Per Thamel: Heupel informed team this morning that Vols would move on from Nico.

[Orange defense]

Welp! Not much more you can say about this. I didn’t know what was going on, until just now. I haven’t really kept up with this off season, but this is crazy.

 

[top5vols]

I would imagine he has offers which is why this started in the first place.

Offers most likely less than 4 million now, he has to take what he gets.

 

[TnVol!]

A legend in his own mind. Not mine. Go Vols!!!

 

[Clad in Big Orange]

Confession: I still can't pronounce his name.

Nico I-Am-A-Leaver

 

[hUTch2002]

Thamel sucks. Screw team nico.

Hope they choke on those west coast income taxes if he lands there.

Ha! You’re just mad at everyone. Screw them all!

 

[imavolfan]

I hope he was bluffing, Tennessee called his hand, and he goes somewhere else for less money than what he was guaranteed here.

It will be a good life lesson for him and other recruits.

 

[loservol]

Pretty sure Benedict Arnold dined with Washington too

I mean we know what happened between Jesus and Judas during the Last Supper, so now I want to know if anything was said or there was some kind of incident.

 

[C-south]

What's the old RB we had Bryce Brown? or something like that.. he's there with him and Daniel Lincoln

Kelly Washington.

 

[UTFranklinVol]

Now they can throw away "The Football For Idiots" playbook and start using a real playbook again.

it's another redshirt freshman QB. I wouldn't count on the full playbook until we have an upper class man.

 

[overseasorange2]

I find this the equivalent of me going into my boss's office and asking for a raise. His first ? would be what was your performance rating last year? Oh, it was average like most employees. OK, how much do you want? I want you to double my salary! To which his correct response would be......

 

[Ritzwatch]

 

[hUTch2002]

Would they want to hitch their wagons to him though? I’m sure plenty of teams could pay 4 mil to a QB, but does anyone think that steaming pile of shít is worth it?

Not only that, if I’m considering him as a QB, I’m wondering how long before he does the same thing to me.

 

[SDV]

I’m sure that he’s devastated by this lol

 

[C-south]

He was probably going to jack up the appearance fee anyway.

 

[OrangeTsar]

 

[MurphyVol]

Proud of Huepel for showing nobody is bigger than the team

Let's be real though, had he thrown 40 TDs last year we would have given him anything. This was an opportunity to free up cap space by letting mid-level player walk.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Of all the things to criticize Nico for, I really feel like this is the least important one lol

It was probably some cultural thing anyway. Not to defend the kid otherwise but come on man

It was. But people round these parts don't gaf about any other culture except their own.

 

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

I’m sure that he’s devastated by this lol

They know he won't. But that's not the point of making it public.

 

[OrangeTsar]

I hope he was bluffing, Tennessee called his hand, and he goes somewhere else for less money than what he was guaranteed here.

It will be a good life lesson for him and other recruits.

We should have renegotiated to give him $ 1 million for every game he won; and then bench his skinny a$$ every game

 

[OrangeInKy]

Burning some of those UT Hawaiian shirts and lei’s, I can get behind that.

Still got a couple Polynesian players on the team

 

[KeyVol14]

Crazy to think how it got to this point. Glad huepel made the right decision. At least we have more money to spend in the portal.

 

[OrangeTsar]

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Miss Gene Hackman. That was an incredible movie (even if it WAS set in Indiana)

 

[loservol]

I find this the equivalent of me going into my boss's office and asking for a raise. His first ? would be what was your performance rating last year? Oh, it was average like most employees. OK, how much do you want? I want you to double my salary! To which his correct response would be......

Lot of people get angry over that nonsense, but don't understand all the hard work and development of new ideas that make real bank to earn those 4 and 5's on performance reviews.

 

[MurphyVol]

He'll probably end up with an even bigger payday and good for him.if he does. Nobody will look out for you as much as you will for yourself. Sound like a good deal for both sides.

 

[BernardKingGOAT]

1. I'm pretty sure he isn't the only player we are going to lose over this.
2. while there may be potentially capable guys in reserve they are extremely young and unproven
3. The shakeup at OL from last year to this year was already going to be a hurdle to overcome. we needed a QB with experience.

I'm not saying Tennessee is going to lose 10 games this year, but I'm definitely saying they aren't going to win 10 games. it's going to be a bumpy ride again just like a couple years ago.

I'm not so sure we are going to lose any impactful receivers over this