SI's Sportsperson of the Year - You've Got to be Kidding
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The last time a coach won the award was in 2011 when Mike Krzyzewski and Pat Summitt won for having the most wins in NCAA basketball history. Prime getting the award after a single season with only 4 wins and 8 losses definitely cheapens the award beyond recognition.
Good way to sell magazines or clicks or whatever it is they are after
He did command a ton of attention this year, but I think he's a little short on the achievement side to be named Sportsman of the Year.
Clown World is an apt analogy because Colorado football was a three ring circus and the biggest show in town because of Deion. But it turned out to be a lot of sizzle for little steak.
Deion -Sportsman?
Comes in as HC- boots every single player off the team and essentially out of college.
Bring in a group of mercenaries.
Win the first few games and even he says he is the greatest and brought in the best players and going to compete
Lose the first few games and the players are all at fault
Lose a few more and players will be replaced again and fires the 1 actual coach he has
Everything after those first few wins was not on him and all n the previous players/coaches, current players(except for his sons) and the coaches...
Sportsmanship my F-ing ***
Comes in as HC- boots every single player off the team and essentially out of college.
Bring in a group of mercenaries.
Win the first few games and even he says he is the greatest and brought in the best players and going to compete
Lose the first few games and the players are all at fault
Lose a few more and players will be replaced again and fires the 1 actual coach he has
Everything after those first few wins was not on him and all n the previous players/coaches, current players(except for his sons) and the coaches...
Sportsmanship my F-ing ***
yep, Greg haters love him
Yup, two totally differently personalities so not surprised.
A "sportsperson" is not someone who cuts 50 college kids from a team (plus another 20 that left on their own).
CO players told they were not ready for Prime
CO players told they were not ready for Prime
in a nutshell
He'd be Time's man of the year if he was bisexual lol I kid for the sensitive ones on the board who let words hurt them
so true
half the people on this board couldn't tell you who was in the national championship last year but everyone knows Deion is coach at CU
And that gets you SMOY...
And when the incoming kids realized he was not going to do anything for them and their lives- they bolted
oh I agree 100% sometimes you need to pull the sheets to see what's underneath
I think half the posters could tell you that and still know Deion is the coach at Jackson State, eh, Colorado.
Actually, that would have been an interesting choice given how influential she has been with NIL in relationship to women's sports. Could have included Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese as well.
Would have been more appropriate two months ago.
A little surprised it wasn't someone like Caitlyn Clark from Iowa or Women's hoops. Seems like they took a step forward this year with a pretty exciting Final Four, and it's a bit outside the box. Not sure any more mainstream athletes had such a great year as to deserve the award, so someone like Clark could have gotten it.
A little surprised it wasn't someone like Caitlyn Clark from Iowa or Women's hoops. Seems like they took a step forward this year with a pretty exciting Final Four, and it's a bit outside the box. Not sure any more mainstream athletes had such a great year as to deserve the award, so someone like Clark could have gotten it.
I wonder if they base is on if someone shakes things up good or bad, vs just accomplishing something outstanding. Much like, in the 30's, Time magazine had Hitler as their man of the year.
I think that's what they are going for. I believe the Ayatollah Khomeini was named Man of the Year once too. Not that Coach Prime is the Ayatollah or anything...
I mean everyone was talking about the guy for better or worse. We had our very own season-long, multi-page thread on him here.
^ would have been a good choice ^
at the least it would have been for a sportsperson who actually achieved SUCCESS.
Sanders finishes in last place at 4-8 and gets sportsman of the year? I mean seriously, WTF? what a joke.
frankly this does Sanders no favors as it can (and should) only result in unanimous mockery and backlash.
My first thought just from reading the OP title was Taylor Swift.
This is very reflective of what the culture at large has become. Everything has become pure entertainment, shallow popularity, posturing, etc. Substantive achievement, integrity, deliberation are less respected attributes.
The Heisman Trophy is named after a coach whose team beat an opponent 222-0. George Gipp was paid to play semipro football while he was at Notre Dame. College football isn't exactly overflowing with angelic good sports.
I think a good choice would have been Bruce Bochy who led Texas Rangers to an unexpected World Championship.
I'd go with Ohtani, both based on his historic season as a hitter and pitcher, and his impending free agency frenzy.
Didn’t think about that. Coaxed out of retirement, team was horrible last year and everyone keeps saying the game has passed by guys like him. Granted, they had a lot of injuries last year but he still did a great job as did Chris Young at the trade deadline.
I think if he stayed healthy and finished out the year he may have been named. He was having an insane season up until that point. Really incredible to witness someone doing what he does.