Keyshawn Johnson explains how Deion Sanders skipped the queue and landed his coaching gig
Deion Sanders' Colorado Buffaloes were recently humbled by the Oregon Ducks. It wasn't the fact that Dan Lanning's Ducks won the encounter, but the fashion in which they triumphed that created a lot of chatter in the CFB world.
In the first half, their offense, led by Bo Nix, scored 35 unanswered points, while Shedeur Sanders and the Buffs offense recorded a meager 21 yards. Shedeur got sacked seven times during the game.
While this is a reality check for Prime, several experts, like Keyshawn Johnson, took this as an opportunity to discuss Sanders' arrival in college football.
On Undisputed, Johnson explained why Deion Sanders was able to find a coaching job so fast.
He explained that his exemplary playing record automatically opened doors for Sanders to try something new in the football arena.
"Certain players in this league, Peyton Manning can go get a job tomorrow, coaching football if he chooses that. Tom Brady signed on with the Las Vegas Raiders as an owner, because it's Tom damn Brady. Keyshawn Johnson, Richard Sherman, we might have to wait a little bit if we decided that's the route we wanted to go. Because they're not going to just open up the door for us that way.
"So people shouldn't be mad at the fact that Deion Sanders could decide I'm gonna go coach college football and the door opens up, and Rick George is smart enough and mindful enough to say, 'I need a good football coach. I don't care what color he is.'''
Although this might be true, there's still a bit of a learning curve with Deion Sanders, having first been rejected by Florida State.
Rebuilds take time; they are multi-year affairs that are based on recruitment, something Deion excels at.
Deion Sanders' recruitment abilities have created a lot of buzz
One more thing that was touched upon by the cast of Undisputed was Deion's abilities as a top recruiter. Skip Bayless said this regarding the future of the program at Colorado and Deion Sanders:
"Who cares if he's in it for the clicks? Because the clicks matter? What is college football at its core at its heart. It's a recruiter's game. Right? Yes. So there's another emotion operating here beyond jealousy and resentment. And it's just flat out fear among all coaches."
Deion Sanders' future in college football looks bright, and it's based on his own gravitas as a star player and his ability to motivate the student-athletes under him.