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Schloss bolted for that reason just as much as his buddy CDC in my opinion.

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Here I disagree. The ONLY reason this happened, imo, was CDC being at tu. CDC is at Stanford, I doubt POS goes to tu or Stanford. He stays in the SEC. Yet, if CDC is at Ole Miss, we likely lose him. It was about CDC, the rest was POS looking for justification to follow CDC to tu. I truly believe this.

A&M is a top 5 job in college baseball. And once the facilities are finished, look out. POS used the facilities issue to justify his leaving. Same with the person he brought in that we let go once Trev got here. Same with us not picking the AD POS wanted when he was on the selection committee.

I do think there is smoke to the alternative lifestyle thing mentioned above as well. In the end, tu didn't give POS any added advantage to create a college baseball powerhouse that he was on the verge of making here. I do think had he had this same roster and injuries, he might be having a tough year as well, just like Earley. Regardless, tu doesn't have THAT many advantages over A&M. This was all about CDC and really, nothing more. As long as CDC was at an SEC school, we were likely to lose him if they had a coaching change...

The issue here is you are believing the optics, not the reality of the situation. Do you actually think tu would pull another coach from us in baseball or any other men's sport if they wanted him? No. This was a rare situation where POS's best friend was running an athletic department in the SEC. Period.

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houstonaggie76 said:

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I think some of what the OP said was right, he didn't just leave because of CDC. But I also think he understates a few things:

1. CDC is upgrading the baseball facilities
2. The Sips don't just have a more stored baseball history...they are a Top 2 all-time program and have been the most consistent winner in NCAA baseball for 100 years
3. Schloss always wanted to go to the sips, CDC or not. He said as much at TCU.

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Joes said:

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TAMU1990 said:

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houstonaggie76 said:

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I think some of what the OP said was right, he didn't just leave because of CDC. But I also think he understates a few things:

1. CDC is upgrading the baseball facilities
2. The Sips don't just have a more stored baseball history...they are a Top 2 all-time program and have been the most consistent winner in NCAA baseball for 100 years
3. Schloss always wanted to go to the sips, CDC or not. He said as much at TCU.

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I agree with #3, but they haven't won in 20 years. Those stats were generated when most universities (even in the south) didn't invest in baseball. It's a different landscape now in the SEC.

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This is a weird hangup. Texas was in the national title game in 2009 and has been in 5 CWS' since, as recently as 2021 and 2022, and has a good shot to go again this year. That's 6 CWS appearances in the last 15 years alone. A&M has been to 8 ever, Tennessee has been to 7 ever, Oregon State, Ole Miss, Georgia, Alabama, etc. Texas has been to roughly as many or more CWS in the last 15 years as all these programs have in their whole histories. And Texas baseball and football will only get better in the SEC, not worse.

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