A brand new chapter for faculty baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle has gotten off to a tough begin.
After dropping the decisive Recreation 3 of the School World Sequence on Monday night time, former Texas A&M coach Schlossnagle was requested throughout his postgame press convention in regards to the rumors of his anticipated exit for one more job opening.
Texas A&M head coach Jim Schlossnagle is proven in the course of the recreation towards Tennessee at Lindsey Nelson Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee, on March 25, 2023. (Eakin Howard/Getty Photos)
Schlossnagle didn’t take too kindly to the road of questioning and urged that the reporter, later recognized as TexAgs reporter Richard Zane, was “egocentric” for asking such a query.
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“I left my household to be the coach at Texas A&M. I took the job at Texas A&M to by no means take one other job once more, and that hasn’t modified in my thoughts. That is unfair to speak about one thing like that …” he mentioned. “I perceive you bought to ask the query, however I gave up a giant a part of my life to come back take this job, and I’ve poured each ounce of my soul on this job, and I’ve given this job each single ounce I can presumably give it. Write that.”
However then the rumors turned actuality: Schlossnagle was taking the job with the Aggies’ in-state rival, the Texas Longhorns.
Social media erupted over the irony of the clip, with many calling for Schlossnagle to apologize for his harsh response.
Texas A&M head coach Jim Schlossnagle is proven on the postgame press convention after the SEC Baseball Event recreation towards Tennessee at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama, on Could 23, 2024. (Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photos)
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And so forth Wednesday, he did.
“I wish to publicly apologize to Richard Zane from TexAgs,” Schlossnagle mentioned throughout his introductory press convention. “He is a younger reporter. He requested the query that was an apparent query. I want I may have answered that higher. However within the second – half-hour after the final pitch – all I may take into consideration was our gamers.”
“I actually wasn’t within the temper to speak about myself or the long run. So, [I] apologize for that to Richard.”
Texas A&M head coach Jim Schlossnagle is proven in the course of the SEC Baseball Event recreation towards Mississippi State at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, Alabama, on Could 22, 2024. (Michael Wade/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photos)
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Schlossnagle’s departure adopted the Aggies’ loss to Tennessee within the championship recreation of the School World Sequence this week.
On Wednesday, he mentioned he understood followers’ response to the information of his exit.
“If I had left Texas A&M for another college, in a special a part of the nation, the fascinating textual content messages and messages that I obtained yesterday most likely would not have occurred. However I get it.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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