I have great respect for Deion as a player. And maybe more for his ability to market himself after his playing days.
What I do despise is his approach to team/program building. Virtually every school uses the portal, but I believe he has taken it to a dangerous extreme.
College coaches are notoriously copycats. New offensive scheme that is successful? Jump on the bandwagon. Smashmouth with 375 pound linemen? Everybody wants behemoths. Small, fast linemen? Yep, let’s do that.
I hope the experiment fails miserably. Not because I’m hating on Deion. But because it will be one more step that accelerates the destruction of the college football that I have loved. It’s inevitable, but I at least hope it takes another decade.