[h1]Angry PrimeTime defends Bowden[/h1]
Posted by John Taylor on October 6, 2009 11:24 AM ET
Deion Sanders is the greatest athlete and football player in the history of the Florida State football program. ( No offense,
Charlie Ward.) Given his FSU resume', plus the fact that he played under
Bobby Bowden, the Hall of Famer carries a certain amount of weight when it comes to the current firestorm surrounding the coach.
Never one to mince many words, Sanders spoke out about the Bowden situation to the
Tallahassee Democrat. And, needless to say, PrimeTime feels his former coach is being wronged. Very, very wronged.
Sanders lashed out at the "disrespect" being shown to the legendary coach, saying that it's "ignorant" to place the blame on Bowden for the state of the football program.
(Actually, what's ignorant is to lay none of the blame on Bowden, but I digress...)
"I hate to hear this nonsense about Coach Bowden, especially from the parties that are stating it," Sanders told
the Democrat. "The Board of Trustees -- Florida State wouldn't be Florida State without Coach Bowden, first of all.
"It just angers me that you are going to kill a man while he's alive.
At least have a proper funeral for him. He's still living. He can see how you are treating him.
"It angers me because I know what he means to me and the generation before me, and the generation after me. To disrespect him in this manner and place the blame on him for the football program, that's ignorant."
Once again, this situation in Tallahassee is growing uglier with each passing minute. FSU doesn't need this type of tarnishing, and Coach Bowden doesn't
deserve the tarnishing at all.
It's time for all involved to grow up and find a solution, rather than their current issue-solving method of throwing sticks and stones at each other via the media. Especially as each and every one of them are currently residing in glass houses.