In reality, it’s all very silly. But in a football locker room, especially as it relates to matters like these, perception is reality.
It’s also great coaching. Part of what has fueled Sanders’ success as a coach is his ability to motivate. In a results business, Sanders is getting them and using everything at his disposal to gain whatever edge he can.
By the look in the players’ eyes and the way they dominated on the field on Saturday, Rhule might as well have run down Colorado’s roster on national television and insulted each player’s mother and/or girlfriend one by one. Leave no stone unturned: their integrity, their looks, their life decisions. Anything goes.Credit Sanders. And he’s not the only one to take this approach. But he’s doing it as well as anyone this season.