City Meyer provided a relatively stunning tackle quarterback Nico Iamaleava’s departure from the Tennessee Volunteers.
Meyer stated on “The Triple Option” podcast that the Volunteers are “screwed” due to the Iamaleava scenario.
“Right here’s the fact of this: Tennessee is screwed. They obtained an issue,” Meyer stated. “You lose a possible excessive draft decide. The backup quarterback left final yr, and now you’ve gotten a redshirt freshman that threw 9 passes, and a freshman. You’ve gotten zero expertise. The portal opens as we converse. They’re going to must go get one.
“All people’s saying, hey, good job Tennessee, making a stand. I’ve obtained just a little touch upon that. Tennessee performs Florida normally yearly in October. Are you able to think about that sport’s going the opposite means, and Josh Heupel grabs a microphone and stands on the 50-yard line in Neyland Stadium and says, ‘Hey, it’s okay, I made a stand means again when.’”
Many have praised Tennessee for refusing to provide in to Iamaleava’s calls for, and the participant might actually lose money due to his transfer. Meyer takes a barely totally different view. His level is basically that Tennessee has been left with out a quarterback. Their principled stand towards Iamaleava’s NIL calls for could look good now, however followers are prone to be much less understanding if the quarterback can’t be changed and the crew loses video games due to it.
Iamaleava has instructed there were other reasons beyond money behind his determination to switch.
Redshirt freshman Jake Merklinger and true freshman George MacIntyre are Tennessee’s two quarterback choices in the mean time. Meyer is appropriate that the Vols must do one thing, however it’s not clear the place they could flip.
