Recruiting Football Talk VIII

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BigSteve09 said:
I agree. I think whoever gets Nico will get him on a bargain bin deal

wondering if someone finally got through to their camp on 1-year decisions vs 5-year decisions

the hit his potential NFL earnings took could be massive, and his PR/marketability took a monster hit

seeking an extra 1-2M for 2025 could have cost him 10-20M through 2030.

Grandpa Bill rehab camp is about the only option they have, and he's holding a Nico coupon
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It will be very interesting to see how he performs in an NFL offense with 3 months to prepare on a team all learning on the fly. UCLA is no better- new coach.
 
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I am 100% OK with Nico being gone. He and family clearly came because of the money and are now gone because of the money.

I just do not want to recruit guys whose only reason for coming to UT is the big check. Let's go Tony V's method. Be so dang good at developing players and getting noticed for the pros while having good shots at winning natties as a team that you will take less if necessary. The big payday should be after the draft.

Which is what bothers me most about Heup's coaching staff. Tony has the best staff in the biz, IMO, Heup does not.
 
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rltw1974 said:
Interesting take from TJ Houshmandzadeh. BLUF: Nico and family say TN is lying, and that Heupel promised to tweak offense to better prepare Nico for the NFL, then didn't do it.

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Then play the spring game, don't skip practice, don't ghost your teammates, and enter the transfer portal this week like anyone with a functional brain and an ounce of appreciation for what the school, coaches, teammates, and fans did for you.
 
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Who are the big Twitter guys in here?

What’s out there on Nico’s dad right now? Any good tweets directly at him? Anything from him?
 
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volfaninpa said:
Then play the spring game, don't skip practice, don't ghost your teammates, and enter the transfer portal this week like anyone with a functional brain and an ounce of appreciation for what the school, coaches, teammates, and fans did for you.
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Do we really believe noone on the Heup staff contacted nico after January?
 
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rltw1974 said:
Interesting take from TJ Houshmandzadeh. BLUF: Nico and family say TN is lying, and that Heupel promised to tweak offense to better prepare Nico for the NFL, then didn't do it.

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That's nothing but a lie. There's been all kinds of reports of changes to the offense and even players talking about the "new" offense...and it includes more pistol formation and fewer wide splits. Heupel has absolutely tweaked the offense.
 
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I'm seeing some on twitter question whether or not TN is being truthful with how this played out.

I'm not sure how to explain this without sounding like an ass. But to be clear i do not care. As Heupel mentioned nobody is bigger than the power T. If we made some mistakes here on our end then so be it. I'm sure we did. But there's no doubt Nico's side did too.

This feels like a big time Danny White orchestration. Which is why we brought him here. You cannot have a university failure broadcasted to the country. We had that happen too many times in the past. Protect your coach and protect your program and fix any issues that may have happened internally without undermining your own momentum in the sport.

Whatever happened with Nico, Tennessee handled how it was released to the public beautifully. Flawlessly. That shouldn't go unnoticed here and it would have never played out like this at a pre-Danny White TN.

We are still seen as a contender and a high value destination. I would guess if there was a failure on Heupels end it was believing in this kid for too long. But i would rather have a coach like that than the alternative.

Cause as we all have seen, sometimes you have a Nico and sometimes you have a Jauan Jennings.

Heupel will learn from this and we'll likely be better for it in the long run.
 
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Glitch said:
No mowing for me for a while. Having the first of my hips replaced on Thursday, so I will be unable to complete my lawn care duties and responsibilities. Good news is, crocs are not forbidden in the recovery phase.



<insert joke>
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I know several people that have had it and unreal how fast the recovery is. A buddy had it a few weeks ago and in a couple of weeks will be good to go, at least normal stuff..A New man.

Good luck.
 
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rltw1974 said:
Interesting take from TJ Houshmandzadeh. BLUF: Nico and family say TN is lying, and that Heupel promised to tweak offense to better prepare Nico for the NFL, then didn't do it.

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A friend of the family doing the best PR job they’ve attempted but come on everyone would have to be in on lying about practice. That ain’t happening. I don’t think we could get posters in this thread to agree to spout the same lie for even an hour.
 
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Ten_Titans said:
I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but the "negotiation" had nothing to do with his fair market value.

I'm a software engineer. It would be very much like if I got hired. Then I went in and embedded myself in all the projects. Then I went back two months later and asked for more money because the operation would grind to a halt without me. That is at best bad faith negotiation, and at worst it is literal extortion.

The collective committed to him in every way possible, and Nico's team leveraged their own commitment against them. The idea that some governing body does not need rules in place that prevent that from happening is asinine.
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Who is the governing body that makes rules to prevent that from happening with software engineers?
 
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Orangeburst said:
I know several people that have had it and unreal how fast the recovery is. A buddy had it a few weeks ago and in a couple of weeks will be good to go, at least normal stuff..A New man.

Good luck.
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Thank you. Going to get the second one done a little later this year. Looking forward to a lot less pain and spending more time enjoying my family.
 
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csprig9 said:
Thoughts???


Nico goes to tulane

Stays another year and follows Tulane a coach jon sumerall to UK
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He’d play the Vols in Neyland… and if you thought the return of Lane was a blood bath, then this would rise to levels of hatred the likes of which this great country has never seen before.
 
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