*****Aggies @ Vanderbilt - Thursday*****

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In reply to MagnumLoad • 10:11p, 3/20/25
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trouble said:
We ***** about blue all the time here. I even have a list.


Is this guy tonight on the list? Is he consistently one sided against us?


He's consistently bad. We've benefited from it before. It's really sad though because about 5 years ago, he was a good umpire.
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In reply to cheeky • 10:11p, 3/20/25
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Good coaches win with equal talent. Great coaches win no matter. We have neither in 2025.
Then POS isn't a great coach because he had poor seasons at TCU. Same with Augie at t,u and Illinois. I guess Tadlock who was TexAgs favorite our last few seasons under RC also is not a great coach.
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10:14p, 3/20/25
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I wanted to win the series against Vandy and LSU to sweep sip. Both are still in play.
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In reply to Wabs • 10:15p, 3/20/25
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I wanted to win the series against Vandy and LSU to sweep sip. Both are still in play.


Never
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10:17p, 3/20/25
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So looking at the last page of the thread, I'm going to assume I don't need to go back and watch the game.
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In reply to Sea Pony 07 • 10:18p, 3/20/25
It wasn't an awful game. If we were having a better season it would have been a disappointing L but not a bad one.
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In reply to jkag89 • 10:19p, 3/20/25
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It wasn't an awful game. If we were having a better season it would have been a disappointing L but not a bad one.


This but no, I wouldn't go back and watch.
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In reply to Sea Pony 07 • 10:22p, 3/20/25
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User "wheels" highlights on youtube is the way the go. Usually 8-10 minutes and most all interesting plays both ways, which of course our AD doesn't ever publish...
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In reply to jkag89 • 10:24p, 3/20/25
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I we toss a coach after one season it is going to cost extra just to get any quality coach to leave where they currently coaching weather someone that is established or an up and comer on the rise.. I'm not saying we should keep Earley because of this, I just don't think we're going to get anyone on cheap.

I really don't believe this to be the case at all. It's pretty obvious why Earley got the job and why he would.lose it so quick. Very different circumstances and immediate expectations for any new coach.
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In reply to W • 10:25p, 3/20/25
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We need to pay for new talent for a new coach. Not as easy as just slashing the NIL budget for a season.
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In reply to tonytx05 • 10:30p, 3/20/25
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I'm not sure what you're implying. I had season tickets last year and the year prior. Was very much in tune with the search.
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In reply to RED AG 98 • 10:33p, 3/20/25
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User "wheels" highlights on youtube is the way the go. Usually 8-10 minutes and most all interesting plays both ways, which of course our AD doesn't ever publish...


Yeah, I like that channel. I'll probably just check there tomorrow.
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10:39p, 3/20/25
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Video is up

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10:41p, 3/20/25
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Can I get a refund on NIL donations? Directed at football for now.
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In reply to tamc93 • 10:43p, 3/20/25
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Even if this year ends as poorly as it's started I think baseball is probably still a better investment than our football program.
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In reply to Killzone3abc • 10:46p, 3/20/25
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I we toss a coach after one season it is going to cost extra just to get any quality coach to leave where they currently coaching weather someone that is established or an up and comer on the rise.. I'm not saying we should keep Earley because of this, I just don't think we're going to get anyone on cheap.

I really don't believe this to be the case at all. It's pretty obvious why Earley got the job and why he would.lose it so quick. Very different circumstances and immediate expectations for any new coach.
Why would expectations be different? I'm not talking about the ceiling for a first season, I'm talking about the basement. If we show zero patience for a first year head coach who might have been thrown in over his head , why would we show more patience with one that has experience at the helm? I certainly don't see getting an established SEC or ACC coach without opening the checkbook Maybe someone from the west coast who would like a shot in the SEC.
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In reply to trouble • 11:01p, 3/20/25
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We ***** about blue all the time here. I even have a list.


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In reply to tonytx05 • 11:05p, 3/20/25
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Players may have gotten him an interview, but coach got the job based on his own merits. This "players picked the coach" narrative is getting old.


Yup.

And if Early had not been the coach, most likely, most of them would've been gone anyway, so we would've had a completely different team. Who knows what would've been going on then.

And if you think these guys this team, so many from last year, aren't upset about this, I don't know what to tell people. I'm sure they're very frustrated too.

How old this one at all a few years ago after barely getting in and then didn't do **** the next year. And yes, with teams changing out yearly now it's not predictable.

But I too am getting sick of this narrative.
Damn sick of it.

But I'm not on these threads as much as everyone else so I leave most of the bickering up to them.
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In reply to jkag89 • 11:06p, 3/20/25
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Earley was hired to retain an elite roster and continue the upward momentum of the program. He failed. A new coach will have to rebuild the roster/program. Immediate expectations will be much lower because of this. Obviously cant field a completely dog**** team, but not expected to be in the title race year 1. Being a middle of the pack SEC team would be fine for year 1. We are a bottom tier SEC team right now with a loaded roster. It's pretty obvious Earley is way in over his head and that's plenty of reason to not retain his job. Really don't see it having any bearing on a new hire.

Edit: to clarify Earley's acceptable floor was much higher than an incoming coaches would be due to the reason and risks of his hiring. We are way below that acceptable floor.

Edit again: to make it abundantly clear Earley failing in year 1 with this roster leaves nothing to have faith in for the future of his tenure. An experienced coach struggling in year 1 of a full rebuild (what we are staring down the barrel of) will be awarded some grace to build a roster with their prior success as something to have faith in for the future of their tenure.
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In reply to jkag89 • 11:22p, 3/20/25
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Killzone3abc said:
jkag89 said:
I we toss a coach after one season it is going to cost extra just to get any quality coach to leave where they currently coaching weather someone that is established or an up and comer on the rise.. I'm not saying we should keep Earley because of this, I just don't think we're going to get anyone on cheap.

I really don't believe this to be the case at all. It's pretty obvious why Earley got the job and why he would.lose it so quick. Very different circumstances and immediate expectations for any new coach.
Why would expectations be different? I'm not talking about the ceiling for a first season, I'm talking about the basement. If we show zero patience for a first year head coach who might have been thrown in over his head , why would we show more patience with one that has experience at the helm? I certainly don't see getting an established SEC or ACC coach without opening the checkbook Maybe someone from the west coast who would like a shot in the SEC.


Isn't that what we have Jason Kelly for?

Eta- yes, I know he was pitching coach at lsu before. But he is here as associate head coach
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In reply to Hornbeck • 11:45p, 3/20/25
Blair didn't owe Vic anything. He'd already gifted him the big girl from Brenham who couldn't qualify academically here.
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In reply to Killzone3abc • 11:59p, 3/20/25
I FULLY understand your argument. I still think most coaches might be a little wary to leave a job where they have security for one where it is shown they will jettison a coach after a single failed season unless 1) he believes this is his best shot at getting a SEC head coaching gig anytime soon or 2) we pay him more to easy those fears.
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In reply to jkag89 • 12:16a, 3/21/25
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We have to be one of the top 20-25 jobs in the country right? Who wouldn't want to come here who is not name van horn pos Vito etc? They would be scared Just cause we let a guy after one year who was massively in over his head? If a coach is looking to make a name for himself he will take the job. You make it seem like we shouldn't fire early after one year cause of what it may do to the program, what if
keeping him does even more damage?
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In reply to RED AG 98 • 12:18a, 3/21/25
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Video is up



Can I flag this for being offensive? I've already suffered through it once
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In reply to histag10 • 12:23a, 3/21/25
I'm talking about a head coach with a fairly established track record. I brought up the WC because college ball is definitely in a state of disarray right now out west so I suspect it would be easier to pry away somebody like OSU's Mitch Canham or Oregon's Mark Wasikowski.

Kelly had only two seasons at Washington as a head coach with a good year and a meh one, I doubt we would be looking at someone with that sort of resume to fill the head coaching position. He has a very solid resume as a pitching coach so was seemingly a good hire for that position with his HC/AHC experience being an added bonus in hopes of mentoring a young head coach.
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In reply to jkag89 • 12:25a, 3/21/25
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Do you think this is a premium college baseball job? If you don't then I understand your concern over how firing Earley raises the price of a new coach. If you do then I don't believe it to be an issue. Think of yourself in said new coaches shoes. Would an unqualified person being fired early really disuasde you from taking a job you are actually qualified for? I can imagine myself in those shoes and it wouldn't bother me. Imagining myself in Earley's shoes I'd fully expect to be fired and feel terrible for failing when someone took a chance on me.
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In reply to Ags #1 • 12:42a, 3/21/25
Other than Mizzou (and possibly OU), every SEC coach can do the same where they are currently coaching. Same with any of the highly touted head coaches in the ACC. I by no means have an encyclopedic knowledge of possible quality candidates but most of the names that get bandied about here are either seemingly very happy where they are or a risky hire IMO.
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In reply to Killzone3abc • 1:01a, 3/21/25
Yes A&M is a premium college baseball job but most of the coaches people mention here are 1) already coaching at an equally premium job or 2) currently very happy with their current position (Heefner, O'Conner) or 3) had past success but some of the bloom has come off that rose of late. I'm not saying we wouldn't fill the job with a quality candidate, I'm just saying we might not fill the job with a splash hire without sweeting the pot a tad.

And again I'm not using this as an argument to retain Earley.
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2:27a, 3/21/25
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We are gonna win the next 2 and take the series.
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6:08a, 3/21/25
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Anyone worried about a complete rebuild if we fire Earley, wait until you see the rebuild if we keep him.
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7:05a, 3/21/25
I get frustrated watching people square up to bunt in certain situations then pulling back on a perfect pitch to bunt and taking a strike. I understand wanting to keep the defense on their toes, but squaring up on back to back pitches and then pulling back both times is frustrating. I get wanting to work the count like last year but that doesn't seem to be doing anything if you, as a batter, are unable to fight off pitches later in the count (which we don't seem to be able to do this year).
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7:09a, 3/21/25
I think if you keep Earley after this debacle, you have to truly believe that he is going to mature into a competent coach really fast. I don't see it. He is not going to become a good coach on this job, so it isn't about letting him finish out the contract, as much as it worth it to let him miss the postseason multiple years in a row vs just firing him at end of season. He is completely overwhelmed by this job, and I don't think keeping him is going to make him a better coach anytime soon.

If you cannot get some big name coach, there are plenty of guys at lower programs who can handle this job better than Earley has or will in the near future.

And before someone, says Looch said he isn't getting fired, the TA staff will never say a coach is gone until they are gone.

I think the question is, will Earley get better as HC at A&M in the near future. If the answer is no, fire him, if not you give him another year. I think he won't get better here. The job is too big and the competition too strong.
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In reply to Wabs • 7:24a, 3/21/25
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Wabs said:
Anyone worried about a complete rebuild if we fire Earley, wait until you see the rebuild if we keep him.


What happens if we keep him and players leave anyways after we don't make a regional?

Either way you're going to lose guys… would you rather do that with an experienced coach who has been there done that? Or one learning on the fly?
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In reply to tjack16 • 7:35a, 3/21/25
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tjack16 said:
Wabs said:
Anyone worried about a complete rebuild if we fire Earley, wait until you see the rebuild if we keep him.


What happens if we keep him and players leave anyways after we don't make a regional?

Either way you're going to lose guys… would you rather do that with an experienced coach who has been there done that? Or one learning on the fly?
That's my point. Unless this season makes a dramatic (and very unlikely) turnaround, we're going to lose current players, and recruiting will tank big time. IMO, the "rebuild" will be much worse, slower and maybe impossible with Earley at the helm. Much rather hire a proven coach to start rebuilding the program.
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In reply to Wabs • 7:43a, 3/21/25
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Wabs said:
tjack16 said:
Wabs said:
Anyone worried about a complete rebuild if we fire Earley, wait until you see the rebuild if we keep him.


What happens if we keep him and players leave anyways after we don't make a regional?

Either way you're going to lose guys… would you rather do that with an experienced coach who has been there done that? Or one learning on the fly?
That's my point. Unless this season makes a dramatic (and very unlikely) turnaround, we're going to lose current players, and recruiting will tank big time. IMO, the "rebuild" will be much worse, slower and maybe impossible with Earley at the helm. Much rather hire a proven coach to start rebuilding the program.


Yep. Sorry I wrote my response to also echo your sentiment to others.

I'm preparing for 2026 to be rough barring a complete 180 turnaround this season. I'd love to keep Gavin and Sorrell but if we miss a regional and keep Earley then I wouldn't blame them for leaving
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