Schloss to A&M

[Hambone]

https://twitter.com/kendallrogers/status/1402489202881839108?s=21

[preachermatt83]

He was making 1.6 mil at TCU

[ScoobaDawg]

Hell of a coach. Glad we ended up with who we did but think he would of done good things here. Thus he will be an upgrade at A&M..

[CadaverDawg]

I hope we haven't missed our window in baseball. The big boys are starting to care about it more, which is only going to make it tougher for us to win.

[Bothrops]

I hope we haven't missed our window in baseball. The big boys are starting to care about it more, which is only going to make it tougher for us to win.

Luckily our fans care enough to keep this train going, but I'd like to open up recruiting more coast to coast and specifically south Florida and the Caribbean, if possible. I'm seeking an edge and this could be a way. We have the digs and the history if we can get enough of them to come.

[Cowbell]

I hope we haven't missed our window in baseball. The big boys are starting to care about it more, which is only going to make it tougher for us to win.
Yes baseball is starting to matter more. It's only tougher from here. But our facilities and atmosphere are the standard and everyone knows it. Hopefully we can back it with a Natty soon.

[MetEdDawg]

Was our situation too unstable at the time for this upper echelon of college baseball coaches?

I mean we all know we made runs after him and a couple others like Tadlock. Was the situation perceived as just too unstable coming out of what we had with Cann?

[WinningIsRelentless]

Was our situation too unstable at the time for this upper echelon of college baseball coaches?

I mean we all know we made runs after him and a couple others like Tadlock. Was the situation perceived as just too unstable coming out of what we had with Cann?
No it?s simple and I?ve said it no fewer than 10p times on here. Starkville as a city sucks.

[Hambone]

If I remember correctly we had a “higher tier” coach on board but something crazy happened. Either our team or their team were still in post season play and changes weren’t going to be announced. This pissed off the coach and he pulled his name.

I may have butchered that scenario and I apologize in advance.

[KOdawg1]

No it?s simple and I?ve said it no fewer than 10p times on here. Starkville as a city sucks.
That's not the reason Schloss didn't come here.

[99jc]

I hope we haven't missed our window in baseball. The big boys are starting to care about it more, which is only going to make it tougher for us to win.

In my opinion we are one of the top 5 big boys in college baseball. We are college baseball! if they ever get this scholarship thing right we will be hard to beat.

[Thick]

Schloss?s wife didn?t like Starkville, but if I?m not mistaken, Schloss has/had some issues with skirt chasing. I know one of our name candidates did, and Cohenz wasn?t going through that again.

[CadaverDawg]

No it?s simple and I?ve said it no fewer than 10p times on here. Starkville as a city sucks.

For Schloss it may have been Starkville. But Starkville is not worse than Lubbock, yet Tim Tadlock chose to stay there. I don't think it's Starkville. Can't tell you what it is, except maybe worrying about working for a former baseball coach that had great success and worrying he may try to get too involved or something.

[basedog]

For Schloss it may have been Starkville. But Starkville is not worse than Lubbock, yet Tim Tadlock chose to stay there. I don't think it's Starkville. Can't tell you what it is, except maybe worrying about working for a former baseball coach that had great success and worrying he may try to get too involved or something.

Schloss is a prick! Good Coach but has had a few other issues. Glad we didn't sign him, as far as Msu and baseball, we are a baseball school, always have been, always will be.

[calidawg]

For Schloss it may have been Starkville. But Starkville is not worse than Lubbock, yet Tim Tadlock chose to stay there. I don't think it's Starkville. Can't tell you what it is, except maybe worrying about working for a former baseball coach that had great success and worrying he may try to get too involved or something.

Lubbock has a population of a quarter million people. Starkville is 25k. This isn't a piss on starkville post, but Lubbock is 10 times a bigger city.. if you're not from MS moving to MS is a tough pill to swallow for some it just is what it is.

[Homedawg]

Lubbock has a population of a quarter million people. Starkville is 25k. This isn't a piss on starkville post, but Lubbock is 10 times a bigger city.. if you're not from MS moving to MS is a tough pill to swallow for some it just is what it is.

Ten times bigger and 100x a bigger dump too.

[Saltydog]

Kinda thought it may be him or Tadlock. Curious to see what LSU does. Bianco possibly going back to the motherland?

[WinningIsRelentless]

Was our situation too unstable at the time for this upper echelon of college baseball coaches?

I mean we all know we made runs after him and a couple others like Tadlock. Was the situation perceived as just too unstable coming out of what we had with Cann?


For Schloss it may have been Starkville. But Starkville is not worse than Lubbock, yet Tim Tadlock chose to stay there. I don't think it's Starkville. Can't tell you what it is, except maybe worrying about working for a former baseball coach that had great success and worrying he may try to get too involved or something.
Lubbock is 10x the city Starkville is

[WeWonItAll(Most)]

Was our situation too unstable at the time for this upper echelon of college baseball coaches?

I mean we all know we made runs after him and a couple others like Tadlock. Was the situation perceived as just too unstable coming out of what we had with Cann?

A TCU fan on the college baseball subreddit says Schloss and his wife divorced last year and she got the house that's across the street from the ballpark, and that this is year 5 of TCU breaking a promise to upgrade baseball facilities. Maybe there were issues on our side, but I'd say his circumstances are pretty different than they were when we took a shot at him.

It helps that A&M is probably giving him absurd money

[TNDawg35]

Schloss isn’t at State cause of past issues. Plain and simple. He wanted the job. Twice actually. Tadlock was never an option, neither was Godwin (that was Kendell Rogers bullshit) Schloss was main candidate before we went another direction. Then we tried Corbin and then McDonald. Once we got to McDonald, he is the one who sat down with Cohen and went with Lemonis.

Schloss has been wanting out of TCU for awhile. He got his chance.

I have heard the Bianco to LSU is growing rapidly. They have to make a “clean” hire and it would be him. Don’t be surprised if he goes back home. Then of course we will be watching who Ole Miss goes after cause you know “they are a premier program”. Hell they will be telling everyone they are going to get Vitello or Joe Torree****

[Tbonewannabe]

For Schloss it may have been Starkville. But Starkville is not worse than Lubbock, yet Tim Tadlock chose to stay there. I don't think it's Starkville. Can't tell you what it is, except maybe worrying about working for a former baseball coach that had great success and worrying he may try to get too involved or something.

Tadlock played at Texas Tech. It is kind of like Cohen coming to MSU. I doubt Tadlock ever leaves unless there is some issue with the Administration that doesn't support baseball or he gets an offer that Texas Tech isn't willing to come close to.

[Tbonewannabe]

Schloss isn’t at State cause of past issues. Plain and simple. He wanted the job. Twice actually. Tadlock was never an option, neither was Godwin (that was Kendell Rogers bullshit) Schloss was main candidate before we went another direction. Then we tried Corbin and then McDonald. Once we got to McDonald, he is the one who sat down with Cohen and went with Lemonis.

Schloss has been wanting out of TCU for awhile. He got his chance.

I have heard the Bianco to LSU is growing rapidly. They have to make a “clean” hire and it would be him. Don’t be surprised if he goes back home. Then of course we will be watching who Ole Miss goes after cause you know “they are a premier program”. Hell they will be telling everyone they are going to get Vitello or Joe Torree****

Bianco would be an interesting hire since he could coach his son and it would be going back "home". Other than actual CWS success, Bianco would check a lot of boxes for LSU.

[ScoobaDawg]

Tadlock played at Texas Tech. It is kind of like Cohen coming to MSU. I doubt Tadlock ever leaves unless there is some issue with the Administration that doesn't support baseball or he gets an offer that Texas Tech isn't willing to come close to.

He just signed a "lifetime" contract with tech in fact. I don't know how it works.. But he ain't leaving likely.. Good for him.

[thf24]

Then of course we will be watching who Ole Miss goes after cause you know ?they are a premier program?. Hell they will be telling everyone they are going to get Vitello or Joe Torree****

It's equal parts satisfaction and frustration for me knowing that OM wouldn't give a shit about baseball if it weren't for us.

[basedog]

Bianco would be an interesting hire since he could coach his son and it would be going back "home". Other than actual CWS success, Bianco would check a lot of boxes for LSU.

My Lsu buddy and I talked about Bianco last night, he seems to think IF offered he will take the job, I also predict he will go especially if they don't make it to the CWS. He has a better chance of doing this at Lsu than Bear Land.

[Saltydog]

This is exactly what Richard Cross said on H2H yesterday. Bianco has no baggage, either personal or with the NCAA. Like someone else said, he checks all the boxes. He would be the "easy" hire as well. You know Ben McDonald is probably pushing him too.

[ScoobaDawg]

My Lsu buddy and I talked about Bianco last night, he seems to think IF offered he will take the job, I also predict he will go especially if they don't make it to the CWS. He has a better chance of doing this at Lsu than Bear Land.

Truth. I don't think I like the idea of bianco at lsu. It's not Saban like scary, but concerning. He will get better talent. Better facalities. He will still be bianco though in the end. Does that mean losing a home regional more often than not? Hard to say


Plus it's nice having our punching back in Oxford now that we have turned things around. No need for them to make a new hire that's gonna make us work harder.

[viverlibre]

No it?s simple and I?ve said it no fewer than 10p times on here. Starkville as a city sucks.

I personally love StarkVegas, but for most it is probably in the lower tier of major college towns.

[TNDawg35]

My Lsu buddy and I talked about Bianco last night, he seems to think IF offered he will take the job, I also predict he will go especially if they don't make it to the CWS. He has a better chance of doing this at Lsu than Bear Land.

I honestly thing Bianco would be a great pick for LSU. Dude has made Ole Miss who they are. Whether they like it or not, he is Ole Miss baseball. He has recruited well and besides some boneheaded mistakes, he has done a great job.

And I think he takes it in a heartbeat. Ole Miss people are crazy wanting him gone…

[TNDawg35]

My Lsu buddy and I talked about Bianco last night, he seems to think IF offered he will take the job, I also predict he will go especially if they don't make it to the CWS. He has a better chance of doing this at Lsu than Bear Land.

What about
Bianco head coach
McDonald pitching coach

[ScoobaDawg]

I personally love StarkVegas, but for most it is probably in the lower tier of major college towns.

You wanna talk about a downgrade. Sloss is leaving Fort Worth for Texas am. From the metroplex of 7.5 million to 273k in Bryan /college Station.

[Jack Lambert]

He was making 1.6 mil at TCU

He will be the highest paid college baseball coach.

[Johnson85]

Was our situation too unstable at the time for this upper echelon of college baseball coaches?

I mean we all know we made runs after him and a couple others like Tadlock. Was the situation perceived as just too unstable coming out of what we had with Cann?

Schloss was pretty open about being interested in our job. Then he "withdrew his name". At the time there were different stories, but the two main ones were (1) Schloss was pushing Cohen to announce before the team finished up in the CWS and when Cohen wouldn't, Schloss had a hissy fit and withdrew his name and (2) Cohen was ready to go with Schloss, but Schloss going public with information and then some of the "issues" that were never really clearly defined soured Cohen on Schloss.

[confucius say]

Some of those issues are likely why he is going through a divorce right now

[Rex54]

You wanna talk about a downgrade. Sloss is leaving Fort Worth for Texas am. From the metroplex of 7.5 million to 273k in Bryan /college Station.

That sounds like an upgrade to me.

[MoreCowbell]

No it?s simple and I?ve said it no fewer than 10p times on here. Starkville as a city sucks.

The truth hurts but in comparison to other college and SEC towns it is severely lacking

[PGHBulldogBG]

I am not very familiar with other SEC towns being from Pennsylvania besides Starkville and Oxford, but besides schools like UT, Vandy, South Carolina which reside in more metropolitan areas I kind of thought they were similar. I know Tuscaloosa and College Station are a lot bigger with more happening as that?s really the only 2 ones I?ve been too. I kind of assumed Baton Rouge, Gainesville, Athens, Columbia MO, Fayetteville etc we?re all about the same as Starkville and Oxford

[Rex54]

I am not very familiar with other SEC towns being from Pennsylvania besides Starkville and Oxford, but besides schools like UT, Vandy, South Carolina which reside in more metropolitan areas I kind of thought they were similar. I know Tuscaloosa and College Station are a lot bigger with more happening as that?s really the only 2 ones I?ve been too. I kind of assumed Baton Rouge, Gainesville, Athens, Columbia MO, Fayetteville etc we?re all about the same as Starkville and Oxford

Gainesville is a shit hole.

[Cowbell]

Lubbock is 10x the city Starkville is

This is absolutely a terrible statement.

[Cowbell]

You wanna talk about a downgrade. Sloss is leaving Fort Worth for Texas am. From the metroplex of 7.5 million to 273k in Bryan /college Station.

In no way a downgrade - I live here. FW is less than Starkville in my opinion. I type this as I'm stuck in traffic here.

[Cowbell]

Gainesville is a shit hole.
Absolutely

[Cowbell]

FWIW, My close LSU buddies who have connections seem to think that it is Godwin. Many of them are very underwhelmed with Bianco.

[TNDawg35]

In no way a downgrade - I live here. FW is less than Starkville in my opinion. I type this as I'm stuck in traffic here.

Fort a worth is a cowboy town. We will actually be there next wk. wife has a rodeo clinic she is attending?

[Cowbell]

Fort a worth is a cowboy town. We will actually be there next wk. wife has a rodeo clinic she is attending?
Fort Worth is no longer a cowboy town. Yes there are "cowboy" events here, but the cowboys don't live here.

[ScoobaDawg]

Fort Worth is no longer a cowboy town. Yes there are "cowboy" events here, but the cowboys don't live here.

Exactly... the cowboy town is the area around billy bobs pretty much. the rest of downtown has grown up a lot more.
Head on out west of FW if you wanna find the cowboys left in texas.

[Cowbell]

Exactly... the cowboy town is the area around billy bobs pretty much. the rest of downtown has grown up a lot more.
Head on out west of FW if you wanna find the cowboys left in texas.


Or north or south - lol we ranch full time for a living

[BB30]

Luckily our fans care enough to keep this train going, but I'd like to open up recruiting more coast to coast and specifically south Florida and the Caribbean, if possible. I'm seeking an edge and this could be a way. We have the digs and the history if we can get enough of them to come.

You can forget Latin America as being a legit option to go and find guys. The majority of the most talented will be picked up by MLB organizations at 16-17 years old. The ones not signed more than likely won't meet the admissions guidlines necessary to be a student athlete, if things are still like they were when I was playing.

That is why you see quite a bit of Latinos at the NAIA level because admissions guidelines aren't nearly as stringent.

[Westdawg]

This is absolutely a terrible statement.

I coached out near Lubbock for 5 years....Lubbock is an awesome town for college kids. And you're only 90 or so miles from Amarillo.

[R2Dawg]

Schloss?s wife didn?t like Starkville, but if I?m not mistaken, Schloss has/had some issues with skirt chasing. I know one of our name candidates did, and Cohenz wasn?t going through that again.

If that is true then his wife should have loved Starkville. Hard to slip around in a small town - everyone knows.

[R2Dawg]

I personally love StarkVegas, but for most it is probably in the lower tier of major college towns.

Starkvegas is the typical small college town. A lot of people like that as I do. Bigger ain't always better. What sets you apart if you are just big like everywhere else? Kinda like the Dude, it is more than size it is character.

[R2Dawg]

Absolutely

Agree, don't like Gainsville. I don't care much for Knoxville or Tuscaloosa either. I prefer the smaller college town types - Starkville, Athens, Auburn, etc.

[parabrave]

Agree, don't like Gainsville. I don't care much for Knoxville or Tuscaloosa either. I prefer the smaller college town types - Starkville, Athens, Auburn, etc.

If you want small one street college towns go to Clemson. Think Deliverance. But it's in a beautiful area.

[TNDawg35]

Or north or south - lol we ranch full time for a living

Sounds like I need a visit down that way. Work wouldn’t let get them go to come with the wife. (I took pretty much all turkey season off)

[KB21]

Arizona State just hired Willie Bloomquist to be their coach, and Rice is hiring Jose Cruz Jr to be their coach. These are two programs steeped in tradition, and yet they have to go out and get inexperienced coaches for their head jobs. In college baseball, you just don't see coaches changing jobs like you do in college football and college basketball. The established coaches tend to stay where they are at. Schloss taking the TAMU job is an exception this year.

Gary Henderson was just named the head coach at Utah as well.

[AROB44]

Great for Henderson. I wish him much success.

[Johnson85]

Agree, don't like Gainsville. I don't care much for Knoxville or Tuscaloosa either. I prefer the smaller college town types - Starkville, Athens, Auburn, etc.

Yup. Knoxville did not strike me as a college town, just a small city with a college in it. Certainly a ton of stuff revolved around the college, but it didn't seem to revolve around students the way Starkville, Oxord, and Auburn do.

[schddog72]

Yup. Knoxville did not strike me as a college town, just a small city with a college in it. Certainly a ton of stuff revolved around the college, but it didn't seem to revolve around students the way Starkville, Oxord, and Auburn do.

Have any of you guys ever been to Columbia, SC? I have because I live in the Upstate area of SC. While I have nothing per se against USCe, I have to say that Columbia is an absolute dump. Clemson has it beat 7 ways from Sunday. And, before I ever moved to SC in 1991, a friend told me that Columbia is the hotest place on the face of the earth, and having been there a number of times since, I have to agree with him.

[parabrave]

Have any of you guys ever been to Columbia, SC? I have because I live in the Upstate area of SC. While I have nothing per se against USCe, I have to say that Columbia is an absolute dump. Clemson has it beat 7 ways from Sunday. And, before I ever moved to SC in 1991, a friend told me that Columbia is the hotest place on the face of the earth, and having been there a number of times since, I have to agree with him.

I used to live in Anderson back in the mid 90's. There were a lot of State grads living up there. Yes except for 5 points and the Lake Murray area Columbia and Jackson are about the same. But Willis Brice is a great place to watch a game

[PGHBulldogBG]

Yup. Knoxville did not strike me as a college town, just a small city with a college in it. Certainly a ton of stuff revolved around the college, but it didn't seem to revolve around students the way Starkville, Oxord, and Auburn do.

I am fairly familiar with Knoxville and it is a very nice small city, but only a small section is really involved with the college. Knoxville was always my halfway point driving from Pennsylvania to Mississippi. Never been to Auburn but I assume it is similar to Starkville and Oxford and Athens. I actually love College Station it?s the perfect size and the town is all about the aggies

[Cowbell]

Sounds like I need a visit down that way. Work wouldn’t let get them go to come with the wife. (I took pretty much all turkey season off)

If you do, hit me up.

[Bothrops]

I am fairly familiar with Knoxville and it is a very nice small city, but only a small section is really involved with the college. Knoxville was always my halfway point driving from Pennsylvania to Mississippi. Never been to Auburn but I assume it is similar to Starkville and Oxford and Athens. I actually love College Station it?s the perfect size and the town is all about the aggies

Knoxville is one of the bigger SEC metros.

[AlSwearengen]

An LSU doctor who is involved with athletics told my neighbor a month ago it would probably be Bianco.

[Johnson85]

Knoxville is one of the bigger SEC metros.

It's fourth after Nashville, Baton Rouge, and Lexington. I think Starkville and Oxford are at the low end of good size college towns. I think getting bigger than 100k tends to make college towns worse. Or maybe just less college towns.

[BrunswickDawg]

Agree, don't like Gainsville. I don't care much for Knoxville or Tuscaloosa either. I prefer the smaller college town types - Starkville, Athens, Auburn, etc.

Athens ain't a small college town anymore - at least not like it was. There are 130,000 people in Athens now making it almost as big as Savannah and Macon. It only had 45,000 people in 1990.
Honestly, it has made Athens a headache to get around in and I hate going there game weekends.