Nico to UCLA?

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IndianaVol said:
Crazy thing to me IF he actually does end up at UCLA is that his people say it was the "Tennessee Offense", but Coach DeSean Foster hired Tino Sunseri from Indiana where he was an assistant under Curt Cignetti and followed Cignetti from James Madison.

You know, the same Curt Cignetti that runs the EXACT SAME basic offense that Coach Josh Heupel runs with WRs spread to the side lines and is predicated on a run first, then strike deep mentality.

So how is Nico going to be any better there?
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The only explanation which makes sense, is that the Iamalaeva camp was trying to squeeze more NIL money from Spyre/Tennessee, and they thought if he entered the portal and held out of the spring game, Tennessee would cave-in. Tennessee had recently caved-in to Rickey Gibson.

Everything else is damage control.
 
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I think the family "leaked" it to Cowherd hoping that other schools would frantically reach out with higher offers.

Schools are waiting for Nic to drop the asking price. They aren't budging. Nic want's more than UCLA is offering. He probably thought he could leak that a deal with UCLA was imminent and it would force other schools to make a last minute higher offer out of desperation.
 
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Evol said:
I think the family "leaked" it to Cowherd hoping that other schools would frantically reach out with higher offers.

Schools are waiting for Nic to drop the asking price. They aren't budging. Nic want's more than UCLA is offering. He probably thought he could leak that a deal with UCLA was imminent and it would force other schools to make a last minute higher offer out of desperation.
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Yep
 
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How crazy would it be if no one offers Nico out of all this mess?

I mean someone will and he/they will settle for that scholarship offer, but still crazy to think if no one makes an offer all the money they flushed away.
 
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Cam Newton Warns QB Nico Iamaleava ‘money ain’t gonna last’ after Advice From ‘fool’ led to Tennessee Divorce​

Cam Newton believes in the saying that good advice saves and bad advice kills.

In the case of ex-Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava leaving the Volunteers amid an NIL discrepancy, the former NFL MVP worries the young prospect is suffering due to the latter.

Iamaleava sat out Tennessee’s spring practice in hopes of landing an NIL deal that would bump him from roughly $2.4 million to $4 million, per ESPN, leading to a messy divorce.


“Whoever gave him the advice to sit out killed that kid,” Newton said earlier this week on his “4th&1 with Cam Newton” program. “Regardless of how you bounce back from this, you will be the example. There are certain things in people’s careers that it just sticks. … With Nico, he will have this stain on his career and it’s sad because, to Dan Orlovsky’s point, he is still a kid that’s being guided by other people, whether it’s his father, whether it’s his agent, if it’s his family members. It doesn’t matter.”





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OrangeVolMan said:
They can’t even come up with a good lie. Leaving because of Tennessee offense. So you go to UCLA whose offense was terrible and is not going to better this year.
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Exactly and they will be breaking in first time offensive coordinator Tito Sunseri who has never been the lead as an OC anywhere in college. A lot of UT fans may recognize his last name because his dad Sal Sunseri a Dooley hire was the worst D coordinator statistic wise in UT history. Tyler Bray would light up the score board in the 40s and Sunseri's D would give up 49 it was terrible to watch. A full circle moment with the Sunseri name.
 
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farmdogvol said:
They were about 115th in offense and 112-113th in sacks given up. UT O-line was a Joe Moore finalist. UT receivers underperformed but Thornton and Bru will get some interest from NFL clubs. Both significantly better than UCLA.
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Regarding UCLA offense and Oline ^^^


IndianaVol said:
Crazy thing to me IF he actually does end up at UCLA is that his people say it was the "Tennessee Offense", but Coach DeSean Foster hired Tino Sunseri from Indiana where he was an assistant under Curt Cignetti and followed Cignetti from James Madison.

You know, the same Curt Cignetti that runs the EXACT SAME basic offense that Coach Josh Heupel runs with WRs spread to the side lines and is predicated on a run first, then strike deep mentality.

So how is Nico going to be any better there?
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This post paired with the one above pretty much sums up what Nico is up against IF....IF in fact UCLA is actually gonna sign him. That fact is suspect now apparently. Neither of these posts are suspect though, they are indeed factual.

I honestly feel sorry for Nico. I think his dad rules that family with an iron fist, and his dad "negotiated" Nico into throwing away a QB1 job at a playoff SEC school...which is actually priceless...AND cost him about $10M or more between NIL and his wage fixed rookie 3 year NFL contract. Rookie contracts are dictated by draft position under the NFL CBA, so when Nico gets drafted as a "project" in the mid to late rounds instead of a 1st or 2nd rounder which he was poised to be after making even mediocre improvement over last years numbers at UT....it will cost him several Million dollars a year for 3 years. $10M difference in the next 4 years is probably being kind. Nicos dad/family absolutely screwed him. He should have stood up to them and stayed at UT.
 
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Franklin Pierce said:

Cam Newton Warns QB Nico Iamaleava ‘money ain’t gonna last’ after Advice From ‘fool’ led to Tennessee Divorce​

Cam Newton believes in the saying that good advice saves and bad advice kills.

In the case of ex-Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava leaving the Volunteers amid an NIL discrepancy, the former NFL MVP worries the young prospect is suffering due to the latter.

Iamaleava sat out Tennessee’s spring practice in hopes of landing an NIL deal that would bump him from roughly $2.4 million to $4 million, per ESPN, leading to a messy divorce.


“Whoever gave him the advice to sit out killed that kid,” Newton said earlier this week on his “4th&1 with Cam Newton” program. “Regardless of how you bounce back from this, you will be the example. There are certain things in people’s careers that it just sticks. … With Nico, he will have this stain on his career and it’s sad because, to Dan Orlovsky’s point, he is still a kid that’s being guided by other people, whether it’s his father, whether it’s his agent, if it’s his family members. It doesn’t matter.”





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Cam Newton warns QB Nico Iamaleava ‘money ain’t gonna last’ after advice from ‘fool’ led to Tennessee divorce

Cam Newton believes in the saying that good advice saves and bad advice kills.
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Money doesn't last, reputation will forever
 
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