Recruiting Football Talk VIII

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BigSteve09 said:
great

I hope we do have a big fish on the line. I still doubt it, but sure.

For all you gamers out there, Angeli would be like adding a 78 OVR to the roster in NCAA 25. Not elite, but serviceable. And sometimes that's all you get.

The thing I like most about him is that he's been through a ton of QB battles, and if he's coming here, it's because he thinks he can win. Which would mean a very agressive QB battle through the offseason and fall camp. It will engage and likely advance everyone in the QB room. That's certainly fantastic. The QB battle was relatively non-existent otherwise. Everyone knew it was Nico's.

For the guys that think there's bigger and better out there

I'd love to walk into the liquor store, and have it full of Taylor and Weller and all sorts of other things I've loved to have over the years. But if all those bottles on the top shelf and second highest shelf are super glued to the freaking shelf, I can't very buy those can I?

So I have to get a common bottle, a dependable drink that won't wow, but certainly won't disappoint.

As long as we don't walk out with a bottle of Evan Green Label, I can live.
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Same
 
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DD4ME said:
Same
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The thing I like most about him is that he's been through a ton of QB battles, and if he's coming here, it's because he thinks he can win. Which would mean a very agressive QB battle through the offseason and fall camp. It will engage and likely advance everyone in the QB room. That's certainly fantastic. The QB battle was relatively non-existent otherwise. Everyone knew it was Nico's.
 
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DD4ME said:

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Yeah I talked about that last night,
Nico taking Matthews to Cali with him to "work on the new offense" basically amounted to walking out on all of our other WRs who could have been a part of the same experience in Knoxville. I'm suspicious he was trying to recruit Matthews to leave with him.
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BigSteve09 said:
The thing I like most about him is that he's been through a ton of QB battles, and if he's coming here, it's because he thinks he can win. Which would mean a very agressive QB battle through the offseason and fall camp. It will engage and likely advance everyone in the QB room. That's certainly fantastic. The QB battle was relatively non-existent otherwise. Everyone knew it was Nico's.
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We agree and he's battle tested in a high stakes environment. He is a very very solid floor that many will complain about lol if we land him.

Hubbs asked it best though...who's the best decision maker and quick thinker available. With limited time to learn it all that matters more than velocity. He made good points.
 
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BigSteve09 said:
every time I see Nico's face on articles or YouTube vids, Podcast graphics... I'm just like man I can't believe he did this

It all makes sense why someone like him, or someones like his family, would do this. If you make it about the money, the conversation is always about the money, but what a crock
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It occurred to me this morning that yet another in a 100 ways that Big brainless Nic and his agent pal harmed Nico was demanding (if reports were true) that Nico redshirt his freshman season. More playing time his first year would have helped him a lot last year.

Moreover, Nick was acting like Nico was a 3-year guy. So wft difference was a redshirt going to make, unless they either actually thought Nico would be five years in college, or he just loved to meddle to the detriment of the team and their son.
 
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Hell Brendan Sullivan probably would do alright as a 1 year "no threat" type of guy.

Has been in college 4 years, played in 23 games. career 69.4% completion on 248 attempts. Seems he's lost the starting role a few times because of injuries though. So might not be durable enough for a SEC schedule.
 
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Orange. said:
It occurred to me this morning that yet another in a 100 ways that Big brainless Nic and his agent pal harmed Nico was demanding (if reports were true) that Nico redshirt his freshman season. More playing time his first year would have helped him a lot last year.

Moreover, Nick was acting like Nico was a 3-year guy. So wft difference was a redshirt going to make, unless they either actually thought Nico would be five years in college, or he just loved to meddle to the detriment of the team and their son.
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I think they were trying to find ways to get the bag as quickly as possible and not play here

The more that comes out, the more it seems they were trying to frontload earlier payments, especially this last December negotiation

I think they would have taken the money and left

I'm not sure the dad and/or agent ever wanted Nico to stay here longterm
 
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There’s several factors that go into take a transfer prospect and with how scorned Nico left our staff I believe it’s causing more caution into who they bring in.
 
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Enki_Amenra said:
Does a player have to be in the portal to be contacted or does the portal window just need to be open?
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Our football coaching staff can't talk to them unless they've entered. But others affiliated with us can, including players and NIL people, iirc. And the players who have not entered the portal and their agents, etc., can initiate contact with anyone. Also once the portal window closes, everyone there is still available unless they officially withdraw. The window is for portal entry.

Someone let me know if this is wrong, please.
 
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