00:00Coach Lance Reisland in, who already apparently, unless I'm misquoting him, he called the quarterback competition.
00:06He says, should work. Lost it and that Sean Watson won it.
00:11Day two, it's all over.
00:14Obviously, I'm being facetious. It is far too early to even begin.
00:18But he's on here, so I have to ask him. He wasn't on yesterday. He's on today.
00:22I had to ask him. Still a long way to go.
00:24But yesterday, you could almost say, one of the highlights, especially, I know people will not believe this,
00:30but Ken and I, long fans of Deion Sanders.
00:35If you are my age, there's no way you didn't, in your youth, have a poster on your wall
00:43or sit there and chant with Chris Berman and Tom Jackson and the judge, Bill Pito.
00:50He was on there one year. I think we get Robin Roberts was on.
00:55It was a rotating cast there for a few years.
01:00But Prime was the most electrifying player in the sport for a long time.
01:05Anybody watch the Dallas Cowboys documentary?
01:08I mean, you were seeing end of career Prime.
01:10But that guy was so much fun.
01:12And he brought, I mean, we talk about, like, how influential certain guys are in different sports.
01:19Like LeBron James in the, you know, player era, the more player empowerment era.
01:26Steph Curry in the three-point shooting that we see filtered down, maybe, unfortunately, at the youth level.
01:33Well, in football, I mean, Deion Sanders was as influential as it gets.
01:38I mean, you had a guy that was doing all the stuff that, at times, I've talked about Shador doing.
01:43He was doing all that stuff 30 years ago behind the scenes.
01:47It also came with a lot of polarization.
01:49There were a lot of people that didn't like his way of doing things.
01:52A lot of old-school guys didn't like this guy that was showboating.
01:57I mean, he would pick 6U and then dance his way to the end zone.
02:01And as a kid, I absolutely loved it.
02:03There were some older people that did not like that stuff whatsoever.
02:06And now everybody does it.
02:08I mean, to some extent.
02:10It's just a whole different league now.
02:11And I think you could point to Deion Sanders for part of it.
02:15So yesterday, you saw Deion Sanders out there.
02:19Did it take you back?
02:20Oh, absolutely.
02:21And he's just, I mean, he's 58 years old.
02:23So he's just, you know, 7, 8 years older than I am.
02:26So I remember that.
02:27And remember that kind of that culture swing of what he did and how he was very flamboyant.
02:33But he backed it up.
02:34It was so good.
02:35And then to be able to go, you know, as you get older and you realize these athletes,
02:40how different athletes are.
02:42You know, I had the opportunity to play with some guys at Kent that played in the NFL.
02:45And the difference between them and the rest of us is it's not even night and day.
02:50It's not a good comparison.
02:50And then be able to go play baseball.
02:52Like, what an incredible athlete.
02:54So, yeah, he was one of my favorites.
02:56He was for his play as well because he kind of revolutionized bump press, right?
03:02So I'm getting nitty-gritty with what I thought, too.
03:04Oh, we got music.
03:05Hold on.
03:06We got music for that.
03:07I can assure you.
03:08You want to get nitty-gritty.
03:12No music?
03:12All right.
03:14So for me, I remember he revolutionized man coverage and getting your hands on and bump
03:20press and then playing off, but playing in your back pocket.
03:24Like, he was able to do things at that time that no one else could do because of his skill
03:28set and his speed, too.
03:29So when you're watching him play, you're like, this guy's playing position like it's played
03:35now 30 years ago, which is really cool.
03:37And quintessentially, he was shutting down half the field.
03:41That was not a term that people would bring up.
03:44But, you know, people would, like, look at his numbers and go, well, wait a second.
03:48And then you realize, oh, they don't throw there.
03:49They quite literally don't throw the football there.
03:52That's what offensive coordinators are doing against him.
03:55And so, you know, we've seen that at times with Denzel Ward.
03:57He's been one of the great lockdown guys in the sports.
04:00I wonder what it was like for all of them yesterday as they are seeing Deion Sanders.
04:06Now, I know Jared Verse, did he weigh in on the greatness that was?
04:11Now, Verse is young.
04:12He couldn't possibly have, you know, watched Deion Sanders.
04:17He wasn't alive, but still had nice things to say.
04:19They have a tie-in.
04:20Well, let's go.
04:21Obviously, he's one of the best to ever do it.
04:23As a Florida State guy, you know, I've always watched him.
04:25I always idolized him, you know, watching, you know, going around the facility.
04:27You see his picture on every other wall.
04:29Like, it's crazy.
04:30But I'm just ready to, you know, talk to him, get to dissect his brain a little bit about the
04:34game.
04:34Obviously, he played different positions, but you still take a lot away from him.
04:37Now, I knew he wasn't talking about UAlbany.
04:39It was not a tie-in.
04:40No, they didn't.
04:40UAlbany.
04:40But Todd Munkin.
04:42Todd Munkin certainly knows all there is to know about the career of Deion Sanders.
04:47And he was asked a question.
04:50Hey, you getting any advice?
04:55There was some back and forth as to being around Shadur in terms of how he processes personality-wise and
05:01I think competitive-wise.
05:03He got into it at the end, you know, in terms of what makes him tick when he's been around,
05:07which was good.
05:07It was all good.
05:08But we've seen that.
05:09Most of what he said, we've been able to see.
05:12Now, we haven't gotten to games yet.
05:14That's a lot different animal.
05:15But at this point, what he talked about, I would have said, that's how I've seen it.
05:19The guy played baseball at a high level.
05:21Holy.
05:22Forget being an elite corner.
05:23I mean, forget that.
05:24I mean, it's hard to be elite at one thing, right?
05:27I mean, wow.
05:27I mean, and then to be elite at multiple things.
05:31You're hopeful that you can be elite at one thing and then be elite in your personal life, right?
05:35And the things that matter, being a great father, husband, religiously, and what you believe in, that you hope you
05:40can be elite at.
05:42But to be all that is impressive.
05:44All right.
05:45So, obviously, the internet got going because there is a faction of individuals that are going to criticize anything for,
05:55especially Shador.
05:56Shador is a polarizing figure.
05:58We've heard what Mark Schlereth has said about him.
06:02We've had Baldy, who's going to be at camp next week.
06:05We're going to get a chance to talk to him.
06:06Excited about that, I think, on Tuesday.
06:08But Brian Baldinger says, you know, these coaches want 24-7 football.
06:12They don't want these guys to have another life.
06:15And so, that's when it comes to Shador.
06:17But his dad being there somehow created a controversy with some of the fans, which I think is kind of
06:25laughable.
06:25Was he there meddling?
06:27Was he there trying to take away some of the limelight from the practice, Coach Reisland?
06:34Is that what you saw?
06:35No, I'll tell you what.
06:36I have been down there four or five years now.
06:38And I have sent out many tweets about practice.
06:40I have never gotten the response I have because I posted out a picture of Deion watching his kid.
06:46He's pretty cool.
06:47Two things I will tell you.
06:48One is it's a different situation than everyone.
06:52So, people who were against it, right, they were saying, well, no other dad gets to be there.
06:57And I agree, you're a dad first.
06:59But it's Deion Sanders.
07:00There's a little bit different.
07:02But what I have seen at practice is I have seen celebrities, I've seen college coaches, and I've seen retired
07:08NFL coaches, a whole bunch of them who are all on the field entertaining everybody.
07:13Now, I will tell you this as Todd Munkin being old like me, he does not care that Deion's there.
07:18That does not influence him whatsoever.
07:20That I know for sure.
07:22Now, it's nice because I thought Munkin had a human element to it because he's like us.
07:26He's like, oh, this is Deion Sanders.
07:27This is cool.
07:28It doesn't affect how he's coaching.
07:30Now, I will say this at practice.
07:32I was so impressed with Deion on how he handled himself.
07:37So, the picture I sent out, people said, well, he's standing on the sidelines.
07:41The entire practice, Deion sat in the stands, did not talk to him.
07:46He was not rude.
07:46Everybody wanted to meet him.
07:47He shook everybody's hand.
07:48He was just a dad watching his kid practice.
07:52Now, the other college coaches, so it was a weird thing because, first of all, he's Deion Sanders.
07:56He's a college coach.
07:58He's the quarterback's dad, all this kind of stuff.
08:00He's famous, all these things.
08:01So, it's a unique situation.
08:03He stood in the stands and just watched his kid.
08:05Did not say a word.
08:06Did not coach.
08:07Did not meddle.
08:08I will say this.
08:09For a guy who was always made about him, it wasn't about him yesterday.
08:11He was just there watching his kid.
08:13And I thought he did a good job of making sure everybody knew he was just there watching his kid.
08:17And however you think about things, that's how I thought about it yesterday.
08:21And then when practice ends, right, they always stay after.
08:25Coaches go in.
08:26That's when Deion went down to see his kid.
08:29Shador and Wallace were throwing some routes, getting some work in.
08:32Like every other camp I've been to, everybody after practice, quarterback stays with the receiver or running back, whatever it
08:38is,
08:38and they get a little bit of work in for 10, 15 minutes.
08:40Then they leave the field.
08:41The same thing that happened yesterday.
08:42That's when he came down to see his kid.
08:44Besides that, he didn't meddle.
08:46He didn't talk to anybody.
08:47He was there watching his kid.
08:49That was it.
08:49Yeah, I don't know how anybody could have a problem with that.
08:51I think, you know, when the thought of, hey, having, you know, the cameras around,
08:57which we already know both these quarterbacks have the film crews, and we've kind of had fun, made light of
09:01that.
09:02But, you know, then it's like, all right, are they going to be doing the reality show, their show that
09:07got picked up?
09:09Is that going to be a big part?
09:10That wasn't the case at all.
09:11It was just, there he is, watching his kid, and then talking football, which you don't think Deion Sanders has
09:18some wisdom to impart.
09:19You don't think someone like him who's been through it, you know, over the years and then has coached it,
09:24and now at a very high level in college, and I don't know how anybody could have a problem.
09:29Now, if he was there every day and you saw him standing next to the coaches every day, all right,
09:34maybe putting his thumb on the scale,
09:36then I think I'd be like, all right, you know, maybe it's time for him to go back to Boulder.
09:40You know, he's got some things that he might have to hash out with his college football team.
09:44But that's not the case.
09:45He was there yesterday, and it seemed like everybody was loving it.
09:47Yeah, and once again, he stood in the stand.
09:49And the thing that was interesting is that what I really thought was a guy who is polarizing,
09:54there's no question he could have said he could have made himself,
09:56he could have walked right down to that media tent, and he would have got interviewed.
10:00And no one would have interviewed a player or talked to anybody else.
10:04They would have talked.
10:05He made a point to go in the stands and not make it about himself.
10:09And I'm sure if you're Deion Sanders, if you're that famous, that's got to be hard.
10:12So for me, once again, the idea that the film crew, that's what I like about Munkin, too.
10:18Munkin doesn't care about any of that stuff.
10:20Keep yourself out of trouble.
10:21When we hit the field or when we're in the meeting room or when we're in the weight room,
10:26it's time to go to work.
10:27Besides that, you have to do you, and you have to be yourself.
10:31And that's what a player's coach is.
10:33Munkin's saying, you can be you.
10:35I'm 60.
10:36You're 20.
10:36Go be 20.
10:38If you're mad because he's on social media, that's what kids do.
10:40That's what kids do.
10:41So that's not something to be mad about.
10:43That's what you have to do as a coach.
10:45You've got to meet them where they're at.
10:46That's what I think Munkin's off to a good start doing.
10:48All right.
10:48Love to hear it.
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