re: ***Fightin Texas Aggie Omaha or Bust - 2021***

I have a friend/associate that is a large donor to Tennessee - kind of a fanatic. And this guy was in sales for sports apparel for years prior to his current job (think Under Amor or Nike) so he has some connections with the coaching scene, and many major athletes. He told me months ago that Tennessee was putting together a package for Vitello, and that it was going to be substantial. They were worried about LSU coming open at the end of the year. Combine that with everything you are hearing lately, and those are my conclusions ... I could be wrong. Just because I'm sure, doesn't make it fact. As I've said before, I have no large donor friends from A&M (damnit)

If you really look at the situation, this was inevitable with the money the SEC schools are bringing in. Baseball pays a pittance in comparison to football and basketball. A&M could easily afford $2M for a new coach if they wanted (could probably have had Tadlock at that price) ... but nobody has made that jump yet. LSU is going to drive the price WAY up for an elite coach.

I was also told by friends/associates in LA that O'Sullivan was very interested in the LSU job, and that Woodward already had "assurances". I believe it - Woodward is an assassin when hiring coaches.

He was rumored to be in OKC a few days ago - Schloss is the obvious one. I really think that Schloss is the primary target due to his keeping us out of Omaha, and his Texas ties. I also think that would be a mistake when younger guys that have that fire for recruiting like Godwin, and Bakich are out there.

I think Schloss would use us for early retirement.

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Plus Schloss has never reached the ultimate goal. 5 trips to Omaha without a title. You know he’s still hungry for it. He was wanted bigly by Mississippi St & tu last time around. Is everyone else just wrong?

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This. Just because a guy is 52 and been around awhile doesn't mean he's lost his fire. Hell look at Jimbo.

Schloss still has a lot to prove and has not made it to the top of the mountain yet. But look at his body of work. The man has accomplished a lot of great things but hasn't made it over the hump. To me he's a no brainer pick because of his success. The interview process, etc figures out if the drive is still there. If it is and I've seen nothing that makes me think he's slowing down or lost his fire - then sign the man up.

Bad news. We didn’t make a regional.

No respect

You know, we should approach Texas to talk to Pierce.

The meltdown would provide hours upon hours of entertainment.

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Like I said, I think he's basically already agreed to the A&M job - doesn't really matter what I think. My friends at TCU think he's gone for sure

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A few more posts on TA back this up.

I pulled some of the recruiting info. It swings wildly depending on who's giving out the info. If you trust D1 (Aaron Fitt) then Schloss has been the best recruiter. If you trust Perfect Game then Vitello has. Both have been better than RC.

Yes, please. Let TCU 2nQ in their own regional. Leave them with a bad taste in their mouth so they won't try too hard to keep him.

It sure seems that way. They definitely do a better job than we do. Probably not quite on that Vandy level though.