Recruiting Football Talk VIII

[Plove23]

Nice. I'll definitely be watching him this year. Still wish we could've kept him around.

Ty. Me too

 

[Adam Sandler]

I already don’t like Nico’s dad for being the handler, but at some point it became Nico’s situation to handle and he didn’t show up. If it doesn’t work out, I won’t forgive him for it. This whole situation is ridiculous and tragic for us fans and the team to have to go through.

 

[VolNash17]

He wasn’t lying

 

[jmacvols1]

 

[bignewt]

I already don’t like Nico’s dad for being the handler, but at some point it became Nico’s situation to handle and he didn’t show up. If it doesn’t work out, I won’t forgive him for it. This whole situation is ridiculous and tragic for us fans and the team to have to go through.

"tragic"

 

[Enki_Amenra]

 

[Adam Sandler]

Need to add the t-bone tattoo

 

[TrippieRedd]

The only thing I’ll thank Nico for is beating Clemson for us.

 

[csprig9]

The only thing I’ll thank Nico for is beating Clemson for us.

Lol

 

[Smokey123]

 

[jasonvol18]

Gone are the days when you’ll be able to keep 9-10 solid to great WRs on a roster. 8 is your max, if you’re lucky.

If they’re any good they’ll want playing time and will transfer somewhere they can get that.

Agreed. This was a discussion on talk radio last week. All teams are a few injuries away from having serious issues. You can't load up with depth anymore

 

[mr.checkerboards]

The only thing I’ll thank Nico for is beating Clemson for us.

That was Joe

Nico beat Iowa

 

[TrippieRedd]

Lol

Oh wait

 

[TrippieRedd]

That was Joe

Nico beat Iowa

Oh duh lol

 

[Jpcisco]

Gmac looked pretty legit for a freshman. Might have something here

 

[UTSuave’]

Without a transfer QB, it's extremely clear it's a step back. You're going from QB1 to QB2. That would matter for any team.

Hoping for 8-4, but I'm riding and defending Heupel regardless this year. This isn't on him and he made the right decision. We have to be ready to build toward 2026. It is what it is.

Always two sides to a coin…buddy…let’s for once try and assume when the lights come on we have another manning…we always assume just because they have no game experience or years in the playbook they will fall flat…we don’t know what we have

 

[IASIPNeyland]

Cam looking good in spring game

We will always support him!

 

[Vols2DaWall]

I wonder if @dascoop was from the Nico side of things or still part of UT

 

[volinbama256]

If it was not about money and was about wide receivers, seems a pretty big mistake for us to 1) nit successfully retain our room and 2) not make the investment in the program of replenishing.

it has a lot to do with us not paying the money needed to reload the WR room with weapons... Nico and Dad watching 5 WR's leave and we don't replace them with elite talent. So Nico was going to be working with unproven WRs mostly. Danny and Heup took a chance not paying what was needed to reload that position group. Guess we'll see what happens...

I said earlier this morning, we need to take Nico's money and spend it on the best 2-3 WR's in the spring portal and ride with Merc... if we can get some experienced upper end WR's, that will take some pressure off Merc or whoever takes the QB reigns..

 

[drvenner]

Anyone else feel like our trauma as Vol fans has prepared us for this moment?

I feel desensitized.

Yep. None of us are even blinking. At this point, I'm glad he ****ed around and found out.

 

[Go Fight Win]

Gmac always been the truth

 

[JCP201]

 

[Devo182]

Respectfully it’s not that simple. By that simple logic when Milton got hurt in 2022 as QB1 we took a clear step back. In reality we took a major step forward with Hooker. I’m simply saying it’s hard to predict when we have no idea who will step in. You are also discounting the fact that Nico was clearly a problem behind the scenes. I also don’t think Nico had it and don’t view him as a big time difference maker. I also realize we may have taken a step back but would like to actually see his replacement play. I like you agree with Heupel but am just holding out hope it ends up being a net positive. Anyway, time will tell.

1) Strawman. Milton was nowhere close to the clear-cut QB1 coming into 2021. It was a close race and even HB was on the outside looking in. It was very tight. So much so that HH threw in game 1, 21 times in Game 2, and so on for the rest of the season. Even if Nico struggled through 5 quarters, you would not have seen Merk, Gaston, Gmac lol. He'd be given a very long leash to at least get back to last-season form.

We are not discussing close QB1/QB2 battles, we're talking clear cut situations. Let's not be disingenuous.


2) I should say very likely. I don't know the future, but if you were jumping at the bit to bet the over on Vols season total wins today then you're a gutsier person than myself Again, I hope we can go get Leavitt from ASU or some other stud, then I'm back in the saddle. Otherwise, it seems pretty clear we need to hunker down for a grind this year. Either way it's only short-term pain.

 

[Adam Sandler]

I’m still 30 pages behind. Crazy 24 hours yesterday.

 

[Volnut]

Now that’s funny!