Carter Nelson Looks Unimpressed With ‘Coach Prime’

Nebraska football recruiting fans obviously got some good news in the battle against Colorado, as Carter Nelson doesn’t seem like a fan of Prime’s approach.

Anytime a Nebraska football recruiting target returns with seemingly less than Deion Sanders influence, it has to be counted as a win. He gives me worse used car salesman vibes than PJ Fleck, but clearly Coach Prime’s approach has won some people over. It looks like Carter Nelson has seen through the hucksterism below.

When you talk On3, Nelson had some interesting comments about what he saw and how he felt about his visit to Colorado. Especially their “interesting” approach to how the Buffaloes are rebuilding things in Boulder.

“What stood out is that they’re trying to use his name as a brand now, and I’m not sure how I feel about that. But I mean, they do it the way they want to do it.”

It goes without saying that Nebraska football recruiting, and all recruiting today, has some element of the “rock star coach” involved. At the end of the day, Deion or Matt Rhule or Nick Saban is going to be the head coach leading these guys, and the players want to know more about who is coaching them. But guys like Rhule have done a better job of making it clear that he’s part of the program and that Nelson would commit to play for the Huskers.

Coach Prime seems to be making it clear that he is the program and that people will commit to him and my side playing in Colorado.

The approach works for him, so it’s hard to say what Coach Prime is doing is wrong. But Carter Nelson sure doesn’t seem to be buying whatever CU is selling right now. Considering how much Nebraska football recruiting would like to land a 4-star tight end and top player in the state in Lincoln, that’s a big positive.