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From the first day of taking the Colorado job, coach Deion Sanders has not employed a traditional approach.
The Hall of Famer who came to the Buffaloes after a few seasons at Jackson State basically encouraged the struggling Colorado players in his first meeting with them to hit the transfer portal, that he was bringing his Louis Vuitton – aka Shedeur Sanders, Travis Hunter and others – with him to Boulder.
That was certainly a unique tact.
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Taking the Colorado job in itself was something else for Sanders since the Buffaloes were not competitive at the end of coach Karl Dorrell’s reign. Colorado has had only one winning season since 2006 so it’s been a long, hard struggle there.
And now Sanders has employed a different tactic when it comes to recruiting: Hit the portal incredibly hard and use high school recruiting as something of a secondary option.
That has reflected in the recruiting rankings. While the Buffaloes have placed high in the Rivals transfer portal rankings the two cycles Sanders has been at Colorado, the Buffaloes dramatically dipped in the high school rankings in 2024. Dramatically dipped? How about plummeted.
In Sanders’ first class in 2023, the Buffaloes finished No. 31 overall, not great but certainly respectable, and Colorado ended with a bang by landing five-star cornerback Cormani McClain. But there have been rumors again this offseason that McClain could consider…
Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/gorney-coach-primes-excuses-not-194536200.html
Author : Rivals
Publish date : 2024-03-21 19:45:36
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