Stephen A. Smith rips Deion Sanders for banning local columnist

Sanders went scorched earth on Keeler and CBS Sports Denver’s Eric Christensen two weeks ago during Colorado’s spring camp news conference for being overly critical of his coaching methods and his team’s lack of success.

Keeler told Sanders point-blank he had no personal beef with him or his team, but Sanders defiantly protested some of Keeler’s previous harsh analysis — something Smith says CU’s second-year head coach should know how to handle.

“I love him and I believe in him and I know where he’s coming from, but there is evidence where [he’s] gone against the media,” Smith added. “There is evidence where [he’s] been negative toward the media because they’ve been negative toward you. … There are people in the media out there that’s said [Keeler] is hyper-critical, and he’s been accused of being a shock jock — if anybody’s supposed to know how to deal with that, it’s supposed to be “Prime Time.’”