I don't really feel like Sanders is getting his comeuppance or he wronged anybody to be put in this situation but at the end of the day I think he just overplayed his hand..
Man he must have been a real dick in the interviews and he declined top 30 interviews making him undraftable for some teams.
You reap what you sow.
You lie in the bed you made.
What goes around comes around.
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I think it has to be.I'm wondering if his slide can be explained as easily as that.
I think the whole problem is he goes against the entire "we not me" mantra. It's ashame because McVay is one of the few coaches who can probably break the hold his dad has on the situation and teach the kid to sit back, learn, work hard and be quiet.If coach thinks he can handle the player and make him into something I'm all for drafting him at this point. If we don't draft him I won't lose any sleep either. But if he can make him into something then we have 2 1st round picks next year to make the team better.
As you quoted "If coach thinks he can make something of him" that includes getting him to buy into the team because if he doesn't then he's nothing.I think the whole problem is he goes against the entire "we not me" mantra. It's ashame because McVay is one of the few coaches who can probably break the hold his dad has on the situation and teach the kid to sit back, learn, work hard and be quiet.
It's an interesting situation. McVay is obviously a very confident guy, confident in his abilities to handle situations. However, at the same time, he wants to be focused on his team so does he want to deal with the potential distractions Sanders could bring?As you quoted "If coach thinks he can make something of him" that includes getting him to buy into the team because if he doesn't then he's nothing.
Did you watch the NFLN after the end of round 3? That's basically what Daniel Jeramiah said but he said Shadeur and his agent need to reach out to teams they've met with and assure them there will be no distractions and he'll come in and work. Sound advice IMO and I wonder if he's humble enough to do it. The kid is a decent QB so him not being drafted is 100% on the circus he's shown to be and his daddy.It's an interesting situation. McVay is obviously a very confident guy, confident in his abilities to handle situations. However, at the same time, he wants to be focused on his team so does he want to deal with the potential distractions Sanders could bring?
I think he will finally be taken before the Rams pick again, but if not it might be tempting for him.
I wonder if teams may have reached out to the Sanders camp last night to discuss any ground rules were they to draft him? Like telling Deion to stay away and let his kid be coached. Get an understanding of boundaries in place. Not that it will work.
My son’s little league coach was that guy. Everyone joked behind his back that he thinks he’s going to be on the Yankees. But the kid was terrible and he refused to accept any coaching. I offered to teach him to hit and his Dad wouldn’t let me. He was convinced that he was the best coach in the league. My kid worked for everything he got. Fast forward to high school, and Linc is batting cleanup and Jack quit the team because he had no position and sat on the bench.Sanders is the kid who played little league baseball who was coached by his dad. He played short stop & pitched. His dad coached him at every age. Even started a travel team when he got older and he kissed his ass all along the way and treated him like he was a star. Then when it was time to play HS baseball, the HS coach played the other kids who didn't act like they were the greatest thing since sliced bread, while the Sanders kid rarely played.
Daddy then bitched and moaned at every game as he couldn't believe his kid wasn't playing. He was stunned at the situation his son was in. How can he not be the teams star player? Eventually the kid quit.
I have seen this up close with a couple of kids when my son played HS baseball. Dad treated their kid like he was so much better than everyone else at every level, without realizing there were much better kids who kept working and improving while playing on the same teams his kid was playing on.
I blame the dad...he created the situation.
Exactly.He’s a circus. No team needs that. You’d like to think the kid learns a lesson, sits back and grows from it.