Tennessee went to the mattresses against the NCAA for Nico and he does THIS to repay them?

#27
#27
One last thought: Nico needs better people around him or learn to say no to them. What does this say about him as a leader?
 
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Elhanan said:
Time to adjust expectations if you've not done it already.

Its all about money. The donors don't think he's worth it but he thinks he's worth more.

This is how recruiting works now. You have to recruit each player each season and hope the big money donors in charge of NIL$ agree.
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I don't disagree but it feels like something else is going on here. We know they were negotiating but there didn't seem to be a feeling it wouldn't get done or there was a tipping point coming.

Something shifted quickly in my mind.
 
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The kid has potential but big money and women don't buy potential; they buy reality. Reality hear is we paid top dollar, at the time, and his performance was mid tier sec. An argument could easily be made that he hadn't proven he was worth his initial contract. Nico saw the Beck to Miami deal and got a big head. I have also heard rumors that Merk stole the locker room. I'm guessing the coaches saw this coming and split reps? I'm gonna trust the coach...bvs and all.
 
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Did one of the Freshmen show more in practice?

Was going through a job change and haven't kept up w/Spring Practice reports.
 
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OrangeTsar said:
It is hard to say no to a pushy parent. But Nico needed to do just that.
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From my experience, players' parents can be a real cancer, making their kid's lives miserable because of expectations that exceed the kids ability and/or performance. I think this is the case with Nico. He's now severely damaged goods. Probably cost him millions in the NFL. Instead of one more year and off to the NFL and a huge contract, he'll either have to play two more seasons of college ball to show his potential or go into the draft in '26 and fall 2-4 rounds from where he would have landed.
 
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Dude was brought in to be the face of the program and was marketed around as the face of the program. Kid seemed to be controlled by someone likely his father. This whole thing was handled so poorly by Nico and family. Burned the program, burned his integrity as well. Tennessee will move on and be fine; the mountain will be higher to climb for Nico and company.
 
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ankh83 said:
The kid has potential but big money and women don't buy potential; they buy reality. Reality hear is we paid top dollar, at the time, and his performance was mid tier sec. An argument could easily be made that he hadn't proven he was worth his initial contract. Nico saw the Beck to Miami deal and got a big head. I have also heard rumors that Merk stole the locker room. I'm guessing the coaches saw this coming and split reps? I'm gonna trust the coach...bvs and all.
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I was little disappointed in the lack of fire and leadership from Nico last year anyway. He’s undoubtedly got a talented arm, but he never seemed to rally the team and the QB just needs to be that guy. I say goodbye to him without a lot of sadness… I think we’ll definitely be competitive w/o Nico.
 
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