Deion Sanders is not backtracking for Jim Harbaugh
Hall of Famer Deion Sanders is standing by his report that several 49ers players had told him that they wanted coach Jim Harbaugh out. Sanders said on last Sunday’s NFL GameDay Final that there is significant strain between Harbaugh and his players.
“I have sources. I’m not going to name my sources. I have sources that wear football uniforms, coats, suits and ties. I didn’t stutter, nor did I stammer. This is real.”
Deion Sanders used to be an outside corner. Now, he is a insider. His sources tell him that the 49er's flirtation with the Cleveland Browns in the offseason in trading Jim Harbaugh was real. 49er players want him replaced. Deion has information from three different networks to substantiate his claims, and his sources are absolutely sure.
Deion is not without controversy. In an August 13, 2014 report from Amy Silverstein of the Dallas Observer, Sanders was being investigated for improprieties with student athletes.
After two years of scrutiny, controversy and corruption, the Texas Education Agency last month finally announced that it would revoke the charter of Prime Prep Academy, the publicly funded charter school founded and led by Deion Sanders. With the school plotting its appeal, the hits have only continued, in the form of leaked audio, a searing New York Times story and word of a criminal investigation.
I have to wonder if San Francisco head coach, Jim Harbaugh is aware of the leak in Sanders' camp. Jim did respond to the report from Deion on players wanting him out saying, “Personally, I think that’s a bunch of crap.”
For Deion, it is so easy to sit across the aisle, and still think he knows what goes on in the locker room.
We had a similar situation in New England this week. New England Patriots beat writer,Shalise Manza Young of the Boston Globe had sources telling her that a Patriots player was disciplined due to a confrontation with the offensive coordinator.
on Dobson: source says he "mouthed off" to Josh McDaniels, leading to his being inactive vs. OAK & KC
— shalise manza young (@shalisemyoung) October 2, 2014Patriots head coach, Bill Belichick responded that there was no confrontation, and the benching was for football reasons.
Next thing you know, Deion will be telling us that Jim Harbaugh wants to be replaced in San Francisco so he can go coach at his alma mater, the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. That school only has 109,901 second guessers on every Saturday. That sounds like a fun assignment.
Paul Murphy is a freelance writer from New Hampshire.
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