Warnings Signs:
December 2022: Deion Sanders refuses to honor scholarship commitments of incoming players (after the athletic director begged them not to decommit during the last season
December 2022: Deion Sanders says that he is bringing his own luggage with him and encourages existing players to enter the portal.
“We got a few positions already taken care of, because I’m bringing my luggage with me — and it’s Louis [Vuitton]. Okay, it ain’t gonna be no more of the mess that these wonderful fans, the student body, and some of your parents have put up with ... for probably two decades now. I’m comin’ and when I get here it’s gonna be changed. So I wan’t y’all to get ready, to go ahead and jump in that portal, and do whatever you’re gonna get, because the more of you jump in, the more room we make, because we’re bringing in kids who are smart, say that, tough.”
January 2023: Video from documentary crew recording Deion's previous season at Jackson State emerges showing him dismissing a player in front of the team. Normally this is done behind closed doors. Deion could easily have done this. Instead it was done for all to see.
If the film crew isn't allowed to broadcast schematic review sessions, they should not have been permitted to show this.
April 2023 (last week): Deion tells players prior to the spring game that they will not all be there after the game:
“Now, facts are facts. Everybody in this room is not going to be in this room probably after Saturday,” Sanders told his players in the newly released video of what was going on behind the scenes.
April 2023 (this week): Deion refuses to release last year's game video of players who elected to transfer after the spring game, punishing them after
they in essence took him up on his offer from Dec 2022
And all these guys are in the portal including Coach Joe’s nephew, Oakie, who @Samoan Souljah coached and said has a good head on his shoulders. It looks like a bad situation - really toxic. I don’t know how he can succeed based on what we’re seeing.
