REACTION: Texas A&M Baseball Hires Michael Earley As Head Coach
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- The Houston Chronicle’s Brett Swerneman is reporting that Texas A&M baseball is hiring hitting coach Michael Earley to replace Jim Schlossnagle.
With Jim Schlossnagle’s departure for Texas, AD Trev Alberts had to act quickly due to portal and draft timelines.
Schlossnagle too his top three assistants-Earley, Nolan Cain and Max Weiner-to Austin.
Some thought Dallas Baptist’s Dan Hefner made sense among others, but he turned A&M down.
And a Kendall Rogers quote might be key here:
“1. I expect every A&M player in the portal to stay put given this news.” Those players include SS Ali Camarillo, 2B Kaeden Kent, CF Jace LaViolette, 3B Gavin Grahovac, LF Caden Sorrell, P Isaac Morton, C Max Kaufer, P Brett Antilock, P Jason Bodin, 2B Jack Bell, LF Jett Johnston, 2B Juston Vossos, IF Carl Schmidt.
Also the MLB draft is coming up. Aggies' class ranked 8th at Perfect Game.
The other part of Rogers' tweet:
“2. Keep an eye on a Power 5 head coach to be Earley’s top assistant.”
Billy Luicci of TexAgs also tweeted: “A wildly popular move within the program and a guy who won Trev Alberts over in a big way during his interview process.”
Earley has been A&M’s hitting coach for three years. The Aggies have one of the country’s top offenses during his tenure.
Earley hitting coach under Tracy Smith (whom he played for at Indiana) for four years at Arizona State (and helped produce Spencer Torkelson).
But Earley is young--just 36 years old. On the other hand, Tennessee’s Tony Vitello was 38 when the Vols hired him.
Earley should also benefit from facilities upgrades as A&M’s Board of Regents approved $80 million.
The Aggies have a tradition of success--they’ve made the NCAAs 17 of last 18 years and the College World Series eight times, including two of the last three.
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I think this is a great hire! There was a wee left in the transfer portal so for any HC to move rn would be him screwing his team (who would do such a thing) and w/ Earley you retain 95% of this roster and hire a young promising coach with a ton of upside. Don’t forget all HC start as assistants somewhere including the great ones like Tim Corbin, Vitello, or O’Sullivan.
As a Tennessee Vols fan I feel bad about what ya'll are going through. You'll be back soon, just keep the faith.
Right on Bro and y’alls team and coach is BOSS!!! Congrats!!!
Right,😢 I know I would have been so heartbroken for the players(mostly)& Vols fans if we would have lost the CWS finals, but losing the championship and your head coach to your rival what sucks so bad and I don't think any fan base really deserves that but Bama.😅
First, congrats to you Vols fans! Helluva season & World Series. Incredibly EARNED championship! Hope to see you again next year. We def got kicked in the nuts when Schlush left, but we look ahead and actually very excited about a young talent in Earley. We want someone who wants to be here & that guy who jumps in the stands with its fans. Y'all are the real UT in the SEC and look forward to all of the SEC beat the hell out of tx
@@GSDaddYou 🤡s deserve each other. 😂😂😂
You tried to steal their coach but failed.
As a vol fan I think A&M will come out on the better end , I think if they give this new coach some time , they’ll definitely be back in no time , hang in there aggies !
Thank you for your encouragement. We think good things will happen with the players in the portal. And living in that cesspool called Austin would be hell anyway. This is just a little taste of the crap the SEC will see from the tsippers - so prepare yourselves. Gig 'em!
God I wished aggy had succeeded in hiring your coach like they tried to do.
ok first. DBU coach was never even interviewed. Your info that he turned down offer is totally wrong. Second, ALL players in these situations have to jump in the portal simply to maintain their options going forward. doesn't mean they are going anywhere. It's the way it was designed.
this guys a homer he doesn't care about facts only hurting our program
Great hire. They're expecting nearly 100% of the portal players to return. Gig 'em! 👍
Camarillo already out of the portal
Gig Em! 👍🏼
Great job covering the Biggest Sports Story of the day!
Longley is coming from Texas with Earley
What a huge hire!!!
Just kidding, he’s a lifelong assistant coach.
Aggieland please don’t ever say Aggieville again 🤢
This dude will win multiple CWS titles
🤣🤣🤣
This statement is just dumb. It's incredibly hard to win one. Much less multiples. You're a true definition of a homer.
Texas will have a worst record than A&M. Anyone thinks I am wrong?
Agreed
Depends on the pitching and recruiting staff they get. Weiner already flipped A&M’s star pitcher transfer
@@TylerEubank All of A&M pitchers are coming back. And the word is that the pitching coach will be the current head coach at Washington Jason Kelly, who is one of the best pitching coaches in the nation
Depends on how many players in the portal from A&M leave.
I heard ALL will exit portal back to A&M. Gigem AGS!!
This is a player's coach, just like Tony Vitello.
A&M saves $ w/ hiring a guy w/ no HC experience
w/o a solid pitching coach, A&M regresses
Ug! My poor Aggies first get relegated to 5th choice in Elko. Now we have to take 5th choice in an assistant with no HC experience.
Exactly, and just wait, every Aggie will be excited to hire a lifelong assistant coach.
Not remotely accurate but ok sip !
Pierce was 6th choice, Sarkisania was 3rd.
If I were in charge, I would offer to double Max Weiner's salary and offer him Pitching Coach/Assistant HC job. The guy is a pitching coach savant and was largely responsible for this teams Top 5 pitching staff.
Never give max another job
He is a incredible pitching coach that will be the biggest hole to fill for the Aggiies...
The reason so many coaches were not interested in the Texas A&M is due to athletic director Trev Albert
Gotta get the channel name updated, it’s the Southeastern 16 now
If you believe that Trev wouldn’t have wanted Schloss to stay, I’ve got a bridge to sell you. Schloss lied about everything else, why would you take his word on this?
Good show tonight
You know I was really disappointed that SC hired Paul Mainieri and you guys didn't do a video on it.
After they tried hiring Tennessee's coach vigorously and was turned down lol
A&M has some issues within the administration. Otherwise they would have been able to hire a better, bigger named coach. Little by little, information is coming out about Trev and some of the problems there.
What are you talking about?
This is the coach all the players wanted. Best chance to retain the guys who entered the portal. Just because he’s not a big name yet doesn’t make him a bad coach. He was on the most successful regime in Aggie baseball history. Guess what. Vertolli was an assistant at TCU before he went to Tennessee. Not a big name then but look at him now.
Not to mention, this gouges Schloss’s staff tremendously as Easley is widely considered one of the best hitting coaches in the country. Obviously on a smaller scale, but schloss betrayed A&M so it’s beautiful that we stole his top assistant back when he tried to take him with him
@@justinlethco7562 You'll see.
The Jimbo effect…
No real head coach wanted to come to A&M knowing the Aggies are strapped for cash having to pay Jimbo $80M.
Dan Heefner said no way to the cult😂
TEXAS SUCKS BIG TIME!!! 😮😮😮
I think this was good for A&M. Wont have near the staff Schloss has. But will keep some players. Won’t make the CWS anytime soon. But will uphold the “tradition”. Which is all A&M cares about. 👍
Looks like they’ll retain almost their entire roster. Wouldn’t shock me if they make a deep playoff run next year
So we go back to languishing in obscurity? You may be fine with that but I’m not.
What makes you say that? A&M has a bunch of h of money to get anybody they want
@@LashLeRoux.1then you’re not a real Aggie.
@@dnlprlsit’s not just about money. It’s about city and program attraction.
Aggies, I know you guys are ticked off at this coaching hire. Your athletic Director should’ve gone after a high profile big-name baseball coach with a history of winning and taking teams to the college World Series, continuing the tradition and trajectory of the Aggie baseball program, but instead your athletic Director simply decided to promote one of Jim’s staff members. Go ahead and try to remain optimistic about this move, but I think it’s time for your athletic Director to get the boot. He’s allowed Texas to have a resurgence and years before joining the SEC.
Went after several big names with Vitello on top of that list. All just happened to get extensions. Honorable men apparently.
No one is ticked of about this hire what are you smoking 😂
Texas fans are panicking rn and it's funny
"Texas to have a resurgence and years before joining the SEC?" What are you rambling about? You sound like Biden at the debate. Quit doing drugs.
@@RockieRacoon ah hah, and now being an honorable man doesn't sound so great to the aggies since it meant Trev Alberts wasn't able to snag Vitello away from Knoxville.
@@markavaldez11sounds fine to me. I think all fans, no matter affiliation, are a little put off with the inside "business" of college sports. But make no mistake, it's been a business for some time.
aTm desperate for any baseball coach. Good young coach, but can he run a staff and get recruits?
Nice job with your spelling sip - maybe tu should steal some teachers too.
@@TexasGurlAlwaysAndForever
Auto correct is a flaw, not a feature. I should turn it off. Hope the ewes do not steal too many more of your dates.
🤘🏻🤘🤘🏼🤘🏽🤘🏾🤘🏿
@@BurntOrangeHorn78 Okay, sure let's go with autocorrect as the problem! I hope the SEC welcomes you with many horns down signs. You are not in the Bevo12 anymore, so no more crying, okay? 👍
Who cares? This is just filler until the football summer camp starts. Majority of any kinda fan doesn’t even have a clue about college baseball except the teams in it.
I followed college baseball from February to now. It’s great.
Whatever you do....don't trust Liucci is your friend. Liucci sent his employee to ask Schloss that question during the post championship loss press conference. Aggie Football will never be #1 in the SEC now that Texas and OU joined. Liucci's last hope was baseball for TexAgs major championship relevancy. Funny. Trev didn't care. And if memory served Trev's departure triggered similar fan horror. To their credit Huskers aren't character terrorists.
Mark this down. A and M and Texas will finish behind Tennessee, Vandy, Florida, Kentucky, and Arkansas. These teams are the real class of SEC. Carolina and Georgia may finish ahead of both of y'all as well.
This means a 2 seed at best. Get ready y'all are heading to an ACC or Big 10 venue. Could go to an AAC or Sun Belt champion. Don't think you'll roll over these teams either. With all your money, and prestige. Coastal Carolina , DBU and East Carolina will be happy to end your season.
What about bama? And it is about time State and ole miss jump back in. I dont think you really know what you are talking about
Just keep telling yourself that...