There are plenty of mixed opinions out there on Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders.
Not everyone loves Sanders' approach to building his roster primarily through the NCAA transfer portal. Mostly, there are folks who don't like Sanders' penchant for brutally cutting players loose.
Sanders has been in headlines this week thanks to a story from The Athletic that details what happened to the 53 players that Sanders moved on from when he took over as the head coach at Colorado ahead of the 2023 season.
What happened to Colorado's castoffs?
— Max Olson (@max_olson) April 29, 2024
One year later, I caught up with the players who got cut or transferred out after Deion Sanders took over the Buffs.
Story on where all 53 of them went and what they went through: https://t.co/teP5DGpFlr pic.twitter.com/4HTcXbR9In
Sanders and his son, Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders, have been lighting up social media this week with some tweets that have gone viral in light of the story from The Athletic.
He will be a top 5 pick. Where yo son going ? Lololol I got time today. Lololol https://t.co/tGS6dfm7iy
— COACH PRIME (@DeionSanders) May 1, 2024
Lawd Jesus https://t.co/WVIBSUE14X
— COACH PRIME (@DeionSanders) May 1, 2024
Ion even remember him tbh. Bro had to be very mid at best. https://t.co/qwK48Ys0Et
— Shedeur Sanders (@ShedeurSanders) April 30, 2024
Regardless of what you think of Sanders' approach to building a roster -- and ultimately, he's just trying to win games -- one thing that almost everyone should be able to agree on is that the NFL Hall of Famer isn't helping Colorado win games with his social media antics.
In fact, he's doing quite the opposite.
The only thing that Sanders (and his son Shedeur) is accomplishing with his tweets is ensuring that every single team that plays Colorado this season is fired up to play the Buffaloes.
Colorado is going get to everyone's best shot thanks to Sanders. And while some could argue that it might be the case anyway, Sanders' tweets are going to guarantee that every team on Colorado's schedule has their matchup with the Buffaloes circled in red ink.
Nick Saban, the greatest coach in the history of the sport, once said that his players should make every game personal.
Well, Sanders has made sure that each of Colorado's opponents will make it personal this fall.
And the damage has been done. Deleting tweets won't help. Backtracking (not that Sanders is going to backtrack) won't help, either. Nope. The bulletin board material is there for everyone to use. Every team that plays Colorado this fall will be motivated to make a statement against the Buffaloes.
All Sanders accomplished this week was stacking the deck against his own team.
Dan Lanning: “They’re fighting for clicks, we’re fighting for wins. There’s a difference.” pic.twitter.com/28iNjLe5Or
— Derek Peterson (@dr_petey) September 23, 2023
If you thought Oregon head coach Dan Lanning's pre game speech before playing Colorado last year was wild, just wait until you see what 2024 has in store for the Buffaloes.
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