Matters little. Those kids who go to IMG are there for one year, maybe two. So their coaches aren’t life long mentors or people they’d really have a lot of trust in.
Besides - it’s easy for our coaches to dismiss whatever negativity Nieds might spew by simply pointing out the circumstances of his termination , and/or how positively he spoke of Tennessee when he recruited for us.
Once a coach says “yeah he was a linebackers coach here but cheated his ass off and got fired and because of his actions he likely won’t ever coach in college again” it’s easy to see where his credibility takes a hit.
I mean, probably doesn’t help us with any kids, but the impact is far far far less than say the impact Supercuts and Buck have pushing all NPA kids away from Tennessee.