New Texas baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle has seen no scarcity of critics since leaving Texas A&M for its in-state rival. Nonetheless, he apparently did so with the blessing of the Aggies’ new athletic director.
In an interview with the Fort Value Star-Telegram, Schlossnagle claimed that Trev Alberts, who turned Texas A&M athletic director in March, informed him earlier than an NCAA match regional sport that it might be “OK to maneuver on.”
The context of the alleged recommendation was Schlossnagle voicing his frustration with the pace of the renovations at Olsen Discipline at Blue Bell Park:
“Trev got here to me the day earlier than the regional to have a dialog. He requested me if I used to be annoyed. I informed him that I had some frustration with how gradual the ballpark course of was going and that it was powerful to function with no sport administrator, however I used to be dedicated to working by way of it. He then made a remark to me — form of evaluating his state of affairs of leaving his alma mater, Nebraska. He mentioned to me, ‘, Jim, in the event you ever don’t really feel like that is the place for you, that’s OK, and it’s OK to maneuver on.’
I used to be a bit bowled over by that, and that was the second that I started to suppose that perhaps this wasn’t going to work out. Nobody ever contacted me or my agent a couple of new contract for our employees, so I simply determined to deal with getting our group to Omaha and successful.”
The Texas A&M board of regents authorized an $80 million stadium renovation final month.
Schlossnagle had been very clear about what he wished to see from Texas A&M’s baseball stadium, telling ESPN in Might that he needs a brand new ballpark double the dimensions of Olsen Discipline that might basically be the Camden Yards of faculty baseball, ushering in a brand new period of structure for the game.
Alberts, who was beforehand the AD at his alma mater of Nebraska for 3 years, telling Schlossnagle he might depart will surely be an fascinating growth in a training transfer that has been something however regular.
Schlossnagle informed the Star-Telegram he believed Texas A&M could be his final job, however all the pieces modified after the Aggies’ loss within the School World Sequence championship. The coach berated a reporter for asking about his future and indicated he would by no means take one other job, then agreed to hitch the Longhorns in the future later.
He apologized to the reporter throughout his introductory information convention at Texas, however there was no avoiding a nasty look, particularly when he was leaving for a fierce rival.