The problem is that Deion was a generational talent athlete, who could back up his value on the field, despite all negatives in his approach to many things. He was always less than coachable and relied on his incredible individual athletic talent and speed to recover from technique lapses. To a great success, I may add.
Deion instilled that same persona in his son - I mean, he actually promoted that same persona - despite his son being an exponentially less talented athlete.
And to be clear - character concerns are overlooked in a direct correlation with how talented you really are - and they give a pass when it doesn’t hit their ticket sales or pocketbook or team success calculations. The bigger problem is that the Sanders clown show was such a threat to locker room cohesiveness, front office and coaching discipline/authority - and brought so many other negatives that the less-than-assured positive upside was not enough to remove the elephant in the room negative downside.
Shadeur can thank his father for his college success, and damn sure can blame his father for his NFL draft disappointment.