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Joe Smith thing aside, I've kind of always admired Deion for having the good sense to build a brand even as far back as his college days.
Never been in any kind of real trouble that I can recall, fantastic player and master marketer. I respect the hell out of the guy personally.
Never been in any kind of real trouble that I can recall, fantastic player and master marketer. I respect the hell out of the guy personally.
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Biggest knock in him is he wasn't exactly Antoine Winfield as a tackler or in the run game generally.
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Nutriaitch
Retired Super Hero
i saw all of Deion’s career.
hell, i played the same positions in High School (CB PR/KR).
trust me, you don’t make a film study on his technique.
his success was purely “be fastest dude on the field”.
if not for his persona, he’d be Darell Green.
great player.
deserving to be a Hall of Famer.
but ask kids today who he is, and you’ll get a whole lot of “who?” type responses.
hell, i played the same positions in High School (CB PR/KR).
trust me, you don’t make a film study on his technique.
his success was purely “be fastest dude on the field”.
if not for his persona, he’d be Darell Green.
great player.
deserving to be a Hall of Famer.
but ask kids today who he is, and you’ll get a whole lot of “who?” type responses.
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My goodness.... what I wouldn't give for another Antoine Winfield. Toss in a Donte Whitner and Mike Doss. Asking for Springs is probably too much.... but... you know.... time was .. a corner could play on an Island.
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Crump's brother
Moxahala Park Carnie/ Rehoboth Strangler
I hope he finds the Buddy Ryan to his Mike Ditka.
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Nutriaitch
Retired Super Hero
absolutely gets credit for it.
it worked like a charm.
slightly off topic, but Shaquille O’Neal is another.
when he was a student at LSU, he flunked a Business class because his business model was “not realistic”.
His business plan was to market himself as a basketball player and personality.
His professor said there was no way that would ever work in America and flunked him.
guess we know who was right in that scenario
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True but he never bullshitted anyone about it. He called it a business decision damn near from day 1 as I recall.
In his era I always thought Rod Woodson was an overall better DB because he would come up and bring the lumber but the reason Deion is Prime Time and not Joe Smith the HOFer is because he made the conscious decision to not be Joe Smith as an 18 year old. That takes a clarity of vision that a lot of people just don't have.
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absolutely gets credit for it.
it worked like a charm.
slightly off topic, but Shaquille O’Neal is another.
when he was a student at LSU, he flunked a Business class because his business model was “not realistic”.
His business plan was to market himself as a basketball player and personality.
His professor said there was no way that would ever work in America and flunked him.
guess we know who was right in that scenario
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Nutriaitch
Retired Super Hero
it’s also because of the persona.
the Hollywood. Sunglasses, the smoke, the dancing, etc.
Woodson is actually a really good name.
Another my old DC would show us was Eric Wright from the 49ers.
to us DBs trying to learn the game, they were awesome to see.
to the casual fan tuning in on Sundays?
they wanted to see Deion strut and dance and high step.
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Nutriaitch
Retired Super Hero
on the return side of things Dave Meggett was the film we got to see a lot.
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Nutriaitch
Retired Super Hero
so, my claim to fame (relatively speaking of course) and to get things back somewhat on topic.
As a sophomore in HS.
i picked off Herb Tyler (future LSU starting QB, also bounced around some arena type leagues), returned it inside the 20-ish.
i celebrated as if we just won the Super Bowl.
We talking Deion level informing Herb i just sniped him. Right up in his face. Got me a 15 yarder for it.
(By the way, no fucking way in hell was he 5’ 10” like he was listed in LSU’s program, because my 5’ 8” self looked down into his eyes)
my DC (RIP Coach Buck) met me at around the hash and drug me off the field by my face mask while blessing my soul, cursing my momma (as in he literally told me he was going to fuck my mom, even calling her by her first name), and threatening to kill my grandmaw if i ever did anything that again.
I don’t think you could get away with doing that today.
As a sophomore in HS.
i picked off Herb Tyler (future LSU starting QB, also bounced around some arena type leagues), returned it inside the 20-ish.
i celebrated as if we just won the Super Bowl.
We talking Deion level informing Herb i just sniped him. Right up in his face. Got me a 15 yarder for it.
(By the way, no fucking way in hell was he 5’ 10” like he was listed in LSU’s program, because my 5’ 8” self looked down into his eyes)
my DC (RIP Coach Buck) met me at around the hash and drug me off the field by my face mask while blessing my soul, cursing my momma (as in he literally told me he was going to fuck my mom, even calling her by her first name), and threatening to kill my grandmaw if i ever did anything that again.
I don’t think you could get away with doing that today.
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Agree
Hypotheticals can be fun to discuss, but the reality is Deion is a big persona along with being a hall of fame player.
He is who he is, so discussing what he would be if he were someone else is futile.
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