Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[DD4ME]

Slay it

 

[SKV84]

Syracuse is apparently interested in Nico...my Lord ....imagine that game in ATL if he goes there.

 

[captainfalcon777]

Love these

 

[Enki_Amenra]

We should offer him $1.2m,

 

[Ten_Titans]

Hate to see it

I was wrong. I thought he would see more interest.

Even teams that hypothetically have the money... I'm sure the number is more about being able to quickly cut ties if need be. Anyone that pays him what we paid him is going to be setting themselves up to be taken hostage just like us.

 

[DD4ME]

 

[Sugaray13]

Syracuse is apparently interested in Nico...my Lord ....imagine that game in ATL if he goes there.

We would sit back in a zone and only rush 4 without pressure on the quarterback. Our luck he would be 30-35 with 400 yards and 6 TD’s. On top of that 10 rushes for 80 yards and 2 more TD’s.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

I was wrong. I thought he would see more interest.

Even teams that hypothetically have the money... I'm sure the number is more about being able to quickly cut ties if need be. Anyone that pays him what we paid him is going to be setting themselves up to be taken hostage just like us.

He has 0 leverage. If the best offer is $100k, he either takes it or ends his career.

 

[jpope9]

We would sit back in a zone and only rush 4 without pressure on the quarterback. Our luck he would be 30-35 with 400 yards and 6 TD’s. On top of that 10 rushes for 80 yards and 2 more TD’s.

that's the TN way

 

[Orange.]

Big Nick and his bff agent were asking Tulane for more than Tulane's head coach makes.

 

[DD4ME]

Man oh man

 

[BleedorangeinGA]

Syracuse is apparently interested in Nico...my Lord ....imagine that game in ATL if he goes there.

Well, our coaches schemed all year long on how to hide his shortcomings. Should be an easy gameplan to write up for Banks.

 

[DD4ME]

Did Nico just AB himself?

 

[JohnnyD1024]

Big Nick and his bff agent were asking Tulane for more than Tulane's head coach makes. Completely out of touch with reality.

Btw, Tulane's most recent coach (quite good imo) is now at Georgia Tech. They couldn't keep him.

If you're referring to Willie Fritz, he left Tulane to be the head coach at Houston. It was reported that he was leaving Tulane for Georgia Tech but it didn't happen.

 

[Orange.]

It's interesting that none of these coaches speaking out now ever say anything about Nick Saban doing his utmost to strike a "transactional" deal with Nico. Saban was bragging at the time that his quarterback made more than $2 million a year, iirc. I still suspect that Saban was behind the investigation. He was still after Nico. It's reprhensible that he gets away with his "I told you so" bit.

 

[IAmTheBelvedere]

He has 0 leverage. If the best offer is $100k, he either takes it or ends his career.

Stop, stop it…..it’s almost been four hours….do I go to a Dr?!

 

[vol4eva]

Who would even want to play with Nico at this point? He cares more about his stacks than leading a football team.

 

[vols 30]

Stop, stop it…..it’s almost been four hours….do I go to a Dr?!

Twss

 

[TN-POSSUM]

There were 3 fence jumps that were impressive! Mail carriers with athletic ability.

I had an "Olympic" moment similar to that one time. I worked at the telephone company for several years. I got ran back to my van multiple times but the worst was when the customer accidentally let the dog slide by him as soon as I got on their porch. I'd been there before and knew the guy was weak and sickly, but he was very nice and wouldn't intentionally let the dog out on anyone. I also knew that dog would eat my face off if it ever got loose. Welp, I could hear the dog's paws coming across their hardwood floors and they were were getting faster. As soon as that door opened, I jumped down 5 steps, took off in a sprint, and had to clear 30 yards to get to my service van. Luckily my windows were down. I dove through the passenger window (head 1st), monkey flipped to an upright position, and was cranking the window up (it was manually operated, Thank GOD), in less than a second. The dog was trying to jump through the window as I was rolling it up. I threw a "sorry we missed you, please reschedule" tag out the window and left.

 

[BigSteve09]

Nico is going to have to drop his price to 500k-1.5M to get his true list of suitors. The types of teams he originally wanted will have renewed interest.

His offers will range from 100-500k to ride the bench as a backup at a good program, with the option for 2-4M in the future.

To 1M-1.5M on a meh team

No doubt his dad will spin it as the best thing that ever happened for him.

 

[DD4ME]

I had an "Olympic" moment similar to that one time. I worked at the telephone company for several years. I got ran back to my van multiple times but the worst was when the customer accidentally let the dog slide by him as soon as I got on their porch. I'd been there before and knew the guy was weak and sickly, but he was very nice and wouldn't intentionally let the dog out on anyone. I also knew that dog would eat my face off if it ever got loose. Welp, I could hear the dog's paws coming across their hardwood floors and they were were getting faster. As soon as that door opened, I jumped down 5 steps, took off in a sprint, and had to clear 30 yards to get to my service van. Luckily my windows were down. I dove through the passenger window (head 1st), monkey flipped to an upright position, and was cranking the window up (it was manually operated, Thank GOD), in less than a second. The dog was trying to jump through the window as I was rolling it up. I threw a "sorry we missed you, please reschedule" tag out the window and left.

One nimble Possum

 

[SpringBokVol]

Nico might end up okay, but I might be enjoying this way too much.

 

[DD4ME]

Nico is going to have to drop his price to 500k-1.5M to get his true list of suitors. The types of teams he originally wanted will have renewed interest.

His offers will range from 100-500k to ride the bench as a backup at a good program, with the option for 2-4M in the future.

To 1M-1.5M on a meh team

No doubt his dad will spin it as the best thing that ever happened for him.

He's going to live with scars from this one for life. He needs a pr team at this point. Do a sympathetic interview. It's in our best interest he land somewhere and this gets buried.

 

[NoogaVol96]

Syracuse is apparently interested in Nico...my Lord ....imagine that game in ATL if he goes there.

Our defense will tear him apart

 

[BigSteve09]

He's going to live with scars from this one for life. He needs a pr team at this point. Do a sympathetic interview. It's in our best interest he land somewhere and this gets buried.

I maintain his best course of action would have been to go to UNC for a song. Their schedule is friendly and Bill still has connections and respect in the NFL. He could rehab Nico's image on and off the field, and restore Nico's (and family's) long term options and goals. However, his father will have to swallow his massive pride. If they can admit they lost this particular engagement, they can still restore an opportunity to succeed in the long run.