On Monday, the Aggies came within one run of their first College World Series title. On Tuesday, A&M Head Coach Jim Schlossnagle did the unthinkable.
It’s DJ Screw Day! 🍇🔩Here’s what to know about the Texas native, named the originator of ‘Chopped and Screwed’ musicFILE - Texas A&M head coach Jim Schlossnagle watches warm-ups before an NCAA baseball game against Florida on Saturday, March 16, 2024, in Gainesville, Fla.
exas A&M will play Tennessee in the best-of-three College World Series final beginning Saturday night in Omaha, Nebraska. Both teams are seeking their first national championship in baseball. On Monday, the Aggies came within one run of their first College World Series title. On Tuesday, A&M Head Coach Jim Schlossnagle did the unthinkable. Less than a day after he had the Aggies on the brink of immortality and passionately pledged his commitment to the team,, taking three prominent assistant coaches with him to become the head coach at Texas. Judas himself would shiver at the thought of such treachery.UT wasted no time showing off their shiny new toys. Schlossnagle’s X profile was covered in Longhorn branding within hours of the news of his departure on Tuesday afternoon. His profile location changed from College Station to Austin within the timeframe of the two-hour drive between the cities.Texas held Schlossnagle’s opening press conference at 11 a.m. sharp Wednesday morning. They pulled out all the stops, with a name-plated No. 22 jersey, giant lightbulb letters reading, “COACH SCHLOSS,” and all the ceremonial hubris that has become synonymous with the UT ethos. A lighted sign awaits Jim Schlossnagle before he is introduced as the new NCAA college head baseball coach at Texas, Wednesday, June 26, 2024, in Austin, Texas. Schlossnagle left rival program Texas A&M. It’s also worth noting that all of this fanfare was executed insanely fast for a hire that allegedly wasn’t discussed during A&M’s run in Omaha. If Schlossnagle wasn’t offered this job until this week, the work ethic of the Texas athletics staff clearly shined executing on such a tight deadline. For everyone involved with the A&M baseball team at any level, the last 48 hours have been a speedrun through the five stages of grief. Several of the Aggies’ top players from the past season have entered the transfer portal, including Jace LaViolette, Gavin Grahovac, Kaeden Kent and Hayden Schott. It’s unclear whether or not they intend to follow their former coach across the aisle, but it would be safe to assume they will each be heavily courted by Bennedict Arnold in his new burnt orange cap.Sophomore pitcher Joshua Stewart quoted the Aggie Honor Code in his Instagram caption, taking a clear shot at his former coach’s ethics.“…Not once in my career was he a respectable man to me. I stuck with him because I wanted to be an Aggie and in the SEC…”On Wednesday night, Aggie fans on X discovered that Schlossnagle’s Venmo account was public and active, leading many to spam his account with requests for money. The messages accompanying these requests included varying levels of pettiness.It’s still unclear what the future holds for A&M baseball. The coaching staff is gutted, and many players seem to have also jumped ship. Teams with 50+ win seasons typically don’t enter full-scale rebuilds just days after the last out is called, but that’s the state of college athletics right now. Texas got one over on A&M; there’s no way around that. They have the biggest national brand—and more importantly, the deepest pockets—in college baseball, and that’s something worth celebrating when it lands a splash hire like this. On the other side of that coin, the Longhorns better hope they stay at the top of the food chain, because their new leader will be the first one out the door if he sees even a speck greener grass. That’s something you can trust about him.Michael is a Kingwood native who loves shooting hoops, visiting local breweries and overreacting to Houston sports. He joined the KPRC family in the spring of 2024. He earned his B.A. from Texas A&M University in 2022 and his M.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2023.
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