Sanders is a proven recruiter and had tons more talent on the Jackson State roster than the opponents they faced. I am not sure if I am sold on him being an elite coach but I do think Sanders can turn around the culture of Colorado sort of like BB has done at Illinois.
It will be interesting to follow this and see how it plays out, particularly vis-a-vis the Lovie experience.
I admit I don't know much about Deion Sanders and Jackson State. I get the superficial impression that he succeeded there in large part because his high profile name recognition, personality, charisma attracted FBS quality recruits who were far above the level that an HBCU school in the SWAC traditionally has had. I'm sure Colorado will get a huge recruiting bump from this hire, but they're not going to suddenly dwarf Utah and Washington in talent just because Prime Time's face is on the cover of the media guide. You can't manhandle and out-sprint Oregon the same way you did Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
So on the topic of football culture. One thing that has really struck me watching our transformation over the past two years is the critical importance for a FBS/P5 program to have absolute total commitment from your head coach. First in the morning, last out at night, pounding the recruiting trail, building pipelines, whatever other cliche you want to add, all that stuff. Major college football is an endless grind and you have to live it and breath it every hour of every day. And the coach needs to always be thinking, how can I adapt, how can I help this program win. Not, how can I prop up my failson with a position coach job he didn't earn, or name myself coordinator so there's nothing to impeded me from just mindlessly continuing to implement my archaic scheme.
