Was Nico's dad and the agent the reason behind all of this?

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BernardKingGOAT said:
There's no doubt there was activity with his agent and his Dad. He's at an age where it's highly possible he's been submissive to their actions
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This article sheds some light on Dad’s “activity” during Nico’s career. A lot of folks don’t understand it but it was/is a big factor. Especially the section under “Josh Heupel wouldn’t understand this fatherly advice”.

What really hit a nerve for Josh Heupel when Nico Iamaleava left Tennessee football

Josh Heupel was frustrated with Nico Iamaleava as a coach. But he was furious with him as a quarterback because Heupel would've handled it differently.
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TN Volunteers. said:

I thought this article was interesting because it said that Nico did not even know about them shopping around. Does anyone know how true this in?
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Apparently, according to this article he only has an advisor. And the advisor had nothing to do with it. It was 100% the greedy sap sucking father

Pressure growing on Nico Iamaleava’s dad after $8 million Tennessee standoff went wrong

Like many already suspected, Nico Iamaleava’s father, Nic, played a major role in his son’s drama and departure from Tennessee — despite his denial.
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vol94 said:
The Samoan/ Polynesian culture is different than most.
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dave uiagalelei had his hand in directing the family too. He’s prominent among the So Cal Samoan/Polynesian families as a handler.
 
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Majors said:
dave uiagalelei had his hand in directing the family too. He’s prominent among the So Cal Samoan/Polynesian families as a handler.
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I had read where both he and Nico’s dad have been involved with those families for years in peddling players.
 
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Delmar said:
I had read where both he and Nico’s dad have been involved with those families for years in peddling players.
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They have, probably some truth to him getting in the ear of the family in how Teddy Bridgewater was called up before the playoffs and demoted Hooker to 3rd team.
 
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Regardless it falls on Nico.

If his dad and “agent” did it and he let it happen he clearly lacks leadership.
If he did it; he lacks the loyalty, dedication, and intelligence needed to lead a college team.

At some point every young guy needs to grow up and make important decisions on his own. Good luck to him.
 
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Elhanan said:
Regardless it falls on Nico.

If his dad and “agent” did it and he let it happen he clearly lacks leadership.
If he did it; he lacks the loyalty, dedication, and intelligence needed to lead a college team.

At some point every young guy needs to grow up and make important decisions on his own. Good luck to him.
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He didn’t want to be here. If he did he would have to his dad, I want to be at Tennessee.
 
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I think the father was trying to shop his son around gauging interest because while his 2 mill deal was at the top 2 years ago now it is only in the top 10. I'm sure he thought he could do that in secret, probably because he had done it before. His plan more than likely was to gather information and then discuss with Nico. Coach found out and confronted them, then the sportswriter got the story and everything went viral.

The whole story will come out soon enough. This sage will go on for a long time.
 
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treecejc said:
If what this article says is true about their culture and the family hierarchy and all then I think we can all agree that we need to avoid recruiting those people. Integrity and commitment is clearly not important to them.
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One effed up family dynamic does not represent a whole race of people.
 
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Apparently this is not a new thing for Nico.....

For Luginbill, he had questions about the former Tennessee quarterback dating back to his high school days, and potential ‘red flags' while he was preparing for college ball.

"I felt in that class that Nico was a top-five overall player based on physical talent," Luginbill noted. "We ranked him at #23. Because I was really worried, and our staff was too, that there were some red flags and some concerns in relationship to the process, how they were getting to the end point. And it's been my experience that starts taking place, it does not come to a screeching halt. It carries over into college.
 
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Nico was so surprised about his dad he skipped practice and OW game instead of coming to practice and telling Heupel that he had no idea of what his dad was doing. The man is 20 years old and that is old enough to make your own decisions and if he can't do that then is he the person to QB this or any team ?
 
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