Coach Prime’s fiery message after narrow Week 6 Colorado win ‘still holds true’
BuffZone’s Brian Howell believes Coach Prime’s fiery message to his Colorado football team following the Buffs’ narrow Week 6 win over ASU still holds true despite Deion Sanders’s demeanor change.
“Make no mistake, however, that Sanders’ message from Saturday still holds true,” Howell prefaced before saying, “OK, the Buffs won, but it wasn’t good enough. Certain players or position groups aren’t good enough right now, as the Buffs (4-2, 1-2 Pac-12) prepare to face Stanford (1-4, 0-3) on Friday at Folsom Field (8 p.m., ESPN).”
Sanders calmly delivered a remark to reporters on October 10 that may have held more weight than anything said in Tempe on October 7.
“I’ve got their attention,” Coach Prime prefaced before saying, “Everybody inside that locker room, coaches included, I got their attention. This ain’t a mind game I’m playing; this is real. So I say what I say and I mean what I mean. I don’t stutter nor do I stumble. I make it plain. They know who I’m talking to.”
Coach Prime after narrow Colorado football win over ASU: ‘I’m sick of it’
For those wondering what Coach Prime said, well, he didn’t hold back; telling reporters that “he’s sick of it” when asked about the Buffs needing a late comeback to defeat the Sun Devils at Mountain America Stadium.
“Wonderful win,” Sanders prefaced before saying, “We played like hot garbage and I’m trying to figure this out. I’m sick of it. I really am. I’m sick of us coming out here and putting forth the effort we put forth in the first half. We’ve had practices, we’ve had really diligent meetings, and we’re trying to figure this out. I’m sorry—I’m happy with the win but I am not happy with the fashion we won in. We’re better than that. We really are better than that and we got to start showing that. I expect to win and I expect to win in a better fashion than that. I’m sick of these consistent holes that we’re displaying and the penalties. We’re so much better.”
Typically, Sanders’s tough love works with his players. Just ask Cormani McClain, who broke out after a week of going back-and-forth with Coach Prime before starring on the defense during a spectacular near-comeback effort in the second half against USC in a narrow 48-41 loss.