[MV72018]

The discussions that have centered around Coach Prime have made it clear that it would be inappropriate to draw a line in the sand between good and evil, and plunk him down on one side or the other.  He is bearing out to be a complex, ambiguous, and polarizing figure.  If I were to have a beef with his personage, it wouldn't really be anything about the demeanor of Deion himself.  Rather it would be about the hanky-panky that goes on at the periphery of his program.  I mean, the DJ who was mixing his hip-hop muck over the jumbotron while Stanford was in formation on offense, and had to get a warning from the ref?

And about the 70 or so former Buffalo players on scholarship who got run off and are now scattered around parts unknown -- before last Friday I would have had some pity and sympathy for them but they are all now a little bit less woebegone since they can turn their gaze back in the direction of Boulder, and snicker quietly to themselves about the wild rodeo of a game that Coach Prime inadvertently spared them.

Sorry, Sam. IMO, the fact that the ousted players can "turn their gaze back in the direction of Boulder and snicker quietly" about the loss to Stanford doesn't even come close to making up for what was done to the "70 or so former Buffalo players on scholarship who got run off." They deserve sympathetic consideration and to be viewed as very unfortunate casualties of the new coach's utter lack of empathy and mania for immediately winning big. What was done sheds bright light on Deion Sanders' value priorities and non-existent sense of responsibility for the players who were recruited to and committed to play for the U. of Colorado. They were treated like disaposable commodities, as if they were players on a business-oriented, win-at-all costs, professional football league team. I certainly hope that Deion's mentality (along with Lincoln Riley's) is not the harbinger of what will happen and more and more universities over time.

[MV72018]

The discussions that have centered around Coach Prime have made it clear that it would be inappropriate to draw a line in the sand between good and evil, and plunk him down on one side or the other.  He is bearing out to be a complex, ambiguous, and polarizing figure.  If I were to have a beef with his personage, it wouldn't really be anything about the demeanor of Deion himself.  Rather it would be about the hanky-panky that goes on at the periphery of his program.  I mean, the DJ who was mixing his hip-hop muck over the jumbotron while Stanford was in formation on offense, and had to get a warning from the ref?

And about the 70 or so former Buffalo players on scholarship who got run off and are now scattered around parts unknown -- before last Friday I would have had some pity and sympathy for them but they are all now a little bit less woebegone since they can turn their gaze back in the direction of Boulder, and snicker quietly to themselves about the wild rodeo of a game that Coach Prime inadvertently spared them.

Sorry, Sam. IMO, the fact that the ousted players can "turn their gaze back in the direction of Boulder and snicker quietly" about the loss to Stanford doesn't even come close to making up for what was done to the "70 or so former Buffalo players on scholarship who got run off." They deserve sympathetic consideration and to be viewed as very unfortunate casualties of the new coach's utter lack of empathy and mania for immediately winning big. What was done sheds bright light on Deion Sanders' value priorities and non-existent sense of responsibility for the players who were recruited to and committed to play for the U. of Colorado. They were treated like disaposable commodities, as if they were players on a business-oriented, win-at-all costs, professional football league team. I certainly hope that Deion's mentality (along with Lincoln Riley's) is not the harbinger of what will happen and more and more universities over time.