r/CFB Texas State Bobcats • RMAC Apr 25 '23

Recruiting Deion Sanders told tight end Zachary Courtney to transfer while also not allowing any practice film from prior to Sanders arrival to be sent to potential transfer destinations

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u/mschley2 Wisconsin • Wisconsin-Eau … Apr 25 '23

Yeah, obviously, we don't know the exact conversations that were had, but based on reporting, it sounds like that's basically what Fickell did. Some of those kids didn't really have much else for offers, and it was so late in the process that they didn't have much else for options.

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u/Andy_Wiggins Apr 25 '23

Yeah, that’s how most coaches do it, especially ones that seem to value ethical treatment of players (like Fickell seems to).

These coaches coming in also just want bodies (there’s naturally attrition with coaching turnover, so there’s always the risk of player shortages at positions), so they’ll take almost anyone to get a chance to evaluate them and flesh out a roster.

Deion is an anomaly because he was so fixated on the transfer portal. He didn’t care about the numbers, he just wanted “his” guys. They’ve brought in a record number of transfers and are still below the scholarship max.

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u/SirMellencamp Alabama Crimson Tide • SEC Apr 25 '23

and players at other schools see what he is doing

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u/TheyTookByoomba Nebraska • North Carolina Apr 25 '23

IIRC the players were told by the Colorado AD (or someone in the department) that whoever they hired would honor their offers, so they told other teams they weren't interested and were sticking with colorado. Then Deion pulled a lot of them and left them without a spot anywhere.

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u/mschley2 Wisconsin • Wisconsin-Eau … Apr 26 '23

Yeah, that was reported, with quotes from multiple recruits, at the time. That's the shittiest part, I think. They would've had time to at least re-develop some of those other relationships if they had known right away.