This will go against my Scots-Irish heritage, but not against my "spiritually adopted" heritage:
I still see the Nico story as a young man who following his father's advice and got screwed for it. The shame is on the father.
I really don't know how God views that whole thing. Did Nico do something good by not splitting or destroying his family? Or did he do something bad by not asserting his independence against his father's directions, and against his family and the culture he grew up in? That's an open question.
That's also not a story they make into a movie--that's an opera!
As every golfer comes to realize, life is making the smartest shot you can from wherever the ball lies. A bogey may hurt your pride, but it's still better than a double- or triple-bogey. So now Nico, whatever his regrets and lessons learned, is left with an opportunity to salvage a bogey, and maybe bring some good out of all that bad, for himself and for his family.
Mistakes always have repercussions. But the best ending would be that Tennessee becomes a better, tighter team for having faced adversity, that Joey and Nico both rise to their individual challenges and put together better careers than they would have, and that the Vol fanbase continues to grow and mature alongside the school's rise in all-sports success.
We can be that fanbase who treats players as people instead of just "assets," and in so doing, increase the value of our brand and the reputation of Tennessee as the place you want to come to play in front of the best, most supportive fans in the nation.