Deion just told all of CU's players to hit the portal

[jonesy5960]

Interesting way to start your new job. DB move if you ask me.

New Colorado coach Deion Sanders tells current Buffaloes players to enter transfer portal

"I'm coming, and when I get here, it's gonna be changed."

www.yahoo.com

 

[HawksRMe]

Wow. What an a-hole.

 

[Crazy Hawk]

Its a business now.

You know darn well he will be bringing in a whole new team/coaches. He has no loyalty to the team he is taking over and if it comes down to one of them or "his guys"....no question he is going to go with his.

If he turns Colorado around he will be leaving again to a top place in the next four years.

 

[Hawkatheart]

I love that guy. Wish he was coach for Iowa. Buffs will be much improved.

 

[jonesy5960]

Its a business now.

You know darn well he will be bringing in a whole new team/coaches. He has no loyalty to the team he is taking over and if it comes down to one of them or "his guys"....no question he is going to go with his.

If he turns Colorado around he will be leaving again to a top place in the next four years.

I've owned/ran businesses most of my life. I have come into situations where I acquired employees that were not mine. I would never have used the first day to tell everyone to leave before meeting with them and finding out what they did, how they did it, and whether they were a fit for the new company. On top of it, a lot of those players moved from other places to play there. It's really pretty reprehensible.

 

[ClarindaA's]

That’s not what he said

 

[SI_NYC]

Interesting way to start your new job. DB move if you ask me.

New Colorado coach Deion Sanders tells current Buffaloes players to enter transfer portal

"I'm coming, and when I get here, it's gonna be changed."

www.yahoo.com

That's not what he said. He doesn't want everybody to leave.

 

[ICWestfan]

Have you seen Colorado play? They are bad. He may be on to something in telling the current roster to move along.

 

[HawkMachine]

Wow, I hope he fails miserably.

 

[Hawk_4shur]

Geez. What if 30-40 guys hit the portal? Colorado didn't have ANY good players?

 

[Hawkatheart]

He knows how to communicate with today's players. Something middle/old aged white guys in Iowa clearly don't know how to do.

 

[jonesy5960]

That's not what he said. He doesn't want everybody to leave.

He essentially did say exactly that.

Sanders told a room full of Colorado players. “So I want y’all to get ready to go ahead and jump in the portal and do whatever you’re gonna get because if more of you jump in, the more room you make.”

 

[jonesy5960]

That’s not what he said

Yeah. It was.

Sanders told a room full of Colorado players. “So I want y’all to get ready to go ahead and jump in the portal and do whatever you’re gonna get because if more of you jump in, the more room you make.”

 

[DodgerHawki]

Yeah. It was.

Sanders told a room full of Colorado players. “So I want y’all to get ready to go ahead and jump in the portal and do whatever you’re gonna get because if more of you jump in, the more room you make.”

Yes he was strongly encouraging pretty much every player to leave. He wouldn't mind likely if half the scholarship players left.

I'm not sure how this works long term as his entire roster would seem to be every man for himself. But it is going to be entertaining one way or another.

 

[KatoHawk]

He knows how to communicate with today's players. Something middle/old aged white guys in Iowa clearly don't know how to do.

 

[HawkFaninOK]

I don't like it but I guess if players are not loyal to their teams anymore, it makes sense for programs to act similarly.

 

[uihawk82]

Interesting way to start your new job. DB move if you ask me.

New Colorado coach Deion Sanders tells current Buffaloes players to enter transfer portal

"I'm coming, and when I get here, it's gonna be changed."

www.yahoo.com

Pretty tough talk for a cornerback that used the matador tackling technique most of the time. Great athlete but his philosophy was not to take on big ass blockers and runners but live for the next play.

 

[markfromj]

Its a business now.

Has been for over 100 years, the first time a ticket was sold.

 

[uihawk82]

He essentially did say exactly that.

Sanders told a room full of Colorado players. “So I want y’all to get ready to go ahead and jump in the portal and do whatever you’re gonna get because if more of you jump in, the more room you make.”

Well if that is what he said then he didnt tell them all to go portal. He said "get ready" but that is not the same if they are valued

 

[SI_NYC]

Yeah. It was.

Sanders told a room full of Colorado players. “So I want y’all to get ready to go ahead and jump in the portal and do whatever you’re gonna get because if more of you jump in, the more room you make.”

He was motivating them by saying what once was excepted no longer is. If you don't like that, hit the portal. He probably could have worded it better, but I don't think he wants the whole team to hit the portal. That would set them back 5 years.

 

[Titanhawk2]

He essentially did say exactly that.

Sanders told a room full of Colorado players. “So I want y’all to get ready to go ahead and jump in the portal and do whatever you’re gonna get because if more of you jump in, the more room you make.”

"essentially" DOES NOT EQUAL "exactly". You essentially agreed

 

[Gonzo Bloor]

I wouldn't want him as my coach but I also didn't really take what he said too literally. Seemed to me it was more of him saying things are going to change in a major way and they're going to be challenged and if they're not ready for that, the portal is that way. JMO.

 

[HawkMachine]

Copy and pasted from a different site:

A source at Colorado tells Josh Newberg that over 200 recruits and portal transfers have already reached out in the last 12 hours. Some of them are 4 and 5-star caliber players. Deion Sanders has a chance to make some noise before Signing Day. NIL money is also rolling in, Josh is told.

 

[youflog1hawk]

You know he's trying to deal with the portal. He needs to find out now who's leaving so he can make other player decisions.

 

[bdg8]

Geez. What if 30-40 guys hit the portal? Colorado didn't have ANY good players?

Not really. Most talent left after 2021 season

Northwestern would have kicked the shit out of them

 

[jonesy5960]

He was motivating them by saying what once was excepted no longer is. If you don't like that, hit the portal. He probably could have worded it better, but I don't think he wants the whole team to hit the portal. That would set them back 5 years.

All he's motivating people to do in that speech is move on to make room for others.

 

[pistachio1999]

I believe the message is what they have been doing is not acceptable to him so if they can't or won't do better then hit the portal

 

[jonesy5960]

Well if that is what he said then he didnt tell them all to go portal. He said "get ready" but that is not the same if they are valued

Finish the sentence. He said " “So I want y’all to get ready to go ahead and jump in the portal and do whatever you’re gonna get because if more of you jump in, the more room you make.”

 

[pistachio1999]

Not sure I would have let it be recorded like that though.

 

[myteamcanbeatupyourteam]

He knows how to communicate with today's players. Something middle/old aged white guys in Iowa clearly don't know how to do.

Must be why Saban sucks.

 

[cornwelly1234]

He’s been tasked with changing the culture of a program that won one game this season. He’s telling the current players to expect more of themselves or leave. That’s the mentality you need to right a sinking ship.

 

[Floyd_Of_Rosedale]

He essentially did say exactly that.

Sanders told a room full of Colorado players. “So I want y’all to get ready to go ahead and jump in the portal and do whatever you’re gonna get because if more of you jump in, the moref room you make.”

That is a challenge. Disposable/replaceable

 

[jonesy5960]

That is a challenge.

That is telling people to leave to make room for others.

 

[Section25]

Would you listen to the whole thing or read the whole statement to the players. He had them repeat his two key words of what he is looking for out of them if they stay. Smart and Tough, not much to ask out of players. Knee jerk reactions from a small snippet. He got their attention quickly and then soft shoed later.

 

[hawkblood]

Wow, I hope he fails miserably.

You must not have watched the video or you just don't like to compete!!

 

[Hawkatheart]

Must be why Saban sucks.

Last time I checked Saban was not in Iowa. If he were I would not be making that comment.

 

[WestCoastHawkI]

I really can't stand this guy's interviews nor the way he carries himself. He's so arrogant. I hope he fails miserably

 

[Niko13]

That’s not what he said

Yeah, but this gets way more clicks! LOL

 

[HawkinK.C.1]

"Do whatever you're gonna get"?
Ya, he's just such a great communicator. At least everyone is agreed on what he meant.

 

[Beattheohiostate]

There was no portal free agency at the time, but Hayden Fry took a similar mindset with him when he arrived in Iowa City. And some of you surely will remember that, after Iowa played well but lost in Hayden's first season in Iowa City, he said, "The first player I see smile will get busted in the face." Rather strong words, eh? LOL

What Hayden was saying was that, after 20 years of losing, the first thing you have to win is the attitude battle. Losers think like losers, and you don't play the game just to look good and come close. You play to win, but before you can win, you have to think like a winner. Did anyone, including the players, really believe Hayden was going to punch players in the face?

So many people just don't get what leadership, in any context, is all about. Which is why we find so many poor "leaders" in leadership positions in every phase of human endeavor.

Hayden Fry was a great leader. Deion Sanders is a great leader. Fry built a nationally respected football program in a place where almost no one thought he could. Sanders will do the same. This is just the beginning. Which is why I wish Sanders were doing his thing in Iowa City instead of Boulder.