Colorado coach Deion Sanders takes great pride in his players being smart, tough, fast, disciplined and having strong character.
However, when a fight breaks out among players in practice, he believes players should stick up for their teammates, especially if the player directly involved in the fight is a key contributor to the team. When a fight broke out during the Buffaloes practice session on Tuesday, Sanders was not thrilled when he saw two of his players “walk off the field” to avoid the scuffle.
“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 in a video posted to YouTube by his family’s Well Off Media account. “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’s reaction to his teammates who elected to not fight does not come as a surprise. A few days ago, the Hall of Famer shared his thoughts on the culture of the program, indicating that he wants to win over everything else, and does not put much emphasis on whether his players “like each other.”
While Sanders has previously indicated that his players are friendly, one thing is certain: if a fight breaks out, Colorado players are expected to defend their teammates, not to bypass the fight and walk off the field.
