Following an embarrassing press conference moment in Boulder on Friday between Colorado head coach Deion Sanders and some local and national reporters, The Denver Post’s Sean Keeler has responded to Sanders’ wild press conference behavior.
Keeler was one of many writers criticized and questioned by Sanders on Friday, which concluded in an awkward ending with little to no new information provided to the media.
“A 4-8 coach gave a 3-9 news conference,” Keeler wrote. “This was Deposition Deion, a cornered and condescending man, the perennial victim who ain’t got time for mere mortals.”
The issue between Sanders and the media took place on Friday after Sanders rejected a series of questions from Keeler at the press conference.
“Reporters at CU fall sports media day instead got a glimpse of Deion from behind the curtain,” Keeler continued. “A man uncensored and unvarnished, away from the videos and the artifice, the control and the spin. Prime at the table became Deion on the witness stand, the one from the tell-all books and magazine stories, usually out of Texas, where bridges had been burned. Yelling at everyone. Yelling at no one.”
Sanders rejected questions from a cast of media members, including KCNC’s Eric Christensen, who Sanders pushed off due to his affiliation with CBS Sports.
“I’m not doing anything with CBS. Next question,” Sanders said. “It ain’t got nothing to do with you. It’s above that. It ain’t got nothing to do with you. I’ve got love for you; I appreciate and respect you. It ain’t got nothing to do with you. They know what they did. You are who you are. CBS is CBS, all right? I’m looking you in the eye as a man. I respect you. I’ve got love for you. But what they did was foul.”
Keeler finished his thoughts by saying, “He can’t hide the fact that CU, which hired him with the sheer and utter desperation of a lonely nerd on prom night, conducted a lousy vetting process, hoping that a lifetime celebrity wouldn’t come with a lifetime of skeletons in his closet, too. Half the Power 5 schools and most of the NFL wouldn’t put up with The Prime Circus. The cameras. The contracts. The rules. The Buffs? They had no choice.”
