Analyst: Deion Sanders is an ‘easy target’ who’s actually doing ‘something right’

Colorado football head coach Deion Sanders has been a lightning rod in college football ever since entering the coaching realm. However, his success in the past two seasons in the SWAC proves that he’s not just an all-talk-no-action character but a man with controversial methods that create success. It’s not a stretch to say that Sanders has amplified the “Prime Time” brand at the Power Five level since taking the Buffs HC role on December 4; best exemplified by his viral videos of him all but telling most of his students inherited from the Karl Dorrell era.

But it’s similarly not a stretch to say that Sanders is catching the eyes of the college football world — and while that makes him an easy target, it also means he must be doing something right according to Buffs Beat’s Brian Schaible.

“If this off-season has taught us anything, it’s that certain coaches find Prime to be an easy target,” Schaible prefaced before saying, “It also means he’s doing something right by changing the culture around him. Otherwise, people wouldn’t care enough to say anything about what’s going on at CU.”

Brent Venables brags about being unlike Colorado football head coach Deion Sanders

Schaible’s Sanders declaration/defense was in response to Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables’ attack on the former pro football and baseball star-turned-college football coaching up-and-comer during an appearance on KREF radio during Big 12 Media Day.

“You know, I gave guys twelve months of grace,” Venables prefaced before saying, “I was unlike Deion (Sanders). I gave guys 12 months of grace to figure it out. Here’s the three, you know, go to class, you know, live right off the field, and when you show up, man. You show up with respect and appreciation for your opportunity.”

Venables, who went 6-7 in his season as head coach of the Sooners, isn’t exactly the perfect coaching role model to emulate. Perhaps a middle ground between the two is the sweet spot. Or, perhaps we can allow Sanders the opportunity to prove what he’s doing can translate from the HBCU ranks to the Pac-12 before the world continues to condemn “Prime Time.”