Deion gotta own this one. They were built enough to go up 29 to 0
Facts. Imagine some player saying: "Yeah, we need better guys in the trenches, and some of our coaches clearly aren't built for the moment."
Dude would get his scholarship pulled that night.
I dont think Deion is doing anything to instill that discipline though. That's the problem. The coaches are allowing the players to go unchecked, flash their watches and talk reckless.. They are getting more penalties and playing less disciplined every week when they should be getting better in that regard if it was something the coaching staff was emphasizing. I don't care if hunter is your best player.. you bench him after that stupid penalty to send a message to the team it's not gonna be tolerated. They didn't need him to beat Stanford anyway plus he was getting cooked on defense.
The problem with alot of HOF players turned coaches is alot of what makes them HOF is God given athleticism and intelligence, both of those are VERY hard to teach.
Deion is in a predicament he hasn't been in before a day in his football life. He doesn't always have the best team (talent wise)
and has no way to affect the outcome with his on the field play.
I don't know how much he factors into game planning but this ain't going to work long term. These types of mistakes only compound over seasons when they arent corrected and short of having an all first/second round caliber CFB team your talent isn't going to overcome these types of coaching mistakes.
The reason he's never going to be a head coach in the NFL is because he doesn't have leverage over the players at that level. If you yell at a starter he might yell back at you and depending on who he is the coach is getting fired not the player. Ask Urban Meyer and Nick Saban how that works out.
Deion needs multiple ways to motivate and a coaching staff that will shore up his weaknesses not accentuate them.