Deion Sanders was clear and direct in a segment of his new television show: “I couldn’t coach pro ball,” said the Colorado Buffaloes coach.
In his show, We Got Time Today on Tubi, Sanders talked with his former Dallas Cowboys teammate and fellow Hall of Famer Troy Aikman about a variety of subjects. They reminisced about their Super Bowl experience and discussed Sanders’ conversation with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones regarding the Dallas head coaching job, which eventually went to Brian Schottenheimer.
Sanders compared the practices from their time to those of today. He mentioned how Aikman never wanted the ball to touch the ground, how Sanders never allowed a catch, how Michael Irvin wouldn’t let a ball drop, and how Emmitt Smith would hit the hole and run for 20 or 30 yards after each play.
“That’s the way we practiced,” Sanders said on his show. “I know it’s cute but I couldn’t coach pro ball. The way they practice, the way they go about it, I couldn’t take it — as a man, and as a football enthusiast. I care about the game. … There’s no way I could allow that to happen on my watch. That would be tough.”
Aikman added that having Sanders as the Cowboys’ head coach would “make a lot of sense.”
“I was asked a lot of questions about how do you think Deion would do?” Aikman said. “I said, ‘I think Deion would do great.’ There are a small handful of people that I know that I just simply would not bet against. And Deion is one of those people. He’s proven it at every stop. He’d be successful in the NFL.”
Aikman mentioned he understood how Sanders could have more of an effect on the college level.
“You’re not impressing upon young men the way that you are in college, but to suggest that he wouldn’t be good at it or successful at it, I don’t think people really know Deion’s story,” Aikman said. “I think that for Dallas, Deion would’ve been a really good fit, because he would’ve commanded the room.
His personality is such that people would’ve known he was in charge. I think that’s important for any organization to know that the head coach is the one who’s calling the shots and he’s in charge.”
Sanders and the Buffaloes are coming off a 9-4 season, which earned them a spot in the Alamo Bowl. Sanders has some big gaps to fill after losing Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter and his son, quarterback Shedeur Sanders, both of whom are expected to be high picks in the upcoming NFL draft.
