It’s specifically the two things.
One…cutting not 20 players, but at least 50 if not more. Most of them did not enter the transfer portal willingly. Yes, all other coaches do “house cleaning”. But no one did what Deion did at that scale, even though Mario, Rhule, Sarkasian, and any other new incoming head coach in 2021 - 2023 could exactly the same and flip a roster with 78 new players in an offseason. Exactly 60 Miami players are gone from Manny’s 2021 team, but it was done over two seasons. My issue is that Deion didn’t give most of them a fair chance, and he set a brutal precedent that many other coaches will follow. And that’s bad for athletes.
Two - humiliating Mark Pope in front of a nationwide audience and having it available for decades to come is just brutal. Brutal. You think he’d be smiling and approving if another coach dismissed Shedeur or Shiloh the same way? No, he would be livid. Should Shannon, Golden, or Richt have brought in ESPN to live-air a player’s dismissal, and make certain it was posted on YouTube for everyone’s enjoynment? That’s crap.
And that’s why I don’t like him.
As for the rest of it, the glasses, the stamping on the logo, the throne…I actually like it. It’s swagger. Some of it is arrogant. Some of it is funny. It reminds me of the attitude of Canes teams I grew up watching under Jimmy. I don’t have a problem with it.
But the two points above - that’s why I don’t like him.