Marcum to meet with Toliver Tuesday morning

This week will be an interesting one as far as the T.T. Toliver drama goes. The veteran receiver is expected to report to practice Tuesday morning and meet with Storm coach Tim Marcum. Toliver, if you'll recall, either left the team or was fired two weeks ago. Marcum says Toliver informed him that he was quitting the squad during a meeting May 28. The coach/GM then placed the wide receiver, who at the time was leading the team in every major receiving category, on the "Left Squad" list, which means a player can not have contact with the team for two weeks. The player also is not paid during that time period.

Toliver has since filed a grievance with the AFL Player Association claiming that he did not quit the team, and thus was placed on the "Left Squad" list improperly.

Toliver comes off the "Left Squad" list Tuesday. Marcum said that the wide receiver informed the team via a letter that he intended to report for practice Tuesday. The grievance is still pending and is expected to go before an arbitrator later this week. Marcum said he doesn't know how he is going to handle the situation with Toliver.

"Some of it may be up to him, some of it may be up to some of our guys," Marucm said. "I don’t know that this team wants him back."

Since Toliver plans on showing up at the St. Pete Times Forum, the team essentially has to either pay him or release him. It could conceivably allow Toliver back on the roster and keep him inactive, but that would seem to be a waste of money (Marcum has said Toliver is making $65,000 a year). However, if it released him, he'd be free to sign with any team in the league. It's hard to imagine a playoff team like Orlando not welcoming Toliver for the rest of the season.

"I just don't know what I'm going to do," Marcum said.

OTHER NOTES: Look for some changes in the secondary this week. "I'm not pleased with what's going on back there," Marcum said. Though DB Jeroid Johnson's job is safe, Khalid Naziruddin, Bo Rogers and Traco Rachal could see their playing time decrease. Alex Wallace, whom the team signed to the practice squad last week, will likely get an opportunity. Wallace started the season with New Orleans and was the defense player of the year in AF2 last year. . .A quick update on veteran lineman Rod Williams, who suffered a collapsed lung a couple weeks ago in a loss to Georgia. He's back home in Tampa, but likely won't be around the team in the near future as he recovers from surgery.