Da'Rick Rogers Calls Out Nico

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OHvol40 said:
That was also quite some time ago. Were you a strait-laced go-getter at 19/20 years old? If so, good for you, you’re in the minority though.
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I had a damn near 4.0 GPA, not because I was the smartest but because I actually worked hard and did everything that was expected from the professors. I have this thing called work ethic where I don’t want people saying I’m a crappy worker and I actually show up for my job even whenever I don’t feel well. Been that way ever since high school whenever I was working at a fast food place making minimum wage. Whenever you get into the real world you have to take these things called drug tests to get a job so I knew not to smoke weed or else that could have prevented me from getting a job. It’s really not that hard to stay away from it if you know it’s going to affect your career. Da’Rick clearly did not care enough about making money or making a career out of football. It’s called discipline. But you know, that’s just my opinion on the matter.

Edit: BTW, I’m the same age as Da’Rick so I’m not some old head scorning the younger generation. I just have higher expectations for people with God given talents like he had. Not everyone is blessed with that. Literally could have had a nice 10 years in the NFL and made enough to never worry the rest of his life. He was one of the best performers at the combine so everyone knew he had the physical traits but they didn’t want to draft him because they couldn’t trust he would be available due to the off the field concerns. It’s just sad man.
 
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VolPack22 said:
I had a damn near 4.0 GPA, not because I was the smartest but because I actually worked hard and did everything that was expected from the professors. I have this thing called work ethic where I don’t want people saying I’m a crappy worker and I actually show up for my job even whenever I don’t feel well. Been that way ever since high school whenever I was working at a fast food place making minimum wage. Whenever you get into the real world you have to take these things called drug tests to get a job so I knew not to smoke weed or else that could have prevented me from getting a job. It’s really not that hard to stay away from it if you know it’s going to affect your career. Da’Rick clearly did not care enough about making money or making a career out of football. It’s called discipline. But you know, that’s just my opinion on the matter.

Edit: BTW, I’m the same age as Da’Rick so I’m not some old head scorning the younger generation. I just have higher expectations for people with God given talents like he had. Not everyone is blessed with that. Literally could have had a nice 10 years in the NFL and made enough to never worry the rest of his life. He was one of the best performers at the combine so everyone knew he had the physical traits but they didn’t want to draft him because they couldn’t trust he would be available due to the off the field concerns. It’s just sad man.
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I wish we'd quit calling 20 year olds "kids"
 
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dduncan4163 said:
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Things went very differently for Tennessee's current and former starting quarterbacks on Saturday. Joey Aguilar had a good debut in the Vols' opener against Syracuse, which Tennessee won 45-26.

Things went very much the opposite for former UT QB Nico Iamaleava in Pasadena in his debut with the UCLA Bruins. The Utah Utes blew the doors off of the Bruins in the Rose Bowl 43-10, and the struggle on the field reflected every bit of that lopsided scoreline. Iamaleava was 11/22 passing for 136 yards with a touchdown and interception. He also ran 13 times for 47 yards.


Iamaleava has become a lightning rod of controversy and commentary on social media, even as he took the field for the Bruins across the country. That includes comments from former players like ex-Tennessee WR Da'Rick Rogers, who claims he knew when Iamaleava was "hot garbage" before he even arrived in Knoxville.




First I heard about this.
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DIdn't Da'Rick get kicked off the Vols for doing drugs all the time and ended up at like TN Tech or something? He isn't wrong though.
 
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dduncan4163 said:
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Things went very differently for Tennessee's current and former starting quarterbacks on Saturday. Joey Aguilar had a good debut in the Vols' opener against Syracuse, which Tennessee won 45-26.

Things went very much the opposite for former UT QB Nico Iamaleava in Pasadena in his debut with the UCLA Bruins. The Utah Utes blew the doors off of the Bruins in the Rose Bowl 43-10, and the struggle on the field reflected every bit of that lopsided scoreline. Iamaleava was 11/22 passing for 136 yards with a touchdown and interception. He also ran 13 times for 47 yards.


Iamaleava has become a lightning rod of controversy and commentary on social media, even as he took the field for the Bruins across the country. That includes comments from former players like ex-Tennessee WR Da'Rick Rogers, who claims he knew when Iamaleava was "hot garbage" before he even arrived in Knoxville.




First I heard about this.
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Must think he’s seeing a lot of himself in Nico. I don’t know why anyone would care about Da’Rick’s take on Nico’s pajamas…. I actually think Nico is a good guy. I admire that his family is extremely important to him but being brought up in a patriarchal controlling culture with a narcissist father is something he has to deal with in his own time.
 
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Was Da’Rick the guy who caught the TD while being crushed from both sides, and he just, like, sat down Indian style with the ball as the two dudes collided to drop under the brunt of the contact?

If so, big fan. 😎
 
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