that sort of thing. Not everyone is a hater of M arrogance/excellence in all things
December 9th, 2022 at 2:39 PM ^
Honey Badger doth complain too much.
December 9th, 2022 at 1:10 PM ^
I need a non-clickable, 280-character url with a bunch of % signs in it, a dead image file, and a misspelled word in the title to feel like this is a real Mgoblog post
December 9th, 2022 at 12:04 PM ^
This Neon Deion thing just strikes me as something that is not going to end well in a few years. Just a gut feeling, happy to acknowledge if I’m wrong.
December 9th, 2022 at 12:21 PM ^
That's why Colorado.
December 9th, 2022 at 12:25 PM ^
If I'm a recruit, and Coach Prime sends me a text, that text gets returned. He is likely to draw some excellent recruiting classes. Prime is dynamic and self-assured, and draws a lot of attention, but we could say the same of Jim Harbaugh.
In a very short time, he did a ton for HBCU football and for Jackson State. We've seen for ourselves how difficult it is to go undefeated through a season, and he managed that. If he doesn't last long-term at CU, it's likely because a blueblood offered him ALL the pennies.
December 9th, 2022 at 12:38 PM ^
As long as you realize that Deion has only ever cared about Deion. Excellent self-promoter, but if you are looking to build a team-focused culture, he is probably not going to bring that.
December 10th, 2022 at 12:34 AM ^
Maybe he should run for President next?
December 9th, 2022 at 1:11 PM ^
As Jason Whitlock pointed out, Sanders was able to quickly succeed at Jackson St. because his star power attracted players who were far more talented than their competitors. He won’t have that extreme talent mismatch advantage at Colorado. He’s going to have to coach and build a full program. We’ll see.
December 9th, 2022 at 1:52 PM ^
yep, and big time CFB requires depth when these 5*s are hurt or not playing for whatever reason. He is rarely ever going to have good depth because everyone he recruits will expect to play immediately or leave.
December 9th, 2022 at 12:29 PM ^
I think there's a decent chance he'll be Flashy Brady Hoke
Have some early success, recruit well, but it won't be sustainable
We'll see though. Can't say it won't be exciting!
December 9th, 2022 at 1:30 PM ^
Good comparison, except this isn't a destination job for Deion. If he has a first year anywhere close to what Hoke had, he's going to get much better offers and he's going to take one. He won't be there long enough to have his 2013-2014 Hoke years
December 9th, 2022 at 1:43 PM ^
Brady Hoke but faster
December 9th, 2022 at 1:52 PM ^
Deion Sanders is the Kim Kardashian of Brady Hokes
December 9th, 2022 at 12:40 PM ^
Yeah Colorado is doomed. He either is a terrible hire and it sets them back 5 more yrs, or he is great and bolts for a better job and leaves right before a bowl game. Colorado is just a stepping stone job.
December 9th, 2022 at 1:05 PM ^
He doesn't need to be particularly great to get an enormous pay raise, if he sniffs 0.500, the recent market value for that is about $100,000,000.
#tuckcomin #primecomin
December 9th, 2022 at 1:09 PM ^
Dude - they went 1-11 this year. If he raises them to a 6 win team they have hit a home run.
December 9th, 2022 at 1:33 PM ^
Yeah, 2022 Colorado by SP+ was the worst P5 team since 2015 Kansas. And they were worse than every MAC team this year but one (Akron). They just need immediate roster help and Deion should bring that at the very least, and then maybe a few of those players will stay on when Deion inevitably leaves. Might as well go all in.
December 9th, 2022 at 1:47 PM ^
And if Deion hires a good staff (seems good so far) they could promote from within. The Pac is about to get a lot weaker and even if he leaves it will likely be in a better spot overall to compete for the expanded playoffs.
December 9th, 2022 at 1:52 PM ^
100% agree. Deion is a good hire for Colorado, not because he's necessarily going to succeed (or stick around long-term), but because CU is so historically awful that taking a big risk isn't a bad idea. The PAC-12 is a weaker P5 conference and about to get much weaker, so a 2-year turnaround job isn't implausible at all.
December 9th, 2022 at 1:42 PM ^
As long as we never play him, I'll wish him well in every game.
I think he'll do alright, but you certainly could be right that he could crash and burn.
December 9th, 2022 at 12:06 PM ^
I won't lie...
I don't care.
December 9th, 2022 at 12:08 PM ^
It's all fun and games until Deion steals one or multiple of our targets. Brian Robinson for instance given his recent Twitter activity (which obviously take with a grain of salt).
I'm just saying tread carefully friends
December 9th, 2022 at 12:12 PM ^
Can Prime actually coach??
December 9th, 2022 at 12:30 PM ^
Can Freeman and Rees actually coach?
Sanders is off to a much better start (edit: to his coaching career) than that duo that took a top 5 team and turned it into a top 25 team.
December 9th, 2022 at 12:40 PM ^
He hasn't won a game yet.
December 9th, 2022 at 12:48 PM ^
He also hasn't lost to Marshall yet.
December 9th, 2022 at 12:54 PM ^
I meant his college coaching career. His team improved on the field each year and he want 12-0 this year.
You can say that he had superior talent but that is sort of the point. Plus, ND had superior talent to at least 9 of the teams they played (and maybe 11 teams).
You also have a coach like Steve Sarkisian that always seems to have superior talent and finish with 5-8 wins each year.
December 9th, 2022 at 12:51 PM ^
Freeman has been at least a position coach in college since 2011, and Rees has been one since 2017, and both of those have been at the P5 level. Sanders has been coaching in college for 2 years at Jackson St., an HBCU where his ability to attract FBS-level talent allowed him to dominate. He absolutely won't have that advantage at CU, a school without much local talent and playing against opponents with better players and far more resources.
I don't know if Freeman or Rees are good coaches but Freeman took a team that was ranked in the top-5, weathered some rough stretches, and still had them finish in the top 25 against a tough schedule. Sanders might be a good coach but he's not even accomplished that much.
December 9th, 2022 at 1:00 PM ^
Who created the rough patches?
Brian Kelly was 54-9 his last five seasons at Notre Dame and 21-3 in last two seasons. The rough patches started when Freeman took over and Rees lost his mentor.
What was Jackson State before Sanders got there? Why do people assume he won’t level up in recruiting at Colorado? He got the #1 recruit in the 2022 class to go the FCS. I bet he has a top 10 class in 2024.
December 9th, 2022 at 4:08 PM ^
They had some early struggles because he is a first time coach and maybe, just maybe, ND wasn't a top five team and got that designation to ramp up interest in an opening week game against OSU. And Freeman has been a great recruiter thus far, so he might pick it up next year.
I never said he couldn't ramp up recruiting at CU but lots of coaches are charming and fun, but they don't all pull in elite classes and, just as importantly, keep them. Pulling in Travis Hunter was huge and we'll see if he can replicate that at CU. But if you're going to act like Freeman and Rees can't coach because they went 8-4 against one of the tougher schedules in the country while assuming Sanders is going to pull in top 10 classes I'm allowed to push back against certain assumptions.
December 9th, 2022 at 5:07 PM ^
Did ND win a big game with Brian Kelly in that stretch? I believe just about everyone on this board thought ND was overrated the last few years. Lost to Cincinnati and maybe would have lost to Marshall.
December 9th, 2022 at 1:37 PM ^
I think the "took a top 5 team" argument is bogus. They were overrated last season and it carried over into this season. They had a pretty flawed offensive roster. They had some bad losses (Stanford, Marshall) but they feasted on some overrated ACC teams and played tough with OSU.
Freeman has his program in the Top 25, has the #3 class for 2023 and #2 class for 24 so far. His program is likely to be a major threat in the future.
December 9th, 2022 at 12:19 PM ^
I hate Deion so much. He's going to end up being the Penny Hardaway of college football. His offer graphics say "YOU'VE BEEN OFFERED BY COACH PRIME" which is one of the most obnoxious things ever. Not Colorado, but Coach Prime. Feel bad for the kids who are being convinced into think Sanders and that program have any chance, especially after a 1-11 season
December 9th, 2022 at 2:00 PM ^
But that is how Deion has ALWAYS been. He's a relentless self-promoter and has been his entire life.
I personally can't stand people like that, but they tend to get the attention they want.