I know it was a tough question, but Zane did a good job asking it. Well done, Zane! You are the Olin Buchanan of your generation! (This is meant as a compliment.)

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I don't know how much more direct he could be.

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I do.

"No".

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The question was : "What do you have to say about your future at Aggieland?"

And you want his answer to be "NO?" So you want to see him leave?

There is one thing I learned during my time playing ball at this level, and that's the simple fact that most high-level baseball coaches are either good men or good coaches, but rarely both. The only one I ever played for or encountered that I truly believe is both is Tim Tadlock.

I thought Schloss' answer was as direct as he could be without outright saying he's not leaving. It is worth noting that no coach with rumors swirling ever outright says he isn't leaving. Just bad business. I'd love for him to stay, but based on past experience I'll always lean toward him being on the good coach side of the spectrum I mentioned above. I hope he's one of the few that's both.

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The only part I don't like about the answer is the past tense of "I gave this job every ounce..." and not specifically saying he's staying. I tend to over analyze and expect for the worst regarding Aggie sports though because I've been an Aggie for a long time and it's what happens.

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Well, given the transcript is not an accurate reflection of what he said, I can see why you're worried. Go listen to him while reading the transcript and you'll see exactly what was said, specifically, "have given." There's no past tense to what he's saying.

How about this question: Zane, have you been fired yet?

Sponge said:

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How about this question: Zane, have you been fired yet?

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Billy gave him the green light to ask that question. Why would he fire him?

We should switch this thread to more important topics like which current longhorn players would you like to see now enter the portal and be grabbed by Schloss. Anybody over there we'd like to raid?

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How about this question: Zane, have you been fired yet?

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What for? Doing his job?

Zane was doing his job and should have asked the question. I was not nervous at all about schloss leaving before I saw this clip. Now I am. Really bad response. Hope it can be chalked up to high emotion, but he went out of his way to not say no.

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How about this question: Zane, have you been fired yet?

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I love this. This board is littered with "the media just throws softballs and they never ask the tough questions", and then when they do ask the tough questions, no one here can stand it.

For doing his job in a really ****ty way.

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agcrock2005 said:

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The only part I don't like about the answer is the past tense of "I gave this job every ounce..." and not specifically saying he's staying. I tend to over analyze and expect for the worst regarding Aggie sports though because I've been an Aggie for a long time and it's what happens.

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Well, given the transcript is not an accurate reflection of what he said, I can see why you're worried. Go listen to him while reading the transcript and you'll see exactly what was said, specifically, "have given." There's no past tense to what he's saying.

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Umm… I don't know how to tell you this but "have given" is past tense.

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For doing his job in a really ****ty way.

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Stop being oversensitive. He asked a simple, uncomplicated, necessary question.

He's a reporter, it's his job.

He has given it all, up to this point. I think y'all are looking too hard at past present or future tense. He used future tense to talk about recruiting this weekend..

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How about this question: Zane, have you been fired yet?

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What for? Doing his job?

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This has already been covered on this thread multiple times from the very first responses. That question did not have to be asked last night. It's that simple. Rise above how sips handle things and handle things the right way.

Schloss's opening statement should have given Zane pause on holding that type of question off until Schloss's next interview following such a great season. Do your job correctly, not like the sips act.

Zane was fine.

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Sponge said:

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How about this question: Zane, have you been fired yet?

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What for? Doing his job?

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This has already been covered on this thread multiple times from the very first responses. That question did not have to be asked last night. It's that simple. Rise above how sips handle things and handle things the right way.

Schloss's opening statement should have given Zane pause on holding that type of question off until Schloss's next interview following such a great season. Do your job correctly, not like the sips act.

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It was announced yesterday that they were in the market, and speculation had reached a pretty good pitch by the start of the game last night.

It was a timely question.

Travis said he would've asked him after the press conference in the hall.

Or maybe Looch just enjoys watching all of you act like middle school girls crying and fretting over something that hasn't even happened. Schloss could have said he is 100% staying and will NOT be the the next Texas coach, and some of yall would have said, "he's gone. Saban said he would not be the coach at Alabama." It doesn't matter what he said last night. Some of you would still be nervous and crying.

We can agree to disagree. Schloss and the best A&M baseball team ever earned the right to be treated respectfully last night. Especially from an Aggie reporter.

The instant gratification aspect of society now a days is not a great area.

I'm going to go ahead and go out on a limb and say that I don't believe Zane did anything wrong by asking the question. As it's been shown already, with people like Travis saying they were going to ask the question before the night was over, I believe it was Zane's professional and fiduciary duty to ask the question and, in my personal opinion, he did so in a respectful and professional manner. I get it, it was a really ****ty time to ask, and everyone's emotions were already very high. I imagine that if the Aggies had won, Coach would have had a much different response to the question, however it is what it is and I hope that Zane and Coach can have a conversation later where they come to terms with one another. Someone was going to ask him before the night was over and Zane was just doing his job. You can't fault either.

Anyone reassured by that answer is extremely gullible.

Whether he leaves, we shall see. But that answer and how defensive he was and angry and then walked off the stage so no follow up question could be asked seems to indicate to me that he's in serious talks. Hopefully he picks us

At a minimum, he didn't flatly say he's not leaving for leverage in contract negotiations with us. Which is obviously just good business on his part. We better promise a baseball cathedral for him today.

And hot chicks every night since he's recently divorced

Nothing was disrespectful.

Nothing to add on this that hasn't already been said. But I found something interesting...

The Venn Diagram of people who are freaking out/reading way too into Schloss' comments to find a reason to believe he's gone and people whose vast majority of posts are on F16 is damn near a circle.

Carry on.

Before that question was asked, they indicated it would be the last question for him (it was the last question in a series of 3 that was indicated as the last few questions). He was getting up regardless.