ESPN's Jeremy Fowler was given a valid reason why Deion Sanders will likely never work in the NFL: he is reportedly "tough to work for" and may have problems getting a buy-in from pros like he gets at Colorado.
"He's a good fundraiser and college guys buy into what he sells," the personnel director said. "He's tried to hire good coaches, but have heard that he can be hard to work for. And I'm not sure the NFL guys will be in as quickly and also stay as engaged."
This doesn't mean Coach Prime wouldn't work in the NFL, of course. There are just reasons why some worry about what the logistics would look like. Bleacher Report's Adam Wells did well pointing this out.
"There is a long list of coaches who have had tremendous success in college, but their approach just didn't work in the NFL for whatever reason. Just because people like Saban and Meyer failed in the NFL doesn't automatically mean Sanders would if he made the jump, but their struggles are a good reminder of just how different coaching college athletes is compared to pro players," Wells wrote.
Sanders will never have it better than he has it in Boulder. He has autonomy that couldn't be found in the SEC or Big Ten. He sure as hell wouldn't find it in the NFL, where he'd be subject to all the scrutiny and little of the success.
The American public is aware of Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, but Andy Reid isn't exactly a household name.
He has the inverse of that in college football. He's in the Big 12 but has one of the most-watched programs in the country.
There's no reason to leave. And there will never be a reason to risk it all in the NFL unless he really just missed coaching his kids.