Where things went wrong for Cormani McClain at Colorado
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- čas přidán 16. 04. 2024
- The Cormani McClain saga was nothing but red flags from the moment it started, but it took a while to realize. I and Rivals' John Garcia Jr. dive into where things we went wrong, and where McClain could end up.
11:14 Scott Procter joins the show to talk where Colorado should turn after losing out on Cormani McClain. The Buffs have a stout secondary, but do need some depth. We also explained how previous portal moves were partially to motivate McClain, but also plan for this.
20:33 Lastly, we dive into the transfer portal tactics that the Sanders family has been using. Shedeur and Shilo Sanders have each been reaching out to transfers in a unique way, and college football fans and analysts hate it. We break down why it's a common practice, and why it bothers some so much.
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Let’s stop sugar coding this Cormani situation. He was not ready to make the jump and do what’s necessary to succeed at a Power 5 program. He had all support and resources. I wish him well.
Yeppp
Everywhere you go there you are. He can transfer 100000x times but if his work ethic is trash, he continues to be lazy, scared to tackle, scared to make plays, blows coverage, smokes weed and lacks discipline, doesn't go to class, disrespects teachers, prioritizes being an Instagram model posing with the uniform on over actually putting in the work then he will still get the same results. They wanted him to be Travis 2.0, but Travis not only has GOD given talent but he has GOD given work ethic. Cormani does not. That's why it didn't work out, big ego, small work ethic.
One of the best comments Periodddd
My sentiments exactly
He's a kid. Kids do dumb things. He's going to be fine. Relax.
But I don't care how good you are as a football player you still have put the work in my opinion
But when kids get big head think they are to good to work out and they don't want to put the work in and have to put the work in to be good because high school is different college football 🏈 in college football you about to play big boy football lifting take care of your body I'm cook like how D make them eat real good he takes care of his players my opinion
This young man needs to understand that to be successful or great at anything you do, it takes hard and consistent work.
CORMANI NEED TO GROW UP. NO ONE IS CATERING TO HIM. THAT YOUNG MAN IS VERY IMMATURE AND CONFUSED. BUT, WHEREVER HE GOES, WE WISH HIM THE BEST FROM AMONG THE REST.
Where are u getting these narratives from?
@@LeJoker8you can see it, see he was a star in his home town. Now with all this talent around him he crumbled. He has to want to get it together.
Sometime things don’t work out…..good luck to the young man, I hope he finds success!!!
Y’all baby these boys so much. He was a problem! Coach Prime couldn’t put up with his ass no more. Make his ass sit for a year - he’s entitled!
Cormani is just playing with you people if he had given the same attention to improving his game in practice as does the distractions off the field he would still be there all of the players who have left CU in the portal have been none impact players these are not kids these are young men plus Cormani knew he had been Replaced
@@hiiipowertv5728he was a problem and I doubt Colorado’s closet was clean either. However, that doesn’t mean he can’t redeem himself. If he can hold himself accountable I’m sure he’ll find success. I hope they both learn from this.
⁰⁰l@@jamm2977
Entitled athletes are easily threatened. I wish him the best in his maturation process.
"The man" in HIGH SCHOOL does NOT translate over to college UNLESS you put in the work to REMAIN that way. You have to go to class, to meetings, watch the film but more importantly HUMBLE YOUR ATTITUDE!!! IJS
Yep
IT IS A BAD LOOK FOR THE IMMATURE ATHLETES, WHO CANNOT ACCEPT DISCIPLINE.
Dude want the start and be told he's the starter. Prime brought in transfers who can play well. This kid doesn't feel like competing. 😮😮
Probably. What Colorado is offering as a program, I’m sure other programs can offer better tho. Cormani is still a young player and as long as he’s not like Tarvarish( who transferred 3 times) , there’s gonna be coaches who are willing to help him reach his potential.
Some players don't realize that work is required, punctuality is a given, and attendance is mandatory. Goodluck Mr. McClain.
He couldn't take the discipline thats all. No hard work ethics.
absolutely hes not discipline coach prime gave him plenty of chance.
It's too white.
@heywardreed5921 it's too white.
@@I.P.Freely2-yz1je😏😒🙄
He didn't prepare, and didn't coaching well. Shows up to camp late, and out of shape. Kept reverting back to his odd high school stance, and needed to mature. Cormani should have been redshirted. Give him a year to see how things work and not get throne out into the spot because of trolls and fans. Good news, his spot opens for another guy who wants to be there. Even better news, no more where's Cormani? They were saying that crap like this dude already shown he was the second coming of Champ Bailey.
Jayden Miller or Milner (Seen both) Jones, the kid was showing potential, and surely would have started out right his Junior year. This is why I hate playing Freshmen too early. They might have gotten in or started a few games, and think they're owed the starting position. With that said, the transfer portal has not worked out of Prime. He's filling his roster with 80% of guys who quit on their last team. The new TE from the Bearcats, he's out already. Couldn't even last 3 whole months before he was done. Prime needs to stop with this stupid a$$ 40-40-20 roster setup. Essentially rebuilding every year with quitter and bench warmers. Build your damn time from high school, use the TP fill in where you're light/add depth. Prime will learn or he will be out of Power 5 within two years.
@@hababaconevery team is doing this so what are you talking about Mississippi state build a 10-2 team and did it through portal. Also prime is in his 2nd year and your making like he has been at colorado for 4 - 5 years. They are creating a structure and core trust prime will be fine
This kid was supposed to be on the field at the same time as Travis, but people swear that it's all about Coach Prime and his kids! Trevor Woods and Cam produced and didn't cry! Woods could have left last season, and Cam could have left after what he did last season! People love to claim that Colorado players aren't good, but Travis, Shilo, Shedeur, and Cam, just to name a few, were in the top 5% of ALL players in the country last season! Whatever you're seeing isn't backed up by the stats!
If he had been at another school and left it wouldn't be nothing said
Not true at all.. as a Miami fan that was a huge topic .when he left us at the altar... you can look at proctor at alabama leaving iowa and then going back to bama.. everyone is talking about that lol...stop being a victim you might get somewhere
Media and everyone else made him into this superstar from the beginning . I am betting he was treated that way in high school also. That is a lot of pressure for a kid that age. Made him feel he could not be replaced. Not mature enough to handle it.
All evidence shows a maturity problem. Nothing he can’t fix as long as he has the desire.
All evidence shows he should have never been there.😂😂😂
@@I.P.Freely2-yz1jeall evidence shows that he did not know where he wanted to be…
Yep
He didn’t want to learn or didn’t know how, cormani is immature and like playing head games like he did with Miami like has done at CU, some players name stay in the portal like Willie Gaines. Grow up people
This one hurts 🤕💔
Dude was not good on film and he was not discipline
Cormani looked uncomfortable at CU. He did not perform well. It must be hard to play with someone like Travis Hunter and all what he does. Best of luck to Cormani!
He needs to get bigger he can’t tackle in open he a had the worst PFF grade
Nobody should be bashing the man. It just didn’t work out.
u his family, he’s an adult, he takes accolades but he can’t take criticism, come on man
@@d3mist0clesgee12 nope. Just know what it’s like to be 19 and all the mistakes that come with it. Dude didn’t contribute enough for the amount of hate he is getting. I’d rather just see him move on and there be one less distraction on the team. That’s all.
@@number1chiefROKKAmost rational take. Coming from a military background, I can empathize with the reality that hit him as a young adult. His case is probably worst since he was rated as the #1 CB in the nation. He deserves some tough love but wishing bad on someone when you aren’t any better is crazy.
@@laughingtothebanklikehahah3618 It just appears to me, from the outside, that Prime reaches some kids (Travis, Seaton) and whiffs on others like McClain. The one question that I have, outside of the departure is “why”. Can’t be the opportunity because Prime recruited McClain to be “HIM” opposite of Travis. There is more to this story.
This is a young man who needs to Have a coach for who really cares about young men and their development and not throw them into the spotlight against their will and then have them bashed nationally.When when he's Fresh out of High school.
I wish Cormani all the best!
Only being talented does not transfer to the University level, you have to put in effort, learn the playbook, obey the rules, ETC.
COACH PRIME IS NOT THERE TO BABY SIT NO ONE. THEY MUST CONFUMED TO THE STANDARD. THE STANDARD IS THE STANDARD...PERIOD!
His high school coach said he was pampered.
His Mom is his problem he could not handle men telling him what to do instead of letting that boy grow up she moves to boulder he didn't need his mommy in college. This is why he never make it nowhere Mark my words. A new school won't change his work ethics. Good luck with that one 😊
Cormani and Bronny not only rhyme, but want the same thing for the world to be handed to them.
New SUB. Just made a video other day about this. LEGGO
Cormani can't gain weight and he's intimidated, bottomline. PLUS WE HAVE THE #1 CONERBACK FROM THE TRANSFER PORTAL AND CORMANMI SAW THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL
These kids, as so many people like to call them, need to take responsibility for their decisions and behavior.
Recruits should be itching to go to Colorado, to train at altitude, guided by NFL Hall of Famers in a 4 seasons climate. All preparations for a potentially great NFL career. If you don't make it you have coach Prime and his contacts and a strong alumni association from a great educational institution. And I'm a USC fan. Smh, youth is wasted on the young.
He didnt want compete & work his way into his CB spot. From his side ,someone told him, it didnt happen. So he's leaving to the transfer portal .
Your statement is utter nonsense as he’s going to compete wherever he goes. The reality is CU don’t have a real DB coach n it showed with the lack of development in all the DBs at CU, all their stances n technique was off even Travis was getting cooked several games last season. The DBs in the spring are getting utterly destroyed n it’s to see why. Cooper n Stoutmire don’t play corner anymore, Travis is being hid in the slot now. DBs are leaving CU so CU is in the same position they was in last spring.
@@Lionsandtruth u delusional & u have selective mindset issue too. They not hiding him in the slot.They putting him, in the slot to make more plays, due to the talent they pick on + defensive scheme.Travis wasn't getting cook last yr. U just say anything to make your point
He's gone! Let it go. You're making too much of nothing.😅
I'd say I will miss him but never really saw him on field..Hopefully the money saved can help sign a need..
The new NIL money thing and portal stuff is the new way of college football. This is what Nick Saban is talking about wanting to change. This style of college football is about making money. These kids want money now. They don’t wanna work for it. They want it to be given to them. This is just the first of these kinda moves that you’ll be seeing a lot of now that the kids can put a few bucks in their pocket. It’s going to be big pressure because most of these kids come from nothing. Their families will pressure them. The coaches, their peers back home, the fans, etc. This is going to be the norm moving on or until the NCAA comes up with a better plan. Many good players will never make a mark simply because they are not disciplined enough to make the smart decision. Sometimes you gotta just be humble and listen to the people who have been there done that successfullly.
Yep
No matter where Comani goes... Cormani needs to fix Comani.
Cu Fans out here bashing him . Not every play that leaves CU is trash
He's trash 🗑
He had his mom with him in Boulder. That was his support system. But, his mom had her own troubles and difficulties.
Certain things you leave in house or the locker room you don’t air out to the public but if a player airs out the dirty laundry they need to grow up but we don’t hold coaches accountable for letting things outside the team
Go back and watch videos of Cormani last year when just starting at the training facility. It was obvious then and always has been. Too much for the kid to handle. Like I said go back and watch the earliest videos. Poor kid looks so uneasy. 😢
Come on man I would have never left develope yourself under coach prime just cause u not starting dnt mean leave I mean u waa a freshman so that's understandable
I'm hearing he is headed to USC or USF.
I don’t think USC wants him. The kid has all the tangibles and could be a top 10 pick, but there’s too many red flags with him. Coach Prime is an old school type coach, as is our defensive coordinator Coach Lynn. And if you go to USC, which is harder academically than Colorado (which is great as well), he’s going to have to go to class if he wants to play. He’d be better off staying going back home and maturing at UCF.
Doubt usc!
Just because he is young doesn't negate him for taking accountability for his actions. Cut the crap!
You all are only focusing on Cormani because of coach Prime...so many athletes at so many programs are not doing well
Some people act like theyve never left to work at another company for personal reasons
Deuces, he’ll be forgotten in a month, get more DBs, good interview guests BTW
Yep
This guy is way more trouble than he's worth. The Buffs are better off without him. At the moment, he's headed for the "biggest bust in years" award as hard as he can possibly go.
HE IS NOT WITHOUT HIS FAULT OR NEED. IN FACT, IT WAS AND STILL IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE. SO, I LOVE WHEN YOU UNDERSTANDS THAT MR MCCLAIN IS NOT JUST A PIECE OF MEAT, CATTLE, OX, ETC; BUT, RATHER A THREEFOLD-BEING (3FOLD-BEING), CONSISTING OF A HEART, SOUL(MIND-WILL-EMOTIONS), AND BODY. WHEN ALL 3 PARTS ARE NOT IN PERFECT SYNCH, THAT PERSON WILL BE UNFRUITFUIL AND UNPRODUCTIVE, JUST LIKE A VEHICLE WITH AN ENGINE, TRANSMISSION AND BODY. THAT BODY, BOTH MECHANICALLY AND PHSYICALLY, CAN LOOK REALLY THE PART, BUT THAT HEART OR ENGINE NOT THERE YOU REALLY HAVE NOTHING. BUT IF THAT BODY HAVE ITS HEART OR ENGINE AND IS TRANSMITTING OR SENDING MESSAGES OR SIGNALS TO THAT MIND OR TRANSMISSION AND IT IS RECEIVED, THAT BODY HAVE NO OTHER ALTERNATIVE BUT TO GO FULFILL ITS PURPOSE ACCORDINGLY!
He'll be a rapper in two years...
IMMATURE
SPOILED
We need high star recruits! BAD! These Buffs need to be a winning Dynasty again. I at least am glad we aren’t in that DISGRACEFUL PAC Conference anymore. I’ll be extremely joyful once the Pac Conference vanishes. But! As much as I do want those Buffs win more games. I do! And I’m still the same Buffs fan! However! What needs to happen in American Football through the NCAA MUCH WORSE than those fine Buffs winning more games is those doping Oregon Ducks to either lose more games &/or the NCAA to take action on that. If both can happen! Great! That will be a double plus.
Ed Reed was a 3 star and he turned out to be a hall of famer. Stars mean nothing without discipline, character, work ethic. Cormani is talented but not disciplined and feels entitled.
Aboutmillions was cooking in the comments 😂
SC-USF-Miami
ENOUGH …. Move On as the BUFFS have 💙💛
How did he flop it just didnt work out if he doesnt make it to the league or fails out of school then its a flop. He still has 4 years of college ball to play.
prime has yet to prove he can coach up players. he's a personality not a coach
You don’t microwave relationships..that’s was this kids recruitment ended up being
Corman will succeed and I bet he's in the NFL in 3 yrs he's a good kid and I believe there were some haters on c.u buffs and the haters were close to prime and I think that's bullshit ...you go Cormani love ya man
You believe that he will be in the nfl in 3 years with a bad work habits, immaturity, entitled attitude and does not want to work and does not want to do film and colorado has the best Florida recruiter where he’s from… are you really betting on this… ok!!🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
He had no work effort and he didn’t want to get coached.
I kinda stumbled on this channel on CZcams... but Kevin! The more you talk the more you show you know nothing about Colorado Football! Specifically with your take on the corner back situation. Yikes‼️ You really looked crazy trying to suggest Travis Hunter was injury prone⁉️ Travis got hurt/ cheap Shoted against Colorado State ...
Bro, it is what it is, this kid got burnt more than one of snoop doggs blunts…only as good as your last game
GOOD RIDDANCE!!!
Premadanna narcissist.
A team wrecker because of his selfishness and arrogance
Let’s keep this 100%: welcome to being a college athlete in 2024.
He’s a kid…..period. And he needs to treat this as a profession because that is what this is. That means he needs to start realizing that nobody is going to cater to him.
McClain wanted the bright lights….that means pressure. He’s got to learn how to deal with it.
Last thing: people are not bashing him. You are covering this sport like it’s the nfl. And if you’re going to cover it as such, this is what you get. Yeah there’s douche bags out there but a good many people, like yourself, are covering these topics the “right way”. But let’s stop treating these players like they are untouchable. These kids want the bag and light, then you get the criticisms that come with it.
Again welcome to collegiate sports in 2024.
What went wrong? Inpatient adults. Same reason your own chuldren cant develop right.
If you don’t put in the work don’t expect to play. Cormani wants to play and do what he wants and he is learning if you in the spotlight you will be criticized. If he can’t take the heat he doesn’t need to play. His mama is his worst enemy because she supports his bull junk
Lots of talent but very little discipline.
Deion promoted acting like a Ninja and that's what he got. An undisciplined player lazy player. Btw Miami isn't desperate enough to take a side show that can't play on their team.
Everybody is not a dawg he is a puppy
Facts
How the kid a bust when he didn’t play but 3-4 games 🤔
Cormoni to San Diego State
He was cut...told to get in the portal. He not mature.
Smoking pot is not acceptable
Power 5 is not for him. He needs to put on weight and strength.
time to move on from this..put it to rest
He didnt want to compete. Cormani is 4 star not 5
CU fans are the only ones who talk shit when a player leaves! #uneducatedfans SMH
he will fail where ever he goes as long as he has the same mentality at colorado
😂😂😂
Deion is why these guys are leaving.
Done w this buffs football media debacle
😂😂😂😂😂😂
USF trash 🗑️ I’d go to ucf before usf
Ya'll let a 5 star walk out the door!!!😂😂😂😂
Oh no end of the world
That mess means absolutely nothing! He was a 5 star in high school and 2 star on the college field. We're good!!
@@cocosingletary9136Your whole team is a one star 😂😂😂Colorado out here acting like they won the natty & begging for players
He was not a 5 star he was actually a 4 star!!! And it happens when you don’t act like one or show that you are one and people under you are out working you because you are entitled
NOTHING WENT WRONG! WHY DO YOU GUYZ MAKE IT SUCH A BIG DEAL WHEN PLAYERS TRANSFER AWAY FROM COLRADO, BUT IT IS NOT DONE WHEN PLAYERS LEAVE OTHER SCHOOLS. CORMANI WENT TO SC GAMECOCKS TO GET HIS MONEY BAG. PERIOD!
Nothing went wrong? They lost their highest ranked defensive recruit in program history after one year where he was called out for missing meetings, not watching film, and didn't pan out...
Feels like everything went wrong
Travis got torched too, they all got torched. Coach Prime always treated him differently
Dude Travis miss classes not do work , have bad habits, not do film , show up late no… please don’t compare Travis to Cormani 🤦🏽♂️
Travis is not the best player in college- lol
He is one of the best and the best cornerback in the country..
@@mkingadiffernce no but he is a great player fo sho
Colorado talked the man down
I mean thy really talked him like he was a nobody
By saying if you don’t go to class and show up on time you won’t play?🧐🧐🧐🧐
I wouldn’t wanna play for that man neither
No, they talked to him like he was an adult. He needs to grow tf up. No time for stroking his ego
@@LeJoker8Good thing you weren't asked, then.
@@derrickburwell7777 go work on ya music and stay outta grown folks business
Damn so now he a flop…lmao I keep saying it this has to be one of the worst fan bases on earth….just last week it was different story
The kid has ADHD and doesn't like cameras. His grades are fine and smokes weed. His personality doesn't work for Prime. It will work just fine for another coach. Prime's biggest gripe was his weed smoking....in Colorado no less. Lol!
I saw where cormani was missing some practices not because he smokes, or is belligerent, doesnt study, etc.
But because he is at his baptist church, preparing to be a young deacon. Explains his service in soup kitchens, homeless shelters, things men of the bible dont publickly make known. Prime should have protected that. Huh?
Missing practice is missing practice.
If that's the case, then Cormani knew what was expected of him and he didn't fulfill his obligations.
"Render unto Caesar..." He wasn't brought to Colorado by that church to be a young deacon and he walked on to the team.
Plus, if what you're saying is true, why would he now leave Colorado to go to another state and school if his focus is on becoming a young deacon at a local church? That makes no sense!
If that's his focus, why not just quit football all together because if he's missing practices for the church here, he's going to do the same thing wherever he lands.
So, wouldn't it make more sense for him to quit football and focus on the church?
You can't miss practice at this level for any reason and expect to be ELITE like he was expected. At the end of the day this is a business & you can't pray to 2 gods. he should've made the main thing the main thing, whatever that was for him.
So was this church in Boulder? Or in Florida? The pastor maybe setting Cornani up to fleece him! No serious godly pastor would ordain a 19/20 year old college student as a deacon. Doesn’t make sense!!
Stop it … your being sarcastic he was not missing classes because of that all 🧢 cap!!!
@@patriciamcghee7982 That "pastor" Might trying to get 10% from his NIL(S).
Smart guy to leave that clown show Deion running over there. No real coaching as you saw from the product on the field and all Deion can do now is sell used cars and hope. He’s a prosperity preacher on a football field. Look for the other kids to see through e bullshyt and bounce out next year. Colorado is a team full of prospects that couldn’t get on the field at the previous school they’ve attended. The Buff ain’t good since my cousin played qb there in Kardell Steward.
It didn’t work out bc Deion didn’t want it to work out. Deion is not a head coach he is a cheerleader who wants his sons to shine and nobody else . Phuck that 🥷
WHO CAAARRREEESSSS!!! He was never an effective player anyways!!!
Is Alton McCaskill leaving too?