Schlossnagle to Texas!!

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BP4Prez said:
What’s the beef between Schloss and Tony? Feel like Tony wanted no part of being mentioned with him (or coaching under him).
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If it turns out to be true that Schloss's TA&M assistants had been recruiting for Texas since April, it isn't a stretch to speculate that Tennessee's recruiters would have been talking to some of those same guys and discovered what they were doing.

Some enterprising reporter/podcaster is going to go back and review all of Tony's public statements since April, and look for some recurring themes, or things that Tony said with special emotion or conviction that wasn't obviously explainable in the concurrent moment.
 
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I can’t imagine how he will be received when they travel to A&M next year. Texas gave A&M a big FU by firing their coach the day of the finals and hiring A&M’s coach the day after. Total dick move by Texas and Schlossnagle.
 
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rocketskates said:
Not sure that’s a smart move on his part. He had a stacked roster returning and likely could’ve been in the final again next season. Now he’s going to a much more high pressure job. Whatever floats your boat. Opposing fans can call Tony a d-bag all they want, at least he’s loyal and doesn’t play these stupid games.
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He will use the transfer portal to take some players with him, same as the UK coach at ARKY. Everybody taking care of #1. The TAM team will be decimated.
 
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I’m changing my original post to a more intriguing thought.

Did Jimbo Fisher’s buyout have something to do with A&M not being able to compete for Schlossnagle? Surely A&M could compete with an offer for a raise under normal circumstances.
 
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He is leaving, after swearing up and down in the post CWS broadcast that A&M was his home and his last coaching job. 🤪
Silicon Valley Liar GIF


The article also stated that Schlossnagle was the best ( 2nd best) baseball coach.


Coach vowed to 'never' leave. A day later, he left for archrival.​

 
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EZE said:
It’s only a mistake if the original conference stalwarts and the commissioner allow it to be.
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We let Texas in because of the money they bring. The commissioner is all about the money so he'll tend to appease them. The conference stalwarts will have about the same success against SEC Texas bias as they've had against SEC Bama bias. But we can still push.
 
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SpaceCoastVol said:
July 1st is going to be a sad day in the history of our conference.
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It's almost as if the SEC hired someone from professional wrestling to come advise them on promoting their product. Seeing that SEC expansion was becoming too geographically stretched to retain its traditional basis for rivalry, it was advised to bring in a school to be the perpetual villain, the heel, the universally despised bad character, regardless of their team's current record.

Not stating that as a serious hypothesis, just sayin' that if you compare the University of Texas and their fanbase to any wrestling villain... the marketing similarities get interesting.
 
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I have long listened to people talk. I have been trained to listen to what they say. Not the emotion or the manipulation, but the actual word choice. Many people, not all, were taught since childhood that lying is bad. As such, they subconsciously choose their words to not lie when they don't, or can't, tell the truth.

The minute I saw Schloss' presser, I picked up on his word choice.
I turned to my wife and said, "Holy Crow, the A&M coach is going to Texas!!!!"

Schlossnagle's words:

"I left my family to be the coach at Texas A&M. I took the job at Texas A&M to never take another job again. That hasn’t changed in my mind.”

See it?

It hadn't changed in his mind. He knew it had changed in his reality. He was still trying to figure out how and when to express it to the rest of the country, and he wasn't ready to do it in the presser. He wasn't mad at having his loyalty questioned. He was mad that he hadn't come up with the answer by the time he was asked about it.

Best training tip I ever received: Listen to what people actually say. They will tell you what they mean. Don't fill in the blanks for them, then you are listening to what you want them to say, not what they actually say.
 
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Proud Army Wife said:
Yeah they announced 3 of his assistants going with him. Wiener is one of them. They were in on the coup with Schloss.
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Well then, that explains quite a bit. I told my husband when game 3 started, Schloss is gone, just by looking at the way he acted, body language. Wasn’t completely sure about Wiener, but I thought he had a demeanor to him also. Looks like everyone knew except the players. Just another dagger in a&m’s back from the longhorns.
 
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BruisedOrange said:
Man, I really feel for those A&M fans! What a kick to the gut, when they had everything trending upward.

And, as one comment I read on an Aggie site noted, "Held us hostage for an $85 mill stadium upgrade and then leaves. No integrity."

This is what pursuing happiness/fulfillment with a materialist worldview does to everyone.

I think fans in every SEC stadium should boo him relentlessly every time he and Texas visits. Make it personal. Make it so shameful and uncomfortable and socially unacceptable that other coaches will think twice before divorcing their team.

We still have the power of shame. Instead of ragging on other players, let's put our most negative voices to a positive use.
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This and 50 cents, maybe a dollar now, will get you a cup of coffee. Who started this nonsense of shaming people? If I just signed a multimillion $$$ contract and you shamed me, then I am a happy guy. Shame? What nonsense. He made a dick move saying what he did, but his decision was an economic one.
 
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DooleyOrangePants said:
I’d take anyone but Kent. ESPN ruined whatever good I could have mustered for the kid.

No family shots or backgrounds for the rest of their team, it was “All Kent, All The Time”. Don’t want that clown show in Knoxville.
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And I honestly think it's shameful how his dad acts. I don't give a damn what his dad accomplished and what he's seen, to not cheer for your son is hard to comprehend.
 
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Ritzwatch said:
I have long listened to people talk. I have been trained to listen to what they say. Not the emotion or the manipulation, but the actual word choice. Many people, not all, were taught since childhood that lying is bad. As such, they subconsciously choose their words to not lie when they don't, or can't, tell the truth.

The minute I saw Schloss' presser, I picked up on his word choice.
I turned to my wife and said, "Holy Crow, the A&M coach is going to Texas!!!!"

Schlossnagle's words:

"I left my family to be the coach at Texas A&M. I took the job at Texas A&M to never take another job again. That hasn’t changed in my mind.”

See it?

It hadn't changed in his mind. He knew it had changed in his reality. He was still trying to figure out how and when to express it to the rest of the country, and he wasn't ready to do it in the presser. He wasn't mad at having his loyalty questioned. He was mad that he hadn't come up with the answer by the time he was asked about it.

Best training tip I ever received: Listen to what people actually say. They will tell you what they mean. Don't fill in the blanks for them, then you are listening to what you want them to say, not what they actually say.
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God bless you if you had to spend time in Washington, D.C. practicing those skills! But they teach the same in the counseling field.

I had the same sense upon hearing phrases that were carefully parsed--as one should expect, anticipating the question--yet without ever saying the simple and direct, "No." When he then followed the statement with anger and misdirection (i.e., your question is the real problem here), I just knew.

It was the press conference equivalent to standing in front of the cellar door with your arms spread when the police enter the house.
 
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VOLtaism said:
He will use the transfer portal to take some players with him, same as the UK coach at ARKY. Everybody taking care of #1. The TAM team will be decimated.
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Kinda feel for em a little. I’ve got nothing against A&M when we aren’t playing them, and I remember all to well how it feels to have your coach jump ship, take the star players and staff with him. Took us until the hiring of Heupel to recover.
 
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VolGirl81 said:
I feel bad for the a&m players. Wonder if he takes his pitching coach with him to Texas? If he does, It was definitely determined before the final game which is pretty sad. A&M got Kiffined.
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He took everyone with him. 100% pre-planned. I did find his ho hum attitude a bit strange. Like when we came back to take game 2 he was just kinda like “welp, I guess we will play a game 3 now”.

 
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oldfiji said:
At least Dickey had graduated from UF so he could claim he was going home. And he did return to KnoxVegas as AD later
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Good to know, Maybe if Danny White ever leaves we may bring Kiffen back as AD. If Dickey had been successful at UF I doubt he would have came back. I probably would have been OK with the A&M guy going to Texas had he not berated the reporter in the manner he did. Coaches have been doing it for years, seems a bigger deal now players do it as well.
 
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