Josh Pate On Deion Sanders & Colorado - What's The Strategy? (Late Kick Cut)

Deion Sanders & Colorado are approaching the 2024 College Football season with a ton of questions surrounding the program. On Late Kick Live Ep 504 Josh Pate looked the approach Deion is taking in Boulder with the Transfer Portal being leaned on heavily and wondered whether it could work. Let us know what you think in the comments below and be sure to SUBSCRIBE to the channel and CLICK THE BELL for notifications as we bring you multiple live shows per week!
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[@Twitz88]

You gotta have depth, just because a guy isn't a starter doesn't mean they're not vital to the team's success. The reason why UGA, Ohio St, Bama, etc. compete at a high level is because they have so much depth. When Deion said he wasnt interested in high school recruiting I knew he didn't know what he was doing.

[@ThreadAndCircuses1]

They actually have P4 starters/rotational players in the 2 deep now. Last year it was G5/FCS players.

[@gobucs7870]

Those schools you name have transfers also..They also have a lot more money than most..

[@younggoose7315]

@@ThreadAndCircuses1still not good enough

[@LeJoker8]

Preach!!!!!!!!!!

[@JohnnySurfdawg]

Deion could be crushing highschool recruiting. I’m in shock that he is not all in on it even in year 2. Long term Failure is certain.

[@Neonking16]

“StOp ThE HatE” famous last words from the Deion Dingleberries

[@C_71]

Hey number one fan!

[@jaybrown3341]

Proud “dingleberry” here…me and your mama of course🫶🏾

[@Neonking16]

@@jaybrown3341grow up

[@noahhoush15]

@@jaybrown33414-8 delusional

[@RCHJ2022]

@@noahhoush15 I saw a guy on Colin Cowhead say "8 Wins" I literally laughed out loud. Thes guy are just Deion simps.

[@HeartlessWon506]

There is no team that has fans divided and ready to talk more than CU right now. Once again in the off-season they’re the biggest story.

[@ericguerra7319]

I wouldn't say they're the BIGGEST story this offseason but they've had their moments.

[@dadwithavlog5268]

Yet he has failed to translate that into high school recruiting success.

[@LeJoker8]

The biggest story for all the wrong reasons…I don’t think that’s a win…🤣

[@Dupreehundo-rq3bq]

5-7 at best go off season champs

[@kingsaco]

The American way is to sell people hope. Regardless, if Deion and Colorado has a record of 3-9. They will be mist watch TV once again because people love the underdog and controversy. Plus, the school will be making millions!!

[@sirenejohnson6668]

In the current state of transfer portal chaos, you are ABSOLUTELY out of your mind to believe a new program can afford to BUILD a team from incoming freshman and compete today. CU wasn’t afforded the old fashioned way of building a team. Times have changed, get over it. The state of football has NEVER been THIS current state of hall ass when you want to. I can’t predict how soon they will win, but doing it your way would take 5-7 years. Ain’t nobody got time for that.

[@Mrfreshtake]

Period! You can’t do it. It will Take prime seasons to do that. He has to win now

[@JJ-zr6fu]

@Mrfreshtake He said that last year to 4-8 is what you got. It doesn’t work

[@Mrfreshtake]

@@JJ-zr6fu this would have to be said for every single college football program in the country. @on3 is very insightful. It lets you see the real Picture. Most programs had 30 plus transfers out including the majors

[@Mrfreshtake]

@@JJ-zr6fu I mean 40-50 other teams in FBS were 4-8 last year and they recruited the slow way. Whats your point?

[@blaynebittencourt5076]

Just wrong. You HAVE to recruit from high school.

[@philtjr]

Josh, let's explore your core belief: How do you intend to uphold team depth without overspending? As top-tier backup players depart for better opportunities without significant incentives, they're likely to explore other options. At a recent football camp, a prominent recruiter advised high school players aiming for the NFL to choose schools where they can make an immediate impact. If that doesn't materialize in the first year, the advice is to move on. However, if a substantial offer is on the table, sticking around for two years is advised, but leaving by the third. These players are the future, so your convictions will be tested this year and the next. Colorado maintains a strong core from last year, leading to confusion about your position. Dismissing this as a matter of principle disregards the swift changes in college football. Those like you, rooted in traditional perspectives, may need to adapt or risk being sidelined. College football is evolving rapidly, and it will never be the same.

[@Mrfreshtake]

Great take

[@v.l.c3979]

As a canes fan i wish the best for Colorado

[@dare2554]

I'm seeing a 5-7 season coming up with no bowl again

[@jeannettefox3496]

Wow can you for tell the future??? That is news to me!

[@sxtzay_otg9951]

The big 12 is so balance it’s like 4 teams with a chance and Josh is smart not predicting early

[@willl7780]

id say utah is probably a bit more of a favorite but its going to be close

[@machiavellisprince5986]

His followers have been predicting for the last two months.

[@RodrigoAu-tj9qm]

Lane Kiffin is portaling his way to a playoff spot

[@mikejersey7214]

He’s at least getting top 20 recruiting classes tho.

[@jeannettefox3496]

@@mikejersey7214 Deion is too but Kiffin is the Good Ole Boy and Coach Prime is not! Does that pretty much sum it up??

[@jakobwedel3168]

​@jeannettefox3496 Deion's recruiting class was in the 60's. Try again

[@blaynebittencourt5076]

​@@jeannettefox3496idiot.

[@kapla2004]

Deion is Bulls-era Tom Thibodeau. He runs his first team into the ground and he doesn’t seem to care about depth, which is what it takes to compete.

[@jeannettefox3496]

Your butt is on the couch. Has not played one down in the NFL. So what credibility do you have to make that observation! If you can call it that!

[@kapla2004]

@@jeannettefox3496 just using my eyes I guess. They started hot and then lost a bunch of games because they don’t have high-quality depth

[@bladegerm]

cant do that when players can jump into the portal anytime they want, i suspect NCAA has allowed the portal to stay open multiple times to sabotage Deion's team however they have played into his hands lol. The problem with todays CFB, everyone wants to be 1st string if they are not starters then off into the portal they go. The players that Nick Saban just kept around chillin as depth, they all wanted to play but could not because CFB had talent on lock. Not anymore lol, this may indeed be its end..... for those who cant cope that is

[@bladegerm]

because of the portal you cant have dept because the truth is everyone thinks they are starters. The minute they sense that they are not him in the portal they go. So smarty..... what do you do?

[@bladegerm]

the days of only the 1% making billions off of talent are over.... well not really, the coaches like Nick Saban will leave and the coaches who where forced to learn their place by CFB upper class will now be the masters of the universe, like Mike Norvell whos been around 40 yrs but no one knows him.

[@craiganderson4243]

Sanders was out coached in a number of games last season. There is no way this team wins 6 games this year!

[@wesleydepriest8579]

I love coach prime but this model doesnt look sustainable, you have got to have a solid foundation, culture and depth

[@willl7780]

100%

[@wesleydepriest8579]

Hey will, when did you fall ?

[@willl7780]

@@wesleydepriest8579 LONG LONG LONG time ago lol

[@wesleydepriest8579]

@@willl7780 good to be past that

[@RCHJ2022]

Its 100% NOT. If he is going the portal route and wants to get his horse from there, that's fine but he NEEDS the 2* and 3* (And even walk ons) who will be there 4-5 years to really fill it out. otherwise in 2-4 years you are going to have scholarship problems and not have enough bodies on a roster. It could get ugly and QUICK.

[@LateKickwithJoshPate]

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[@Major_dk]

No one is giving Coach Prime 3 or 4 years to start winning. I know it seems like a philosophy but it is really a necessity to use the portal. How else was CU going to improve the O Line and D Line? Coach Prime speaks directly and with confidence bc honestly that's the only path available. So what's the use in crying about it when it is the most direct path to winning.

[@dragonsurge1]

The Internet trolls won’t give him 3-4 years but that’s realistically what it takes. He’s NEVER going to start winning consistently without high school recruiting.

[@Nick-kj8iz]

@@dragonsurge1Tbf Deion brought those unrealistic expectations on himself. If I were to follow CU without knowing anything about CFB, I’d be thinking he’d be a playoff contender based on how much he ran his mouth about how good CU was gonna.

[@davuhn2]

@@Nick-kj8izis he suppose to say they’re going to be trash or Average? Who wants to hear that? You guys are losers lol

[@Nick-kj8iz]

@@davuhn2 Obviously he can’t say his team is gonna be trash, but Deion, his team, and his fanboys were talking all that shit during the off-season just to go 4-8. Also how are u gonna call someone a loser when ur out here sucking up to another grown ass man on the internet? Ur no better than me or anyone in the comment section talking about Deion at CU.

[@JJ-zr6fu]

Love how you think his curated clips he puts out is who he really is.

[@darius8838]

I’m torn on this subject bc the way Deion recruits yes it can be a quick fix but you need those HS recruits to buy in to the program when you got guys coming from everywhere some are there to play and commit some for social media exposure I think they need to hit the 25 class hard as they can although I don’t agree with the social media strategy it’ll be the only way

[@campbellcampbell9059]

Buffs have gotten better with every portal. Seems to go to reason they will get better with this Spring portal. Buffs lost 6 games by a score or less last season and won 4 games in a pretty solid PaC12. Seems to go to reason that Buffs will win more games this season if they get better after two more portals. They need to recruit Prep, but suspect when Deion turns on that spigot… he’ll succeed.

[@bods4dadsaquil912]

I believe that as well gotta have a foundation first I totally agree

[@oldschoolsaint]

So much for developing young men in the name of the Lord.

[@lawrencerbe2661]

CP is attempting to change status quo. We shall see if it works or not

[@blakenagy8399]

Keeping kids for 3 and 4 years in the age of nil is easier said than done

[@bladegerm]

its not NIL because these million-dollar companies are not in the business of just handing out money to unproven prospects. Its the bag from boosters that paying kids like Cormani $25k per month

[@curtissahadath3202]

If you think that Coach Prime know EXACTLY what he's doing. Josh you MISSEDTHEBOAT Bruh.

[@dragonsurge1]

Josh, is your view of the Big 12 based on any facts? Below are the conferences ranked by number of transfers brought in so far for next season: Big 12: 198 SEC: 196 ACC: 171 Big 10: 158 In this case, wouldn’t the Big 12 be the LEAST traditional since they’re so heavy on the portal??

[@jimmysweat2200]

Trust the process Let's go

[@misterb1080]

The naysayers will say you’re wrong but I agree with you. There will some team that eventually go deep into the playoffs and maybe win a natty that relied heavily on portal. But one word you mentioned “consistently” will prove the portal to be a quick fix only.

[@Mrfreshtake]

Yep like Florida State last year who brought in 21. Its not populate to talk about the because FSU doesn't make headlines. Just like Bama lost 35 players to the transfer portal. Not good for media though.

[@johnpickett8743]

The 3 and 4 year model of development is gone now. These kids are leaving now. Deions model is TBD because we don’t have enough data to support your opinion as fact.

[@kofirey6752]

COLORADO HAS PUT TOGETHER A MACHINE 💯 COLORADO WILL BE JUST FINE 💯

[@QuiteAMouthfull]

His philosophy for building a program probably is actually built around recruiting; he just might not have much interest in building Colorado up long term

[@MichaelBrown-ti1un]

He's def not fully invested in Colorado long term. Deion's tryna run up a bag 💰. If that happens thru winning and using Colorado as a stepping stone to a bigger, better program -- cool. If not, endorsements, brand deals and selling books, all the while not winning, works too. Either way, Deion's leaving Colorado a richer man. Will he be a better, more accomplished coach when he eventually hits the exits? Probably not.

[@dadwithavlog5268]

Then he has no integrity. If you’re not going to give it your best, then you shouldn’t be there.

[@stephenmillertime]

​@@MichaelBrown-ti1unYou can't use Colorado as a stepping stone to a "bigger school" when you are creating drama, losing players, and not winning.

[@machiavellisprince5986]

It’s not that he’s uninterested in building it up long-term. It’s that in order to build it up long-term they have to WIN! NOW! I feel like I’m in the twilight zone that people can’t understand this. He can’t get great high school recruits to come to a losing program. They have to win or it’s over.

[@dadwithavlog5268]

@@machiavellisprince5986 that is ridiculous! He benefitted from an extreme amount of good media coverage since he took over at CU. When CU won a few games, he benefited from an extreme amount of coverage, celebrity appearances etc. He is NOT interested in recruiting hard. Notice how he said “I trust my recruiting team.” Which is to say he doesn’t go out and get in living rooms. He thinks that high school kids should just show up at his door. 🤣 The HC is the closer. If the HC is not looking parents in the eye and in their living room, why in the hell should they send their kid to play for him? Everybody has NIL in P5, CU gets a lot of undeserved national attention since Deion arrived. He failed to capitalize on that. And that’s on him. I can’t believe I have to explain it to you Sanders apologists. It’s like you guys are in a cult. He can do no wrong. Well, he’s a lazy recruiter. And he’s not building a foundation for long term success at CU.

[@sstewart44]

The way he recruits is getting kids starstruck, and once that wears off they realize he can't coach and then transfer first chance they get!

[@walterdockins8475]

~130 on the roster and more commits coming between now and the Fall. Of those about 15 are in the portal now and in all of the positions there are equal or better players still on the roster. Make your comment make sense.

[@michaelsmith-ws2mb]

5-7 at best, and they will lose the first game to ndsu

[@easezwilliams345]

What did any players last yr do on they new teams?

[@a.k.446]

Great question

[@RCHJ2022]

You mean all the CU players that were pushed out? Probably not much. But then again what did they do before, not much? This year is a totally different story. The players leaving arent "Scrubs" from the previous coaching staff. They are players who played major minutes and highly rated recruits and who Deion brought in. CU will be decimated in 2-3 years and worse off than when deion got there. This will get ugly.

[@easezwilliams345]

@@RCHJ2022 alto is the only player that left that had success before

[@a.k.446]

@RCHJ2022 they played major minutes for who? How are you pushed out before the staff gets settled in good?

[@RCHJ2022]

@@a.k.446 You are asking what all the players who left LAST YEAR did on their new teams? I'm saying "not much" because they were all low rank recruits from a 1-11 Cu team. And pushed out the moment sanders stepped in the locker room and addressed the team for the first time. But now you have 17 players who prime recruited and are leaving after 9 months. Not good.

[@machiavellisprince5986]

There was not a LOT of people who said they could win the Pac 12. There were a lot of people who focused on a handful of people who thought they could win the Pac 12. Nameless people on social media.

[@reddirtfury1784]

Deion is building a team and repacing talent. He brings them in see what they have then either keeps them of lets them go. He’s building: he’s team is night and day from his very first roster. I know exactly what he’s doing. It’s season by season. He won’t keep paying you if you arnt it. He will replace you.

[@AdrenalineJunkie25]

These show’s Can’t go a month without talking about Colorado and Deon .Clicks click’s clicks

[@QuiteAMouthfull]

First of all it would be malpractice for a college football show to not talk about the things the audience is interested in. Second - a month? This guy does multiple shows a week, there are probably 30 schools he talks about at least once a month

[@AdrenalineJunkie25]

@@QuiteAMouthfull cry more

[@QuiteAMouthfull]

@@AdrenalineJunkie25 Cry less. You’re crying about a college football show talking about a college football team once a month, it’s embarrassing

[@LateKickwithJoshPate]

I’ve literally gone months without talking Deion. Go find the last Deion/Colorado video I posted on this channel. - JP

[@natestyron4830]

Can we stop acting like he's been there for 5 years. He's only had 1 season and the number of players that transferred out this year is significantly less then the number from last year. Tells me a bunch of players stayed and last i checked you have to have players stay to build a program. Soo what is the discussion about? Loyalty and culture. You build that by winning and this season hasn't been played. No body knows if what he's doing will or won't work...all this "back in my day" talk just sounds good for the talk shows.

[@nicholastaiariol2631]

It’s apparent is hasn’t and won’t work

[@natestyron4830]

@@nicholastaiariol2631 1-11 with Traditional method players. 4-8 with Portal. What are you talking about? Seems like an upward trajectory to me since we're using 1 year sample sizes to predict future outcomes.

[@biingolewis7824]

He told the entire world he needs a new line. All cause he was upset because of their performance after a game. You call that Loyalty?

[@solacenmute4840]

I agree with Josh but if Colorado wins 8 to 10 games next year and Travis and Sheduer go early first round Colorado recruiting will go crazy. The biggest mistake the ncaa can make is to let Deion Sanders get proof of concept even last year if they just knew how to finish games they could have won 8+ games. In sports there is always something that comes along that can change the sport forever and all thats needed is proof of concept and then the huge explosion happens.

[@Jaywon977]

Lmao that’s what the white folks scared of they know if Deion have a good season or make the playoffs they whole fbs in trouble 😂

[@nicholastaiariol2631]

Colorado wouldn’t win 10 games in the Sunbelt

[@solacenmute4840]

@@nicholastaiariol2631 So you are not here to talk Football just here to be a hater. They were competitive in most of their games in a stacked conference with a team that was put together on the fly casuals like you who don't actually talk football who just follow to hate are a disease to the sports world.

[@Todd_B639]

Yeah, Demouey Kennedy is seeing the grass isn't always greener, lol. In the portal, yet again

[@LaytonFreeze]

The Portal hasn't been around long enough to be so dogmatic about what you can't do with it. This is nothing more than a purest mentality that can't see beyond yesterday. "You can't do this. You must do that." Imagine the world today if the Wright Brothers had that mentality. Let's give the portal a larger sample size of time, before we say what can and cannot be.

[@MrLee4love]

Stop the craziness! It’s 130 other schools who have guys jumping in the TP

[@RCHJ2022]

the other 130 schools average 2.5 players leaving per year. Colorado is at 17 *THIS WEEK!*

[@dragonsurge1]

Colorado has had the MOST guys transfer both in and out so far

[@205BeezyB]

Yeah having 17 players leave your program IN THE SPRING. Is a huge red flag. Coming out of highschool if I see that I’m not even entertaining your program.

[@biingolewis7824]

Thank you! Ppl be ridin PRIME way too much.

[@205BeezyB]

@@biingolewis7824 yeah because he’s 🦝 of the decade

[@olivercroomes8223]

I disagree with you opinion on the portal. The portal has not been around long enough to say you can't build a Winning team. Let's give it another 5 to 8 years...

[@cmortonwvu]

Probably going to struggle 2nd half of the season. This opinion is without looking at their schedule. Colorado will have a decent team, lots of flash and playmakers but theyre thin at many positions. Once injuries start, season will get tougher.

[@rzawistowski33]

Georgia has 23 guys in the portal, guys that know they ain't playing leave. Colorado does need to up its high school recruiting tho

[@RCHJ2022]

That's the 2 problems with CU. The guys on their way out of CU were getting snaps. And CU REALLY needs HS players. They don't need to be 4 and 5 Star Either. If they added 7-10 2 star guys who are going to be around 4-5 years to go along with their 6 HS recruits that still goes a long way.

[@christopherjohnson275]

Dude, what do you have to say about Houston? Hell, there are 2,000 kids in the portal. All programs have lost players. This is clickbait.

[@Jaywon977]

Only way these red neks get views 😂😂😂😂 talking about prime

[@LateKickwithJoshPate]

There’s literally no other program even comparable to the situation Colorado is in. - JP

[@christopherjohnson275]

Are we talking about this year or last? What are you talking about, man? Houston lost 20-plus in one day this year, not last year. Colorado lost players with little to no actual production. They have players who haven't even made it to campus yet. They only had three scholarships available, so they actually needed the exits to attack the portal the way they needed to. No disrespect, but you need to do your homework or simply call someone involved with the program. But hey, everything on the Internet is true.

[@JohnnySurfdawg]

Did you even listen to the show? He’s talking about the overall philosophy of building a roster mainly thru the portal rather than mainly thru HS recruiting.

[@LateKickwithJoshPate]

@@christopherjohnson275 you either didn’t watch the video or didn’t listen.

[@Bob-gi9nt]

I really hope you are wrong. If anyone can prove you and all the rest wrong it's Deion. And I would be disappointed if Deion was talking about just making a bowl game.

[@jbaru648]

He’s not losing main players, he’s just losing some back ups

[@kimberly4351]

Don't Houston have 26 players in the portal? But all I see is praises about how the HC is trying to change the culture and how it will take time but it's gonna come together. He is per say "weeding" out the players that don't value academics over football. Yet, it's very little conversation on their mass exodus . I wonder what the difference is between him & Prime kinda, make u you go HMMMMM!!!

[@younggoose7315]

Where do you see praise

[@kimberly4351]

@@younggoose7315 So do you expect me to share my screen with you? Like what kinda question is that? But for kicks you can start with Rico Knows..

[@babylon_system]

The difference is Willie Fritz is actually a very accomplished head football coach that has built programs.

[@RCHJ2022]

New head coach. That's still only 1/3 of what Deion ran off last year. Dana Holgorsen was a joke at that program, Willie Fritz is seriously accomplished and has proven he knows what he's doing. Deion thinks he knows what he's doing, Acts like he knows what he's doing, Tells everyone he knows what he's doing, but anyone who try's to help or brim him back to reality is a "Hater" and prime try's to discredit anyone by trying to flex his on the field accomplishments. He is about to get a HUGE dose of humble pie.

[@wp5224]

Coach Prime has only had one year to recruit high school players at Colorado. He has had some success recruiting 5 and 4 star guys and some solid 3 stars but he needs more. Give him some time. If Colorado can play entertaining football and win a few notable games, more HS players will be drawn to Boulder, certainly one of the most picturesque places to play football in the country.

[@Nick-kj8iz]

It’s still unacceptable to only less than 15 HS recruits. Getting out recruited by schools like OKstate when ur HC is Deion Sanders is awful. Deion is the opposite of Dabo, he ignores HS recruiting and relies on the portal.

[@SuperMogul]

It's always my beliefs and what they think. Like the Rock would say, nobody cares what you think. This model hasn't been proven, because it hasn't been done before. Just like NIL, people like this guy are scared of change.

[@vernshumway5939]

Got to have depth and you need to be able to develop players. They will be middle of the pack BIG 12. Go Utes!

[@user-lm3yf2cp5u]

Are you guys ok 😂. This dude is off his rocker.

[@LateKickwithJoshPate]

why?

[@25darkalchemist]

Can coaches, athletes, and athlete's parents publicly airing out the dirty laundry work? No sir. That culture is a double edged sword. You never have to guess, but some things the public just doesn't need to know.

[@blakjak4dappl394]

They will be fine. Everybody's losing players to the portal everyday. No panic buttons are being pushed for those programs. And most of those players that hit the gulag are just going to sit there.

[@lukebart920]

Big 12 u can lose every game or win every game by a touchdown. Btw, Let's goo Wvu. Neal Brown has culture back in Morgantown, finally.

[@AfterTheGame]

BREAKING: Colorado EDGE Eric Brantley Jr. is expected to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal

[@C_71]

Who?

[@babygamble]

@@C_71hes a freshman 😭🤣

[@nicholastaiariol2631]

@@C_71that’s what I say when someone brings up Shitter Sanders

[@HumanBeanbag]

Football can't get here fast enough 😂

[@williamdixon4234]

Josh if that style is how you win why it wasn't working for Colorado for the last decade? This is a new day in football they're not waiting on you to win 4 and 5 years from now they want to win now.

[@voiceofreason2674]

I dont dislike Deion, i just think Colorado is a really dificult place to recruit. Its beautiful there in the summer but it is in the middle of nowhere.

[@rioclayton8347]

😂😂this is 😂😂😂genius all wise all knowing thank you for showing Colorado the way we are forever in your debt

[@RCHJ2022]

The portal strategy *WILL NOT WORK* At some point they will have serious roster number issues. Charile Weis tried that at Kansas (2.5 years after KU was 12-1 and orange bowl winners) when he turned over the roster and went heavy with "Experienced" JUCO, 5th year sr players and Transfers. TOTAL DISASTER. It backloaded the roster and after 3 years it was totally depleted. Took KU 7 years to get their roster back to 80 scholarship players. Sanders sold out for a couple years of sold out spring games and hype but ultimately in 3 years CU is going to be *EVEN WORSE* than when he got there.

[@robertvose7310]

@josh you really pissed off USC fans. That said, I hope we are a top 40 defense.....

[@qurhanhall4844]

Primes gonna make Josh eats these words come bowl season!

[@LeJoker8]

He won’t even make a bowl game wth u talking about

[@calebsanderson7299]

Holy copium, name the 6 teams they are going to beat then 😂

[@JohnnySurfdawg]

These cult like Deion apologists are so delusional 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@JohnnySurfdawg]

Colorado is trash 🚮 handful of skill position guys but with a weak line of scrimmage and no discipline. 4 wins last year for a reason. Won’t be much better this year

[@qurhanhall4844]

@@JohnnySurfdawg If you've ever built anything from scratch you'd know it takes time to develop and harness. Its not rocket science.

[@curtissahadath3202]

With that that is not UNDERSTOOD You CRITICISE Nice plan?

[@DS-vt8kn]

When all of Deion boys are gone then they will be able to built a roster.

[@keyodi]

Houston has 26 kids in the transfer portal (crickets)

[@RCHJ2022]

New coach. Still not even 1/3rd of the number of players that Prime ran off in his first year. If willie Fritz has 17 players leave next year hit me up.

[@Whatsthedill_ENT]

Prime is leaving CU after this year for a sec team closer to home with deep NIL pockets watch

[@C_71]

Nobody wants to talk about other teams who are losing 4 and 5 star players FROM THE SAME TEAM! How man players did Bama lose? I'm seeing teams losing 30 players, and people are focused on Colorado! You have a team in year two that's still building and trying to compare it to coaches who were handed everything... they just gave to keep winning to keep their jobs! If he was at Bama, you'd people would find a reason to make it all about him!

[@user-fl7zn1lj6l]

Alabama had 30 with a coaching change. Speak relative facts. How many did Deion have his 1st year? More than 30 right? He's had 16-17 thus far in the spring portal alone. Many are the same kids that he brought in his first year. Keep up, just this week Josh has been to Florida, UCF and Miami. Many other teams are being discussed and talked about.

[@caronduncan4821]

You totally missed the point about how people like you keep Comparing Teams like Alabama to Colorado. Coach Prime inherited a 1 win team that nobody cared about. Unlike Alabama, where they have been loaded with dominate talent and wins for years. Even with the loss of Saben, kids still flocked there no matter the new coaches because that's the team that they grew up loving and wanting to play for. It's not even close to the same with Colorado. Of course Prime would focus on transfers in the first couple of years into the high school players can start seeing a Colorado like those Blue Blood schools.

[@nicholastaiariol2631]

The difference is Prime can’t coach

[@user-fl7zn1lj6l]

Saban not Saben! I'm not missing much here. Bottom line is win or get gone. That's the reality of the business. No matter the circumstance. There are very few Division 1 programs that will keep a coach 4-5 years for a rebuild. In my opinion, building your entire roster 85% or better is not sustainable for success. Most players in the portal either don't want to be coached hard, held accountable and only care about themselves and not the greater good. If you want to go somewhere fast, go by yourself, if you want to go somewhere far, go together. @@caronduncan4821

[@isaacford7172]

Just stick around wait and see what coach prime, and the Colorado football team do for this season. He gonna make you eat your words he will make the playoff with his team and then you going to move the gold pole and that’s when you going to say he cannot win a championship using the Porter

[@wesleydepriest8579]

Its like the nfl , rarely does the team that wins free agency win a championship

[@phillyutc]

Payton Manning - Denver Broncos?

[@nicholastaiariol2631]

@@phillyutcdidn’t he get benched for ossweiler?

[@phillyutc]

@@nicholastaiariol2631 Ha ha ha.....I have lost count, wasn't there a Boo Radley on the roster back then?

[@rayshunterrell1417]

Quite the perspective. Especially coming from people completely void of culture and how to build one. I’m itching to know how YOU would establish a working culture in your first few years let alone a winning one. But save it I’ll answer for you. Firstly, you have to establish a standard. How can you build rapport with high schools unproven? The standard of excellence has to be at the forefront of ANY culture and that didn’t exist prior. Next you need competition. You can have all the 5 freshman you want but it means nothing if the locker room is weak. You won’t hit the field and win and you won’t develop them in time to produce meaningful results. And lastly you need an image. How on earth do you convince a kid with limitless possibilities and potential to arrive at fricken boulder… they took 80 new players hit the field and won. Thats development. New coaches everyday, each with more relatability and higher standards. This bar and image that’s set is what will make a kid go to a team. Knowing that they can fight for a spot in a vicious culture for a chance to shine and reach the next level. Yes, as adults we want reasonable and logical. No, kids don’t want that shit. And kids weren’t going to no damn Colorado. His usage of the portal is correct in establishing the bar he’s trying to set. He will grab those diamonds in the rough. He will polish them. And prove that his establishment is capable of getting you to the NFL. It takes 1. Win or lose they will come after that.

[@babylon_system]

Shut up

[@robertvose7310]

I feel CU goes 5-6 wins.....

[@blairsession9729]

Deion said the same thing last season when guys were leaving... You see how that went 😂

[@nicholastaiariol2631]

Then they blew a 29-0 lead what’s your point?

[@PapaSphinx]

@cormanimcclain2 So let me get this straight you flip from Miami and sign with Colorado. Under Coach Prime he asks simple tasks of you like (study film, go to class, become a man) you fail at all of those. Then you hit the transfer portal and basically take subliminal shots at him then expect your NFL draft stock to rise after this? 😂 You must not know Coach Prime has life long connects in the Hall of Fame and NFL

[@Anderson100.]

With the portal being so new you have no fact based opinion to say what you can’t do with portal players your just making assumptions based on your knowledge of the old college football way

[@dragonsurge1]

People don’t usually enter the portal because they were doing so well at their first school…it’s always a risk

[@Anderson100.]

@@dragonsurge1 That is another assumption with no real facts behind it. Your forgetting about the great players who had amazing personal performances with out team success so they jumped in the portal looking to contribute to a winning team

[@dragonsurge1]

@@Anderson100. there are facts behind It but yes you’re right there are also the good players that want to join a better team. Look at the players transferring to Colorado though and you’ll which category they fall into

[@mathenoHowellBey]

This is a long over drawn apples to oranges convo. Colorado was at the bottom from a talent perspective. YOU CANT OVERHAUL A ROSTER FROM THE BOTTOM WITH FRESHMEN. You talking heads talk just to talk. You have to replace upper class men with grown men not 18 year olds sir, and 18 year olds don’t wanna come to your school unless you are WINNING. The next phase with a foundation you will see more high schoolers. At this point he’s looking at quality from highschool and using scholarships for grown men with achievement and experience. Talking just for clicks

[@wesleyspruce1626]

No

[@hollywood2606]

Who cares what Deion strategy is when last time Kansas state won national championship or competed for one or Utah or Kansas or Texas tech and so on . They been doing it your way JOSH for past 25 years and what they have to show for it nothing. So I wish you guys would stop thinking your way is the only way..

[@wesleydepriest8579]

Utah was close on 08/09 finishing number 2 in the nation , 07 the jayhawks rose up to number 2 nationally at one point , 08 for Texas tech as well , they finished 12th that year plus beat a good longhorn team

[@wesleydepriest8579]

The buffs have had two winning seasons in 20 yrs 🤷🏻‍♂️ I'm a life long cu fan so I'm not hating , they have been garbage since Barnett got fired

[@user-fl7zn1lj6l]

Utah??? Bad example. They are the perfect example of development and sustained success. 🤣

[@waynemorgan2792]

@@wesleydepriest8579 realise you just proved his point !?!? Utah 08/09 = 14/15 years ago Kansas 07 = 17 years ago Texas Tech 08 16 years ago

[@wesleydepriest8579]

@@waynemorgan2792 I answered his question, even so that is still more recent and better than my buffs 🤷🏻‍♂️ if it could only be 88/89/90 again , coach Mac was the truth

[@rayshunterrell1417]

Y’all talking like y’all know or understand the plan. Who said he was doing this for longevity? Who said he was doing this as a permanent solution? For such limited information y’all surely do know how to run with your own head canon. @patestate you yourself said that when colleges pay a huge pile of money that they’d expect to start winning right away. How dare you demonize his portal usage as if you forgot the situation he’s in as a whole. Hypocrisy. I want to hear your approach. You got 1 year. 87 new player, some injuries, completely new staff, and a Colorado level program… by the second year give me your plan to be a bowl team….. explain your usage of freshman from the high school ranks. Explain your resources going to raw talent and not wisdom from the portal. Now go win. Explain it to me

[@DSBull]

That's not true. He lost potential 2 or 3 good players.

[@fredball8240]

So...CU will be 4-8 again

[@xantanatravels23]

They have no offense and defensive line. They will be 3-9..

[@jimmysweat2200]

Bruh Cut it out This had to happen Read the book the strategy is sound We know our people You can't criticize what you have never seen before No one has built like this He is changing the game He didn't have time to build the program the conventional way He caused nil to come into existence Because if you aren't offering us the bag 💰 why would we go to your school to make you money The balance of power was shifting so they through the bag 💰 at it The where always payjng others sports Colorado doesn't have the funds for the bag 💰 So Deon brought the culture and it happened this culture is mixed It's not just blacks it's everybody We are one These guys don't understand depth and unfortunately he doesn't have time to explain this He is doing a terrific job recruiting He needs to introduce them to things outside the culture to make them good men and solide citizens When will we know if he got it right Offensive coordinator Defensive coordinator Game day management Until then this is unprecedented So how can you grade it How long would it take to build a roster and create depth in the nil era Why do you think Nick Saban quit Smart 🦉🤓

[@jameljoyner5008]

Why is everyone so concerned about Prime and Colorado? Bunch of clowns with malice in your hearts!

[@nicholastaiariol2631]

No one is concerned about Colorado normal people just can’t figure out why the others think Deion is a good coach

[@LateKickwithJoshPate]

what?

[@williamcorpuz9591]

Colorado will Win 3-5 games in 2024.

[@PhonyBalagna]

Colorado is a bad program with or without Deon

[@SpankMaleton]

the strategy is to prop up his sons as much as he can then leave as soon as they are in the nfl

[@BallisticBevo]

He is in the portal. Because he can't convince top high school recruits, their coaches, and parents. To buy into the coaching we watched out of Colorado last year.

[@joshlogan8853]

Stop the hate

[@JayzeMayhem]

Bruh nobody talking bout the transfers he getting tho he getting sophomores and juniors n have 11 high school recruits in April y’all jus wanna hate CU not the only school doing this jus say you don’t like Deion we will be a bowl team this year

[@georgebrown8158]

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE U....

[@melroze]

Deion was never going to be a long term solution for Colorado. He's just a brief flash.

[@C_71]

How many players did Bama lose🤔⁉️ How many teams whose coach was handed everything did NOT lose 20 plus players and multiple 4 - and 5-star players! How many top 5 teams fisher bring in transfer players? How many teams didn't lose freshman recruiting? At least 5 of the top players in the country spent 9 months at a school and hit the portal... make these dumb comments make sense! YOU said he's leaving, are you Deion?

[@codyb.3015]

@@C_71 Why are you comparing a team that won 4 games last year with Alabama? Alabama earned the benefit of the doubt, believing in Colorado right now is believing something that has never happened will happen. Alabama will obviously be better than Colorado, and I hate Alabama but ofc they will be, it's delusional to suggest otherwise.

[@Mrfreshtake]

Yall have zero logic. High school recruiting is null and void with the transfer portal. You all are just talking emotionally. Why not get a portal transfer player with three years or two years left. There is less of a learning curve than a high school student. Unequivocally you can build a team in the portal. It’s the same thing minus a year

[@LateKickwithJoshPate]

High school recruiting is null and void? What does this even mean?

[@Mrfreshtake]

@@LateKickwithJoshPate John. Don’t be a snark. You’re highly intelligent. You know my comment doesn’t mean obsolete. Problem with your commentary is that you vacillate too much. When CP started winning you go “Oh I was wrong”..”He starts losing you say”I told you so.” Pick a dern side! Problem is you all are talking about wins and losses too much. As an entrepreneur, I realize that if the Buffs win 2 games it won’t matter. They will remain the hottest ticket in town because of the narrative. The impact of his 4-9 team has been 113 million to the Boulder area economy. He has absolute job security because finances run this college football era. He leave Boulder returns to obscurity.

[@timmyteaching]

Gotta 'cruit and Deion is no a fan of that.

[@freeheeler00]

They're not even talking about playoffs. All I hear from Colorado is which NFL teams Coach Sanders is going to let draft his kids.

[@PayyDayy706]

EVERYONE knows Deion is leaving Colorado when his sons do. That's why he refuses to recruit. If you were planning to stay, why would you set your team up for failure every year? Colorado doesn't care about winning, its about generating money for his sons.

[@a.k.446]

Your hope is that he will leave. When did he refuse to recruit?

[@Jaywon977]

Lmao everybody or prime haters and white folke

[@JohnnySurfdawg]

Deion is gonna leave when his sons leave. Thats the real reason he isn’t recruiting a future base of HS prospects. When Deion & his sons leave, all those transfers are gonna leave. Colorado is gonna get left high and dry with no roster and no relationships with HS players or coaches. It’s a Pump & Dump. Thats the ugly truth of what’s going on here.

[@rayhughes3243]

Deion was a great player, one of the best of all time! He has not spent the time to learn how to be a major college coach. He needs to be a little more humble and learn how to deal with players! It's a big difference between people and players. He won't win anything in major college football until he adapts ! Good luck prime time.

[@jackdeez3290]

Deion is all about himself . He overshadows any players that’s why he’ll never succeed as a coach. He just wants some fame before he burns out. He’s irrelevant and he doesn’t know it yet .

[@squibkick]

It's all BS, you and others are implying. Poor coaching was the problem last season, costing them at least four games, so there is not enough empirical data to say this experiment has failed.

[@squibkick]

I said coaches and CP is a coach who is ultimately responsible. Is that what you want to hear?

[@calebsanderson7299]

Deion is leaving after his sons move on to the NFL

[@peteruwaifo9655]

Please stick to YouTubing, if you know as much as you claim, go be a coach…

[@LateKickwithJoshPate]

How much did I claim I know?

[@willl7780]

what? lol...

[@peteruwaifo9655]

It’s easy to watch and critique, you know a lot about how this stuff goes, your words, I’d love to watch you work the talk… but don’t quit your days job… keep talking trash!

[@chrisgray2824]

Prime only cares about three players.....2, 21, and 12

[@C_71]

You missed about a whole lot of players, athletic trainers, media members, and coaches with this statement!

[@user-lr5bo3ip8i]

Im gonna be honest as a Longhorn fan I can’t wait for the SEC this year but I’m more looking forward to trolling the Colorado Thug boys. I think it’s absolutely Hilarious. Time to go back to HBCU Deion Thug Sanders.