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Deion Sanders is in the NFL Hall of Fame, dawg. He's in the College Football Hall of Fame. He can tout his two fricking Super Bowl Rings. He literally appears in the commercials alongside and opposite Saban, he has already been marketed as his peer even by TV conditioning.

Hate to burst your bubble, but being a great player doesn't often translate into being a great, or even good, coach. The opposite in also true. You'd have to be pretty simple minded to pick a guy who was a great player, over a guy with a track record of making good players great. Don't think for a second, that will be pointed out in all those "living rooms".

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And guess what, he is respected enough and would be able to hire "some of the best" OC's and DC's too.

The bar must be dropped to the floor if you think his OC and DC are "some of the best".

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You also shouldn't discount the advantage he would have when entering the living room of any black or inner city family. The guy played for both the Atlanta Falcons and the Atlanta Braves - the likelihood of a recruit's father from the state of Georgia having fond memories if not idolizing him in the 90's is very high.

You'd have to be one dumbass father, to push your son to play for a guy you admired for his athletic ability as a player, go to a school with a pretty bad reputation for academics, over a guy who can get you to the NFL, put you on national tv every week, and provide a good education. The difference between Travis Williams and Sanders is, one sells his school and program, the other sells his self. Twitter handled on the back of your gameday coaching gear says it all.