Sports commentator Dan Dakich criticizes Deion Sanders’ Colorado Buffaloes football program, calling it a "Trojan horse" that has failed due to a lack of player respect for coaching staff. This criticism follows the team’s recent three-game losing streak and incidents such as players laughing in the locker room after a loss to Northwestern. Dakich argues that such behavior would not occur if players respected their coaches, suggesting deeper issues within Sanders’ program despite its initial success in 2024.
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The Colorado Buffaloes have suffered three straight losses after beginning the year 2-0, and speculation has come up again regarding Deion Sanders’ job security as the team’s head coach.
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If you ask Dan Dakich, the "Deion experiment" has failed in Boulder.
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"The truth of the matter is this is a s--t show," he said on the latest episode of OutKick’s "Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich."
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"It’s unfortunate because I said this earlier: I liked when Sanders’ team was good.
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But as more you watched it, the more you knew this was a Trojan horse, a house of cards, whatever you want to do.
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The reason for Dakich’s opinion about Sanders’ program being a bust doesn’t just revolve around the team’s record, though the last three games have not been pretty.
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It revolves around the respect players have for Sanders and the rest of the coaches.
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After the 41-7 blowout loss to Northwestern, Sanders revealed that multiple players were dismissed from the team because they were caught laughing in the locker room despite the poor result on the field.
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Players were also captured on video talking trash about the size of Northwestern’s crowd before the game.\
Dakich said those actions would never fly within a program where players have respect for the coaching staff and the team itself.
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"Last week, Sanders made the decision to dismiss three players from the program after a number of incidents.
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Some players laughing in the Northwestern locker room after they got their a– beat.
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Well, see, it’s not that the fact he dismissed them.
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It’s the fact people felt comfortable enough to laugh in the locker room," Dakich explained.
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"That’s the coaches’ fault, including Sanders.
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That’s not the players’ fault.
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We know, we know, we know.
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I know as a player, I know as a coach, I know as a broadcaster being around: players will act a certain way depending on the environment of the program.
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At Indiana University and Bowling Green State University, if you even thought about laughing in the locker room after a loss, the whole team would shut you down because, quite frankly, the whole team didn’t want to get up at 2 a.m. and start running.
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You never even thought about doing that.
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Even if you’d play well and the team played bad, and you ain’t all that upset like I did against Kentucky my freshman year.
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I knew there ain’t gonna be no happiness.
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But that’s the organization Sanders has put in there."
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It seemed Sanders had the program on the ups after going 9-4 in 2024 and earning a bowl game, though they lost to BYU, 36-14, in that contest.
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But as his son, quarterback Shedeur Sanders, cornerback Travis Hunter and more from that Buffaloes squad entered the NFL, the program hasn’t been able to sustain its winning ways.
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Last season, the Buffaloes went 3-9, and though they are 2-3 now, the vibes in Boulder are not high considering more ranked opponents are still on the schedule.
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Colorado is set to host No. 12 Utah next weekend, followed by games against No. 18 Oklahoma State and No. 22 Houston, among others.
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