Here goes another Sanders family drama. Since Shedeur and Shilo Sanders joined the NFL, life for Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders has taken a significant turn. For decades, Deion’s days of coaching at Jackson State and later Colorado were about more than Xs and Os; it was an all-out family affair. Coach Prime recently unveiled a new emphasis and mission, nodding to the fact that his coaching career is on the cusp of a new chapter…
The siblings’ rivalry? Oh, it didn’t disappear. If anything, it’s matured and migrated online. Similar to this recent incident: Shilo accused Shedeur of wearing counterfeit Nike Diamond Turf cleats to the son of the guy who effectively produced the first Diamond Turf line under Nike. Coach Prime, stuck in the middle like a referee at a WWE SmackDown, laughed it off. Well, kind of. “It never stops,” he sighed, sharing the entire exchange on Instagram. And even with the boys out there in the big time, Deion can’t help being the ultimate dad. The game plan may have shifted, but he’s still going all out to appear for his sons, literally.
Coach Prime is going to put his Amex card to good use by hiring a private jet to bounce between NFL training facilities. “I’m going try my best to rent a plane and come down to see you, then go see Shedeur and go to work,” Deion said to Shilo on a call. That’s when the sibling rivalry cranked right back up. Shilo, never one to stand idly by and let his little brother win the ‘who does Dad love more? ‘ contest, jumped on the phone with Deion and attempted to lay down the law. “And you’re coming to my practice first. So that means I’m your favorite son. All right. Thank you.” Shilo made the moment into prime content, dropping the call on his YouTube channel for the world to judge.
That wasn’t even the sole sibling-fueled drama to receive the Coach Prime special attention lately. When you think Shilo might need his dad’s attention for nostalgic purposes, he one-ups it and goes whole business man. Just off the dispute with his brother on the cleats, Shilo changed gears and called up Deion seeking something special. A one-of-a-kind Nike cleats, directly from his father’s storied line. Shilo desired the real thing. He asks for custom-fit cleats in team colors. And Coach Prime, being the good ol’ dad, says, “I get in touch with him this weekend so you can let him know what color you want your stuff.”
Coach Prime threw up this confusion that Shedeur too wore the same cleats, and Shilo, being Shilo, accused that to be ‘fake’. That’s just how the Sanders family rolls. One day they’re competing, the next day they’re working together. The world is their stage. With all of this, there is no confusion about the pride Deion has as a dad, or the pressure from his sons to continue proving who’s the true family MVP. Flying to see both practices? Well, it’s just another day in the Prime family drama.
Deion Sanders’ ‘weird’ move towards Shilo Sanders
And just like that, we go from Deion Sanders being cross-country superdaddy and private-plane commander to an installment in the Sanders saga that may have them all beat for cringe-worthy real-life sitcom tension. Shilo Sanders recently gave us a glimpse behind the scenes and spoke about what it was actually like when your dad isn’t just your old man, but your college football coach, team recruiter, life coach, dinner-table motivator, and drill sergeant all in one. As Shilo describes, the entire experience was “weird,” and you can’t blame him.
Deion was always coaching, always critiquing, always present. “It’s weird with him coaching me all the time. Dads get on your nerves an extra amount. And then you go home and live with them,” Shilo cracked, hitting that particularly Sanders brand of family mayhem perfectly. But long before their routine at Jackson State even started in 2021, Deion had to do his recruiting sorcery. And this time on his son. This wasn’t a relaxed ‘join the team’ conversation over dinner. Deion wanted his son by his side for football and family, an opportunity not easily passed up, even if Shilo teases about whether it walks the line of the NCAA’s recruiting rulebook.
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