USA Today......"Time to let him go"

[J C Higgins]

Excerpt from an on-line USA Today article by Matt Hayes published this evening:

"And now it’s time to cut him loose.

It’s time for Tennessee athletic director Danny White, one of the nation’s most proactive thinkers, to give coach Josh Heupel a contract extension to cut ties with quarterback Nico Iamaleava, who missed practice Friday while his representatives reportedly are trying to renegotiate his NIL deal. "

White and Heupel should publicly stand together and declare no player will hold a program hostage. Not now, not ever.

The storied program of Gen. Neyland and Johnny Drum and Peyton and I Will Give My All For Tennessee Today won’t stand for this crap. And won’t give another penny to Iamaleava.

Or any other player, now or in the future, who pulls these 11th-hour hijinks."

Tennessee should cut ties with Nico Iamaleava to reset college football's NIL power structure

A guy half the player of Hendon Hooker is holding the Tennessee football program hostage. It's time for the Volunteers to cut loose Nico Iamaleava.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Samthebam]

 

[zeppelin128]

Excerpt from an on-line USA Today article by Matt Hayes published this evening:

"And now it’s time to cut him loose.

It’s time for Tennessee athletic director Danny White, one of the nation’s most proactive thinkers, to give coach Josh Heupel a contract extension to cut ties with quarterback Nico Iamaleava, who missed practice Friday while his representatives reportedly are trying to renegotiate his NIL deal. "

White and Heupel should publicly stand together and declare no player will hold a program hostage. Not now, not ever.

The storied program of Gen. Neyland and Johnny Drum and Peyton and I Will Give My All For Tennessee Today won’t stand for this crap. And won’t give another penny to Iamaleava.

Or any other player, now or in the future, who pulls these 11th-hour hijinks."

Tennessee should cut ties with Nico Iamaleava to reset college football's NIL power structure

A guy half the player of Hendon Hooker is holding the Tennessee football program hostage. It's time for the Volunteers to cut loose Nico Iamaleava.

www.usatoday.com

He's right.

 

[IUGradVol]

Excerpt from an on-line USA Today article by Matt Hayes published this evening:

"And now it’s time to cut him loose.

It’s time for Tennessee athletic director Danny White, one of the nation’s most proactive thinkers, to give coach Josh Heupel a contract extension to cut ties with quarterback Nico Iamaleava, who missed practice Friday while his representatives reportedly are trying to renegotiate his NIL deal. "

White and Heupel should publicly stand together and declare no player will hold a program hostage. Not now, not ever.

The storied program of Gen. Neyland and Johnny Drum and Peyton and I Will Give My All For Tennessee Today won’t stand for this crap. And won’t give another penny to Iamaleava.

Or any other player, now or in the future, who pulls these 11th-hour hijinks."

Tennessee should cut ties with Nico Iamaleava to reset college football's NIL power structure

A guy half the player of Hendon Hooker is holding the Tennessee football program hostage. It's time for the Volunteers to cut loose Nico Iamaleava.

www.usatoday.com

Bravo!

 

[allvol17]

Agree completely.

Who writes these contracts? Why don't they have provisions for this type of shite?

 

[dduncan4163]

I hate everything about it but I agree. The fanbase has soured on him and there's no putting the toothpaste back in the tube.

 

[dduncan4163]

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[stolitonic]

Can't really disagree with any of what was written

I'm sure Nico will get his money from someone.

I also think that team will have serious buyers remorse in the bitter end.

I know I kind of do. We were sold the next Manning and ended up getting a slightly better JG

 

[DonDiego]

I've been a Nico fan, I've been defending him, but if he's blowing off practice to negotiate or prove a point, I'm done with his azz. He's way off too good to replace. I absolutely hate the new reality.

 

[Orangeblooded615]

Pay him and see how the season plays out. If yall think a transfer learning the system or merk/mac is ready, yall are crazy. Merk is an an 8 win season. This is the landscape of nil. Minor league football. If we don't have the money to pay him. Someone else will.

 

[casual-observer]

Pay him and see how the season plays out. If yall think a transfer learning the system or merk/mac is ready, yall are crazy. Merk is an an 8 win season. This is the landscape of nil. Minor league football. If we don't have the money to pay him. Someone else will.

Your arguments are sound except paying sets a precedent for every player to hold out. The team just becomes a group of individuals. You have to set a standard and let him go.

 

[UTblood4life]

Your arguments are sound except paying sets a precedent for every player to hold out. The team just becomes a group of individuals. You have to set a standard and let him go.

Totally agree. Every player with NIL would start a strike for more money. Let him go

 

[Rockytopoftheworld]

 

[LittleVol]

Your arguments are sound except paying sets a precedent for every player to hold out. The team just becomes a group of individuals. You have to set a standard and let him go.

His argument is based off absolutely nothing.

Merklinger had the better growth this spring and was a highly rated 4 star himself.

4000 yards of offense and 50 TDs for Calvary Day Georgia. Team went 13-1.

Had 3 TDs last Orange and White game??

 

[Other_Guy]

Can we not at least wait until we find out the details before we completely burn the bridge?

 

[PalmettoStateVol]

Pay him and see how the season plays out. If yall think a transfer learning the system or merk/mac is ready, yall are crazy. Merk is an an 8 win season. This is the landscape of nil. Minor league football. If we don't have the money to pay him. Someone else will.

I'll take an 8 win season to prove to these b!tch azz type players that this kind of "negotiation" won't be tolerated. If you attempt to hold the university hostage at the 11th hour for a money grab, we'll help you pack your things.

I keep hearing about Nico Iamgonnaleaveya's talent, but all he's shown so far is the massive amount of improvement he still needs to make. He can kick rocks.

 

[LakeMaryFLVol]

Heard Dad driving this bus. Hope it works out and he stays

 

[Butch s]

isn’t this whole NIL thing just great. It has made the game so much better

 

[captennmike]

Cut him loose, he hasn't earned what he's getting already.

 

[VOLfrombama]

If he hadn’t no showed, I would say negotiate a new deal with him and meet in the middle somewhere. His pre-medonna move to skip practice and ignore calls/texts from coaches tells me all I need to know about his true character.

Cut his azzz and invest in kids that want to be here.

 

[Flogballs]

Pay him and see how the season plays out. If yall think a transfer learning the system or merk/mac is ready, yall are crazy. Merk is an an 8 win season. This is the landscape of nil. Minor league football. If we don't have the money to pay him. Someone else will.

Even if they are “just business” decisions you come to the table in good faith. Besides, after this stunt and its untold effect on the locker room, who is to say we won’t be an 8 win team with Nico

 

[Butch s]

Pay him and see how the season plays out. If yall think a transfer learning the system or merk/mac is ready, yall are crazy. Merk is an an 8 win season. This is the landscape of nil. Minor league football. If we don't have the money to pay him. Someone else will.

Round up all his belongings that are in Knoxville, tell him he has 1 hour to vacate the premises

 

[sonofUT62]

Cut him loose. But disagree about this equating to an extension for JH. Nico was his hand picked guy. He chose poorly. I think he’s a great coach and I’m glad that we have him, but zero reason for him to benefit from this.

 

[loservol]

Cut him loose. But disagree about this equating to an extension for JH. Nico was his hand picked guy. He chose poorly. I think he’s a great coach and I’m glad that we have him, but zero reason for him to benefit from this.

This is the 2nd time he has chose poorly at QB, because Milton was the first.

 

[Majors]

Agree completely.

Who writes these contracts? Why don't they have provisions for this type of shite?

Can’t blame Mike Hamilton on this one as bad as he was in contracts.

Todays frustration should be from vendors who supported his brand, and already went to print and manufacture with for the OW game. The kids traveling today to watch him play because tickets are cheap.