Recolor the name above players head

Code:

    public void perform() {
        String name = ChatColor.RED + player.getName() + ChatColor.WHITE;
        CraftPlayer pl = (CraftPlayer)sender;
        pl.setDisplayName(name);
        setPlayerName(pl.getHandle(), pl.getName(), name);
    }
 
    public void setPlayerName(EntityPlayer pl, String oldname, String newname) {
        WorldServer world = (WorldServer)pl.world;
        EntityTracker tracker = world.tracker;
        tracker.untrackPlayer(pl);
        pl.name = newname;
        tracker.track(pl);
    }

What this did (in CraftBukkit for 1.2.5) is it recolored the name above my head to red (it worked really well, except it would remove my skin, for I actually became "&corange451")

However, since the 1.3.1 update this no longer works. I am not saying the craftbukkit broke it, no, because this method always seemed very dodgy to me in the first place

My question is this, what is a better way to take the name above my head, and add "ChatColor.red" to the front of it?

 

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