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Coach Prime aka Deion Sanders dropped by The Pivot podcast and tried to clarify his controversial Parenting comments.
Deion Sanders’s move to Colorado garnered backlash from his former die-hard HBCU supporters. In this day and age, people get upset and then quickly move on which happened with the backlash. Unfortunately for Coach Prime people moved on with another reason to be upset with him. During an appearance on The Rich Eisen Show Prime gave his thoughts on how he picks his best players. Revealing their relationship with their parents and home life plays a big part.
“Well, we have different attributes. Smart, tough, fast, disciplined with character. Now, quarterbacks are different,” Sanders told Eisen. “We want mother, father. Dual parent. We want that kid to be 3.5 [GPA] and up because he has to be smart. No bad decisions off the field, at all because he has to be a leader of men.”
“Defensive linemen is totally opposite. Single mama, trying to get it, he’s on free lunch,” Sanders said. “I’m talking about just trying to make it. He’s trying to rescue mama. Like mama barely made the flight and I want him to just go get it.”
Prime’s comments on roles for players based on parents in the household instantly created a new backlash. Recently Sanders stopped by The Pivot podcast and explained his viewpoint.
“We stereotype everything,” he explains. “You know, I just got in trouble for being honest about stereotypes, but it’s the truth. … If you look over the history of our game, and you look at the quarterbacks and look at the defensive linemen…”
Sanders went on to explain the backlash to his “honest” comments doesn’t phase him at all. One person is supporting Deion’s comments is Shaq.
“Ain’t nothing wrong with that,” O’Neal said of Sanders’ rationale. “There ain’t nothing wrong with what he said. You know why I have discipline? You know why I don’t get in trouble? You know why I don’t do dumb s—? Daddy would have whooped my a–.” Shaq revealed.
The comments Deion made are triggering for a lot of people and their upbringing which makes finding common ground impossible. In the end, the topic will always be a subject people will have to agree to disagree on. For now, you can watch Coach Prime’s full interview below.