TarponChaser said:
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powerbelly said:
TAM85 said:
mwm said:
I am not pro- or anti- Schlossnagle.
But, why in the world are we looking to spend 7-digits per year on a coach that just went two-and-que at his own regional?
And a guy who until this year has not had a winning record in the Big 12 since 2017.
A two-season downturn after 4 straight CWS appearances. The horror.
You know he is 0 for 5 in his opportunities to win a championship.
And?
He is more accomplished than anyone else on the list fans have been throwing around.
He has been closer to a championship than we have ever been and we have been at it continually since 1904. He made the semi-finals every trip to the CWS except for 2014.
Vitello has never been to the CWS. I find it astonishing people would want him over Schloss.
Vitello is younger and has taken Tennessee from being a complete non-entity to a legit national power in the toughest college baseball conference in the country in 4 seasons.
I'm not saying I'd prefer him to Schlossnagle or not but it's a reasonable take.
I don't think some of y'all (not you specifically but the ones saying they wouldn't want Schlossnagle) understand the deep depths of the abyss at which he pulled TCU out of. Tennessee wasn't a non-entity when he got there, they had 4 CWS appearances and 9 NCAA tournament appearances, nothing to write home about but not a non-entity.
TCU was nothing but a piece of lent in the history of college baseball, not even a footnote. 2 NCAA tournament appearances all-time when Schloss got there... That is a non-entity. Jim is responsible for all 5 of their CWS appearances, all 7 of their regional championships, 15 of their 17 NCAA tourney appearances, all 7 of their conference tourney championships, and 12 of their 19 regular season championships. Jim Schlossnagle is TCU baseball and he didn't take them to the top beating on the sisters of the poor or catching a 4 seed in a super, his first CWS appearance he went into Austin and beat a 50-13 Texas team that went 24-3 in Big 12 play and was the #2 national seed. It was pretty much the exact same Texas team (arguably better) that lost to LSU the year prior in the title game. You can think Tony Vitello is going to be the next Augie Garrido, Skip Bertman, or whatever but there is no doubt that Jim Schlossnagle is the best hire out there as far as skins on the wall.
Lastly why do people keep bringing up his age? He is 8 years older than Vitello. He is only 50, means he probably has at least 15 good years left.