If no power 5 at least offers deion sanders to coach their team…this whole thing a sham

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Favorite team: Southern

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Shocker

Agreed not sure he is ready for a SEC gig just yet, he could recruit with the best of em but a lot of HC hires ain’t ready

Most schools in the P5 know that it takes more from head coach than getting recruits on campus to build a program. And we really don’t know how Neon would do in sure enough recruiting battles in a P5 conference. I get he brought in Travis Hunter and a few 4 star players to Jackson State and that’s impressive. But can he do it on a regular basis and can he seal the deal when he’s recruiting against other schools who want the same player AND will be playing against Prime’s team that season. That’s when the gloves come off. Then he also has to coach his teams against experienced game day coaches at the highest level of CFB with similar talent on the roster. I’m not saying he can’t be a successful P5 coach, but he’s also got a bit more to do to prove himself. It’s hardly a sham if he doesn’t get a P5 job this year- it’s just business.

His shtick works at JSU because he’s bigger than JSU. At a big school he would actually have to know what he’s doing.
I’m sure he’d be able to recruit, which is a large part of it, but I think game planning would hurt him. He’d have to have great assistants like coach O, and as we saw those are hard to keep .

maybe he likes coaching in hbcu. him saying he'd look at a power 5 job is leveraging Jackson state/boosters to up his assistants pay. jmo.

I'm starting to warm up to the Prime at Auburn talk, but if we pass on him, I want to see him in Bham. He would light a rocket under UAB.

I think one of the Florida schools (USF, FAU, FIU, UCF) would be a good stepping stone for Prime if he doesn’t go power 5 this year.

Win at one of those schools and he is the next hot coach candidate IMO.

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Can see him going somewhere like Memphis

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There has been a little smoke about this. Apparently Pete Thammel brought it up on a podcast or in an article or something, saying it would be similar to the Penny hire. Honestly, id be ok with it at this point. Our current coach isnt getting it done and the excitement around the program is all but gone.

I think he probably deserves a shot, but why does he deserve to jump straight from the SWAC to a P5 job? Maybe a job like Colorado or ASU. You know, places that don't have real championship expectations. There are plenty of candidates with much more experience and time coaching G5 schools or lifetime P5 coordinators who probably have a stronger resume as far as coaching experience.

I just watched a guy who came up in G5, had great success under a great coach fall flat on his face when he jumped to the SEC and the cutthroat environment it entails. There's more to coaching at the highest levels than winning the press conference.

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You need to ask Deion where HE wants to be. It's that simple.

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It doesn’t work that way. Build a resume of experience to move up the ladder. Harsin took two steps at once and you see what happened.