Recruiting Football Talk VIII

Nah, relative to expectations and the amount he was getting paid, he’s the biggest bust. The fact he was a cancer and worried more about his Benjamin’s than this team just adds to it.

We made the playoffs in spite of his poor performances.
Bust is expectations vs results.

Expectations were INSANELY high for HB15. Peyton 2.0 level. Maybe some have forgotten, but it was out of control. Then he went on to do NOTHING of note outside of beating lowly Vandy.

JJ Peterson, the hype wasn't quite as high as HB, but he somehow did even less lol.

Nico's expectations were on par with HB and he did 1000% more. I'm glad we had him for when we did, otherwise we don't skate past Bama, UF, etc with Gaston or make the playoffs. Only HH 2022 had a team as high by the end of the regular season and in-place to make the 12-team playoff, had there been one.

If he was a legit bust then he wouldn't be the one guy we could least use to lose at this point. If you polled this place a month ago who we could not have injured during Spring practice and out for the season, 99% would have said Nico. That isn't what you'd say if he was a bust. He would've been a 3rd stringer like HB at UNLV haha.
 
Bust is expectations vs results.

Expectations were INSANELY high for HB15. Peyton 2.0 level. Maybe some have forgotten, but it was out of control. Then he went on to do NOTHING of note outside of beating lowly Vandy.

JJ Peterson, the hype wasn't quite as high as HB, but he somehow did even less lol.

Nico's expectations were on par with HB and he did 1000% more. I'm glad we had him for when we did, otherwise we don't skate past Bama, UF, etc with Gaston or make the playoffs. Only HH 2022 had a team as high by the end of the regular season and in-place to make the 12-team playoff, had there been one.

If he was a legit bust then he wouldn't be the one guy we could least use to lose at this point. If you polled this place a month ago who we could not have injured during Spring practice and out for the season, 99% would have said Nico. That isn't what you'd say if he was a bust. He would've been a 3rd stringer like HB at UNLV haha.
He went 4 or 5 straight first halves without scoring, he overthrew wide open receivers, and were it not for the defense and Sampson, we wouldn’t have won any of those games you mentioned. I’m not gonna call him a bust per se, but I definitely think you’re laying more at his feet than he deserves.
 
I know this is the new way with NIL and the porthole, but I wish this kid massive failure for how he acted, even though I think his father and agency representation misguided him. My big worry is not replacing him, it is what the fallout will be? Will some WRs and linemen hit the portal too now that Nico is not there?
I think there's a good chance this brings the team closer together.
 

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