For who? Us or Nico. I don’t think it was just the money for us. If Nico were better than a bucket of potential and 57th in passing we’d have paid up.
I don’t think Nico or his dad really wanted a breakup to happen. They just wanted more money than we were willing to pay and the behind the scenes games they played even before skipping practice were enough that UT had had enough of them. If you listen to Trey Wallace he emphasizes that it wasn’t just football that was ready to be done with him. He also dropped that several players were upset enough that they had to be calmed down when he didn’t show for practice. He also mentioned that Nico really is a great kid. The villain here is dad, imo. I think Nico does what he’s told and dad simply thought he was smarter than he was.