Nico not at practice today

[SpaceCoastVol]

Time to shift the focus to Elizabethton HS football until the inmates are no longer in control.

I'm moving back to Sevierville before the summer. I hear they have a pretty good team.

 

[UTFranklinVol]

Don’t need anybody that’s only here for money. I understand wanting to get paid, but my goodness be a good teammate and take a little less and I promise that will lead to better things in your long term future. Vitello is this way in baseball with recruits, he tells them up front if you’re here for the money then it’s not gonna work out.

ya that ain't gonna work in football. if you're waiting for players that aren't in it for the money then prepare for a team full of walk-ons lolol

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

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I have two friend's that have lived out there since 05. They told me they hate it now but it's just hard to leave....makes no sense.

I don't get it. The weather is really really nice, and outside these cities it is a beautiful place... but everything you have to put up with out here makes it unbearable for me to even consider. You couldn't pay me enough to live here.

 

[UTblood4life]

This point roll with non pre madonnas

 

[VOLtaism]

Time to shift the focus to Elizabethton HS football until the inmates are no longer in control.

This has affected HS football also. Previously, getting a scholarship meant a scholarship for 90%. Now it means much more and players will be more competitive for playing time.

 

[Orange931]

ya that ain't gonna work in football. if you're waiting for players that aren't in it for the money then prepare for a team full of walk-ons lolol

It’s all about the mindset. I know there’s more money involved, but keep it at decent amount and it’s gonna work out. A me first player is not what any team needs is the point.

 

[Vols till I fall]

Nah at this point let Nico walk.

There's a lot of good QB's out there and currently on this roster, but he's not worth paying ab extra 2 million for. All he is doing is causing choas and division at this point, it's ging to divide the locker room.

It's not like he was great last season anyway. He can try his luck at UCLA or something, they won't develop him out there like he could do down here. Too much drama and not enough gratefulness with this family

 

[ArmchairQB]

Time to shift the focus to Elizabethton HS football until the inmates are no longer in control.

Betsy-Greeneville is right up there with Maryville-Alcoa for me, for stuff to look forward to in the fall.

 

[UTFranklinVol]

The way I see it, it ain't about Nico anymore. I think this is a test of Heupel. If he allows players to "hold out" and damage the team, he puts himself in great danger. I think his only choice is to tell Nico to kick rocks. It's not like Nico was going to set the world on fire anyway.

I don't think Heupel puts himself in great danger. I think Heupel and every other football program are already in great danger no matter what he does.

if you let Nico walk, som SEC team will scoop him up and beat us over the head with him and simultaneously signal to the country that TN isn't a place good QBs should think about dealing with.

if you negotiate with him and give him what we wants, the next QB will just ask for more.

Without better regulations or collision by the power football programs to all agree to only pay x amount, then the bleeding will continue indefinitely.

 

[VAWL FAN]

He's not worth what he's making now, I don't know what some of you see in him but he hasn't shown me anything that warrants a raise, I'm so over this I'm at the point that I don't even care anymore, if he'll leave here for more money he was never really with us

He's played average at best and anyone that argues otherwise is lying to themselves.

 

[GrizzlyVol]

He's played average at best and anyone that argues otherwise is lying to themselves.

Sadly there's a bunch of them

 

[chrisvannoy]

Let one of the other two dudes have the team. Tell Nico to kick rocks. GM is a Tennessee kid through and through. Use Nicos money and buy that kid the best team you can put around him.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Maybe all the coaches should get together for a fishing trip. They could discuss the toxic sludge they see all around the boat and what they could do about it.

 

[99gator]

let him kick rocks.

Give me the name of a player who causes these kind of issues that goes on to lead a team to greatness

 

[CNeagleVolFan]

Let one of the other two dudes have the team. Tell Nico to kick rocks. GM is a Tennessee kid through and through. Use Nicos money and buy that kid the best team you can put around him.

Merk will start if Nico leaves

 

[TheVolunteer002]

Hendon spoiled me. I'm ready to see somebody else in this offense.

Hendon had all the tools. Perfect guy to lead a team too. I miss him a lot.

 

[T-for-Tennessee]

I don't think Heupel puts himself in great danger. I think Heupel and every other football program are already in great danger no matter what he does.

if you let Nico walk, som SEC team will scoop him up and beat us over the head with him and simultaneously signal to the country that TN isn't a place good QBs should think about dealing with.

if you negotiate with him and give him what we wants, the next QB will just ask for more.

Without better regulations or collision by the power football programs to all agree to only pay x amount, then the bleeding will continue indefinitely.

I think Heupel's reaction to Nico's demand tells me all I need to know.

 

[Voluble2]

The thing to remember here is that UT risked the NCAA death penalty to get this kid paid, and this is how he turns around and thanks us.

If he really missed practice as a negotiating tactic then the fans will be ready to run him off. And reading between the lines, the fact this information is being floated shows the fanbase is being prepared to understand why he had to go should there be a parting of the ways.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

Merk will start if Nico leaves

Maybe he should if Nico stays.

 

[jasonvol18]

I don't think Heupel puts himself in great danger. I think Heupel and every other football program are already in great danger no matter what he does.

if you let Nico walk, som SEC team will scoop him up and beat us over the head with him and simultaneously signal to the country that TN isn't a place good QBs should think about dealing with.

if you negotiate with him and give him what we wants, the next QB will just ask for more.

Without better regulations or collision by the power football programs to all agree to only pay x amount, then the bleeding will continue indefinitely.

He CAN'T transfer to a SEC school. It will be somewhere on the Left Coast.

 

[Godfatha]

I don't think Heupel puts himself in great danger. I think Heupel and every other football program are already in great danger no matter what he does.

if you let Nico walk, som SEC team will scoop him up and beat us over the head with him and simultaneously signal to the country that TN isn't a place good QBs should think about dealing with.

if you negotiate with him and give him what we wants, the next QB will just ask for more.

Without better regulations or collision by the power football programs to all agree to only pay x amount, then the bleeding will continue indefinitely.

Good news at least, is that he can't transfer to another SEC school in this window.

 

[chrisvannoy]

Merk will start if Nico leaves

Fine by me. Those guys may actually want to be here. These kids have to get the Tom Brady mentality pay me a little less, put good guys around me and I'll look even better.

 

[Volholic]

Eff this guy. There is no way to defend this. I was a fan but forget it. I don’t even care now.

 

[SpaceCoastVol]

He CAN'T transfer to a SEC school. It will be somewhere on the Left Coast.

Probably be one of those teams that will be in the SEC next year.

 

[MiramarVol]

This could divide the team. We'll have to wait and see.