The National Football League may be the most prestigious stage for baseball players and coaches, but former Dallas Cowboys player Deion Sanders does not see it as part of his ambitions.
Sanders, who played for five teams in the NFL and four teams in the MLB, decided to become a coach in high school and college after his playing career and instantly carved his style in the field.
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Great college football coaches, or of any sports for that matter, usually take the next step by taking on a greater challenge.
Not Sanders, though. For him, coaching in the NFL is a no. One is because of what he calls his "old school attributes" that he cannot shake off, and the other is personal issues with millionaire professionals.
"I don't have any desire or ambition to coach in the NFL," Sanders said in an interview with Sports Illustrated.
"I have a problem with men getting their checks and not doing their jobs. I would be too tough as a coach in the NFL because I still have those old-school attributes."
Coloring Colorado with Deion
Sanders is now with Colorado Buffaloes after a successful stint with Jackson State University that plays in the NCAA Division I.
The Buffaloes hired the 55-year-old coach to change the culture of the team that had a winning record just once in the last 17 years.
The first thing he did was overhaul the roster, which the NCAA rule allows. This did not sit well with some coaches, and critics said such a move hurt the kids and their parents.
Sanders responded to the criticism. He defended that he had to do such a strategy since, unlike other baseball programs, he was in a tighter situation.
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