Bye Bye Deion...

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/football/apfootball_story.asp?category=2020&slug=FBN%20Sanders%20CBS



Am I the only one really happy about this? The guy was just flash never once in two years said anything that made sense and the biggest thing he brought to the table was his wardrobe. Sounds just like Micheal Irving, who I would like to see off ESPN.

I was never a Deion fan. And just seeing him was a constant reminder of one of our great FO blunders...

So now I don't have to wear sunglasses when watching pregame shows to shield my eyes from those horrible suits...

Like Irvin, Deion is a case of an athlete who says entertaining things at press conferences, so some television executive thinks he would be a great sports commentator.

When faced with talking about someone or something other than themselves, these guys run out of ammo awfully quickly.

He was too excited on Tv, but the the rest of that terrible CBS cast is so bland. It will be a mono-tone, boring show. The CBS pregame show will be even worse with out Deion.
Fox and ESPN are the only entertaining pregame shows.

I hope ESPN dont pick him up. That would be a disaster with playmaker and primetime hand and hand.

I don't know how true this is, but I was flipping through the channels and saw Deion on some infomercial, and he seems to hint that he was going to try to make a comeback. I can't stand this guy and his attitude...I hope he never has anything to do with football again.
I no longer watch the ESPN pregame show because of Irvin. Can't stand that twitchy little self proclaimed know it all. I only watch the Fox show now. I still don't know why ESPN fired a great analyst in Sharpe for that loser coke sniffer Irvin.

jasarno:

I liked Sharpe a WHOLE LOT better than I like Irvin. But the "skinny" is that Sharpe was extraordinarily difficult to work with and someone who did not get along with the other people on the set and the producers and the technical folks. In other words, he supposedly pissed EVERYBODY off.

So when his contract was up, they lowballed him on an offer (actually I hear they asked him to take a pay cut) and he took a walk. That's how we got to see Michael Irvin on a weekly basis.

jasarno:

I liked Sharpe a WHOLE LOT better than I like Irvin. But the "skinny" is that Sharpe was extraordinarily difficult to work with and someone who did not get along with the other people on the set and the producers and the technical folks. In other words, he supposedly pissed EVERYBODY off.

So when his contract was up, they lowballed him on an offer (actually I hear they asked him to take a pay cut) and he took a walk. That's how we got to see Michael Irvin on a weekly basis.

Wow, that's the first time I've heard that. That would make sense though. It just seemed like everyone liked Sharpe (ie: berman, Young etc), guess not.
But still why replace a "class act on the screen" in Sharpe for a some dope with a rap sheet longer than Bruce Smith's arm?

Supposedly the biggest problem with Sharpe was that he didn't have good relationships with current players and coaches so ESPN was limited in the interviews they could do. Irvin is ona much more cordial basis with current players so they could use that to their advantage. Sharpe didn't offer that. Sharpe is a great analyst though.

What I'm wondering is what Tom Jackson do during the off-season. I'm surprised to never hear from him. I would think especially during the draft he'd be a good analyst to have around.