Jackson Jambalaya

This is what a "coach" can do that other teachers cannot. Young men are compelled to listen and follow. Deion realizes he occupies a special position in the lives of many people especially these young men and he's making the most of it. JSU don't normally get a break, but they sure got lucky this time.

Class act. Changing lives one day at a time.

Jackson State and the City is really lucky to have this guy. He is a great example of how to live life and teaching major life lessons to these young men.

ahhh yes the invaluable lesson of not shooting another person over a dice game

This reminds me of Coach Kinnison at DSU and Coach Reeves. You mean more to Coach Prime than you will ever know. His love for you speaks volumes of Who Coach Prime is. Listen please and heed his word. God has great plans for you. You are Loved JSU!

He needs to take his show on the road to the locals.

@1:03 PM If someone has never been exposed to values and thought processes you think of as common this is life changing advice. Some kids come from homes so broken that the average person not in law enforcement or social work can't comprehend it.

@1:39pm: approx: "Some kids from homes too broken to comprehend."

What's worse are those who, despite their upbringing, emulate thug culture because it's heralded by rap and video trash.

Yes, its sad that such a simple lesson as "dont shoot people" is required to be verbalized.

But now that we agree that it IS necessary...good for him for trying to fill the void that so many sperm and egg donors could not manage.

Good luck Coach! We appreciate you.

Coach Prime is dishing out some life changing wisdom, I pray that these young men take heed to what he is saying! God Bless him.

1:39 Even if they don't come from "broken homes" athletes are often so spoiled they live in a fantasy world thinking they are "special". Many get into serious trouble because they think the world will bow down to them. Coming from a guy who has experienced it all, this was a good locker room speech. Thanks Coach Prime.

Kiffin to Auburn. Prime to Ole Miss. Book it.

4:17 your joking or smoking

It is our football coaches who are the true leaders of this great country, as demonstrated by this.

MORE FOOTBALL!!!

Deion will be long gone when the NCAA shows up with the letter of infractions !

Kingfish: Please allow this post.

Listening to the man some of you call Coach Prime, I'm trying to decide if his delivery and word structure more closely resembles that of Stokes or a prison ministry guy who spent 25 years in the slammer. Is it effective with a bunch of youngsters who, at one time, were pretty close to prison themselves? Yes. Is this transferrable to a major university where not everybody comes from a disadvantaged, one parent household? NO.

He is no second coming and he is NOT God's gift to Jackson. He is nothing more than a school counselor taking a bus load of boys to Parchman for 'the tour' - you remember those tours that were intended to scare shit out of kids. Is that essential for the lives of these young boys to get on the right track? Yes. Should this have to be a primary concern and pre-occupation for a college football coach? No? But, sadly, in this circumstance, it is. It's 'reform school 101'.

ANY talk of a new stadium is just idiotic. Jackson has so many more important things that need to be addressed.

1:42 has a point. I think Prime is good for JSU. He’s good for Jackson. But he’s one person and he can’t fix the problem homes, bastard children, and rampant crime that is destroying Jackson. He’s a football coach. A good one so far.

But I’d like to see in ten years where his players end up. Some will ply in the NFL. Others will have productive lives and be good citizens. But I can bet that many will take a stray path and ruin their future, at a much higher rate that the average college student.

Want to “fix” Jackson?

Maybe Prime is on the list.

But he’s not in the top 10.

Start with unwed moms, violent males, no fathers in the homes, absent leadership in the city, bad schools…I could go on and on.

But there is only so much Prime can do. Everyone needs to find other mules to hitch their dreams to.

Get him out of JSU and into the mayor's office. He might be the one guy who can beat the idiot mayor we have now.

Prime Bling Neon Sanders will eventually be just another footnote in the novel "Slide to Oblivion - The Destruction of a Once Beautiful Capital City". He came, He saw, He tried, He left.

@ 8:33 - Jackson doesn't own the stadium.

Coach Prime outta preach to the crowd during every halftime, with the concession stands closed, and TV should be required to broadcast it if they show the game.

8:38 Don't miss the point. Deion was being recorded talking to his football team, not the city of Jackson. His message was to a large group of young men who are at a crucial stage in their lives. Most of these young men are the same at Ole Miss, MSU, LSU, Alabama, etc. whether you know it or not. They can be leaders for good or they can be followers of bullshit. A coach like Deion can be the spark... That's enough.