The coping may or may not be a problem. With Sanders in it, the Reds' clubhouse now contains three figures that will probably make one Hall of Fame or another. Neon Deion is easily the most charismatic of them, and by all accounts he is a swell guy in the company of teammates, but he is also more than that. Like Griffey, he is a modern legend. There are many who believe that the Reds changed when Griffey arrived last year, and it wasn't necessarily his fault.
People act differently around celebrities.
In 2000, the Reds lacked the innocent enthusiasm that took them so far in 1999. In their view, however, this wasn't a clubhouse matter. I've been hearing on television the last few days that Deion will make our clubhouse better, but our clubhouse is as loose as it gets. We don't need any help in that respect. Of course, Sanders wasn't signed for clubhouse purposes.