If it had been up to Charles Barkley, the excitement currently happening in Boulder would be taking place at his alma mater.
In an appearance on the “Dan Patrick Show” Friday, Barkley reiterated that he lobbied the administration at Auburn to hire Deion Sanders to be their head football coach.
“I made it publicly and privately known that I wanted Deion. That’s all I could do. I really wanted Deion at Auburn,” Barkley said.Barkley wanted to emphasize that he wasn’t putting down Hugh Freeze,“You know what, I have to be careful with that Dan, we hired Hugh Freeze and I’m all in on Coach Freeze, but I really want Deion at Auburn. We’ve got Coach Freeze now and I’ve got to support him 100 percent,” Barkley said.NBAE via Getty Images“He has the ‘It’ factor,” Barkley explained.
“First of all he’s a really great person. Sometimes I think we see people’s persona and don’t listen to them. He’s a great coach and he has a great staff. “He reminds me a lot of Nick Saban, and I think Nick Saban’s the greatest coach ever. He’s not afraid to hire great assistants. You look at Deion’s staff, and I think everyone either played or was a head coach somewhere. I think what separates Saban.“A lot of coaches are cowards. They’re afraid to hire good coaches because they’re afraid about their jobs. If you’re secure in your coaching, you hire good assistants, because you can’t do everything.
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