University of Colorado head coach Deion Sanders has made a name for himself with his unconventional approach to coaching.
Sanders shared that his Buffaloes players fought at practice this week, and the coach was taking names down — but not in the way you’d expect.
“We’ve had a great week of practice. We had a couple of fights, which I like,” Sanders said on the “Colorado Football Coaches Show” this week.
“It’s a great thing. I always want to know who won because I keep records. I don’t break them up. Some coaches break them up. I don’t. Some guys fight hoping for the break up. No, we’re going to let you go.”
Sanders sees the fights as putting his team at an advantage in creating a productive practice environment for the whole team.
“So, we did have a couple fights this week, and I love it. They’ve been getting after it. It’s almost like a rededication. It’s almost like a refocus. I love where we are. We’ve had great practices this week, offense, defense, as well as special teams,” he said.
The Buffs are no strangers to practice fisticuffs, either.
In a video posted to YouTube by Sanders’ Well Off Media account two players got physical with one another, leading to a fight.
The coach was seemingly less mad about the fight itself and moreso about the lack of response from their teammates.
“He just fought. I saw two of y’all walking off over there and you got a teammate fighting. Where they do that at?! Where they do that at?!” Sanders said. “If one fight, we all fight! You understand that? I don’t wanna see y’all walking off when somebody’s fighting. Never again!”
Sanders has made it clear he intends for Colorado to have hard-nosed culture, and what. heexpects to come from it.
“I don’t care about culture,” Sanders said at the Buffaloes’ fall sports media day. “I don’t even care if they like each other, I want to win.”
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