Colorado Buffaloes football coach Deion Sanders announced a press conference this Monday with his medical team, sparking many to speculate on what his future could hold in Boulder, and/or beyond.
While some believe Sanders is canvassing an exit from coaching now that his sons, Shedeur and Shilo, and his unofficial son, Travis Hunter, are off to the NFL, Glory Colorado’s John Mitchell believes the opposite.
Mitchell pondered whether Sanders would be willing to pay homage to Hugh Freeze’s infamous coaching-from-the-press-box moment during his Liberty Flames debut against the Syracuse Orange in 2019.
“It’s certainly fair for Colorado fans to be nervous,” Mitchell prefaced before saying, “It’s probably ging to be much ado about nothing, but it is highly unsual for a coach to call a press conference and bring his medical team with him. Perhaps Coach Prime may have some restrictions this season? Could be pull a Hugh Freeze and coach from a bed in the pressbox?”
Coach Prime is already back on campus after dealing with a mysterious health ailment he’s keeping details sparse on.
“Colorado football coach Deion Sanders has returned to campus in Boulder after recovering from an undisclosed health issue at his ranch in east Texas this summer,” USA Today’s Brent Schrotenboer wrote.
“Sanders, 57, announced it on social media July 25, just a couple of days before his team is due to report for preseason training camp. A school spokesman confirmed he is in Boulder. He also is scheduled to hold a news conference with his medical team in Boulder on Monday.”
Sanders has been looking to do as remote work as possible, skipping out on recruiting visits to homes and high schools already.
Pulling a Freeze and coaching from somewhere other than the sidelines sounds realistic in every way possible.
