Mind-boggling that anyone thinks we would actually be a better team next year. This was Earley's best season.

Besides BAS

Why do you think that one.

I think the writing on the wall is clear he's gone.

LB12Diamond said:

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Besides BAS

Why do you think that one.

I think the writing on the wall is clear he's gone.

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Probably alot of BAS, honestly. But also just a huge lack of faith in our AD doing something. I hope you're right that some BMAs are going to step up. Otherwise we are ****ed.

If they can get a big name such as O'Connor. The money will come easy.

I mean do these rich Ags really want to talk about a lame duck coach all off season with the sips coming to blue bell next year.

Thinking the Aggies are too sweet and caring is crazy to me.

Read the boards on this site. You know the ones.

Not a lot of empathy nor reason on display. Lots of authoritarian nonsense on display.

ymmv

Longley being so ineffective this year is a head scratcher. His offenses in Austin broke school records, and he was thought to be an ace recruiter as well. I was super excited about that hire when it happened.

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another issue...

the prior coaching staff made stars from transfer players -- who had not previously faced SEC pitching

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The prior hitting coach?

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When has A&M ever been rewarded for giving a coach another year? In any sport? I'm being serious - I can't name one. Fact is once the fanbase is having this argument and dividing up sides, the cake is already baked. 100% record as far as I can remember.

The thing I really love about A&M the university is the steep loyalty that all Aggies feel for each other. It's also one of the things that drives me crazy about our coaching decisions. We show loyalty to coaches, many for no reason. Michael Earley has not earned another year. We can all agree to that. So, why exactly are we all freely giving him that extra year? For loyalty? I will say, for me, had Mike stuck around around when POS ditched and Mike got the job, this would be a different discussion. But Mike bailed on us and only came back after the players put us over a barrel. In other words, if you are giving the guy another year for that well entrenched Aggie loyalty, I would ask why are we loyal to Mike when he wasn't loyal to us? Mike's been a disaster. Mike knows it. Heck, Mike probably thinks he is going to get fired. He has to know that he deserves to be fired.

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Childress went 25-30, then made a super the next year. Douchnazzle went 38-27 then ended up in the cws finals the next year. You cant just knee jerk fire anyone after one year, create that culture and reputable coaches wouldnt even show up for the interview.

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Neither of those examples were discussions about whether or not to give them another year. You are talking about a coach's first year. I grant you that it will be and would be very extraordinary to can a guy after 1 year. I'm specifically talking about a coach that completely wet the bed and the fanbase is torn between giving him another year or not - regardless of how long he was here. 0Childress' moment came several years later when we were all torn on whether he would get us over the top. Turns out he didn't. Schloss was never a discussion. He left before we ever had that conversation. Coaches that I can remember us having this discussion about:

1. RC - several years we had that discussion before we finally exited him. Arguably too late and the damage was too immense to recover. Still recovering.

2. Fran - constant battle on TexAgs on whether he deserved more or less time. We did give him a few more years and it amounted to nothing

3. Sumlin - see #2

4. Childress - later in his tenure here. We never got over the top.

5. Buzz - he righted the ship and got us into the tourney, but left here with most believing he never really added up to the bill we paid

I could give you lots of smaller program coaches: Joni Taylor, Evans, Guerreri but no one really cares about those either.

Still waiting for one where we held firm and gave the guy another year and he rewarded us with championships (conf or NCAA).

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Well, I'm still waiting for the one that rewarded us with championships (conf or NCAA) after a knee jerk firing.

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Dude had a job at tu but came back.

Loyalty should mean something. It's been 1 season.

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He had a much lower paying and less prestigious job there. Not sure I'd call returning for the raise and title to be loyalty after he left in the first place.

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Loyalty would have been not following that POS to Austin - doesn't take any loyalty to come back for 4-5 times the money you left for.

that was all Schloss

he wasn't afraid to take control of the hitter's at-bat

i.e. tell them what their approach at the plate was going to be

the 2012 football season is the best example

Sherman's firing was the one time A&M used the short hook

and it led to the best season of the 21st century for any aggie sport

with or without a title -- it was glorious

And baseball played for a national title last year.

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that was all Schloss

he wasn't afraid to take control of the hitter's at-bat

i.e. tell them what their approach at the plate was going to be

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Probably true, I just thought it was funny how that was set up. But yes, Schloss impacted every facet of the game.

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Besides BAS

Why do you think that one.

I think the writing on the wall is clear he's gone.

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What wall are you reading, and do you have any actual evidence that someone is going to pay up to fire him - or is this just wishful thinking? Because you've repeatedly stated that he's not coming back.

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TexasRebel said:

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How would you review the first year of your career?

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I wasn't paid to lead a multimillion $ organization in my first year that was the industry leader - expectations are quite a bit different.

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That's dodging the question.

It's out there. If you cannot see it. That's on you.

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How would you review the first year of your career?

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As someone who manages people, I'd expect to see new hires get better as the year goes on. Upward on a curve.

He was still mismanaging and screwing up in our last game last night. Team still lacking basic fundamentals in many areas.

What batters got better as season went on? Zero.

If I was his manager I'd be firing him as soon as the brackets are announced.

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It's out there. If you cannot see it. That's on you.

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It will be an interesting next few days in College Station. https://t.co/oaSZdvJ35T

— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogers) May 24, 2025

Agree with OP

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Agree with OP

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We have found coach Earley's alter.

FYI, OP does not even agree with OP.

LB12Diamond said:

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It's out there. If you cannot see it. That's on you.

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If you can't provide a shred of evidence to support your repeated claims that he's gone, that's on you. I'm in the camp that wants him gone, I'd just like to see something that indicates it will actually happen. Vague references to "it's out there" and "writings on the wall" don't get my hopes up.

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the 2012 football season is the best example

Sherman's firing was the one time A&M used the short hook

and it led to the best season of the 21st century for any aggie sport

with or without a title -- it was glorious

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To be fair, that might have had more to do with Johnny than with Sumlin.

I don't feel like holding your hand. And when you ask silly questions such as me having insight to AD discussions that's being silly on your part anyway. Believe what you want to believe but no need to do silliness bc we see things differently.

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LB12Diamond said:

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It's out there. If you cannot see it. That's on you.

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If you can't provide a shred of evidence to support your repeated claims that he's gone, that's on you. I'm in the camp that wants him gone, I'd just like to see something that indicates it will actually happen. Vague references to "it's out there" and "writings on the wall" don't get my hopes up.

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You realize Kendall Rogers has been saying he is gone, if he doesn't make it to the postseason.

He helps run D1baseball.com and is maybe the college baseball news guy. He is also a former student with connections to the program. He wouldn't be running with this message unless he felt pretty confident.

That is why people are saying he is gone. And barring, someone like Alberts or even Looch actually contradicting what Rogers is saying at this point, I'd think the earley is staying crowd is the group lacking evidence.

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How would you review the first year of your career?

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But this isn't the first year of his career. He's been a college coach for 9 years. This IS the first year as a HC but he's been in this business for nearly a decade.

Do I expect mistakes? Sure. But the same consistent mistakes throughout nearly 60 games? No. I expect learning, adjustments, corrections.

It's clear his team, or at least many of them, loves him. Which makes it all the more confusing that they almost all regressed significantly.

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He helps run D1baseball.com and is maybe the college baseball news guy. He is also a former student with connections to the program. He wouldn't be running with this message unless he felt pretty confident.

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He's also historically loathe to engage in coaching change rumors because he relies on these coaches for info. Hard to come back to ask a coach for info if you led the "Coach X is likely to get fired" train.

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LB12Diamond said:

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It's out there. If you cannot see it. That's on you.

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If you can't provide a shred of evidence to support your repeated claims that he's gone, that's on you. I'm in the camp that wants him gone, I'd just like to see something that indicates it will actually happen. Vague references to "it's out there" and "writings on the wall" don't get my hopes up.

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You realize Kendall Rogers has been saying he is gone, if he doesn't make it to the postseason.

He helps run D1baseball.com and is maybe the college baseball news guy. He is also a former student with connections to the program. He wouldn't be running with this message unless he felt pretty confident.

That is why people are saying he is gone. And barring, someone like Alberts or even Looch actually contradicting what Rogers is saying at this point, I'd think the earley is staying crowd is lacking evidence.

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If Earley was definitely coming back, we would make an announcement to that effect today. Every day that goes by without such an announcement is an indication that we are exploring options.

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I don't feel like holding your hand. And when you ask silly questions such as me having insight to AD discussions that's being silly on your part anyway. Believe what you want to believe but no need to do silliness bc we see things differently.

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Where did I ask about you "having insight to AD discussions"? I asked where the evidence was "out there" that the coach was being fired. And I want him to be fired,so I'm not sure what you're referring to regarding "see things differently" - unless you think people should be able to state things as fact on message boards without offering any proof, then I guess we might see things differently.

You have been snarky with most of your responses to me.

You keep asking for specifics. Insider info. Thus, I made a joke about you wanting my AD meeting notes. Anyway,

I have been doing this a long time. When the tea leaves are lining up a coach is gone, I have a good feel for it. I have given you some insight on other threads of this past history and you scuff it off at every turn.

I mean, now you are just getting very needy.

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W said:

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the 2012 football season is the best example

Sherman's firing was the one time A&M used the short hook

and it led to the best season of the 21st century for any aggie sport

with or without a title -- it was glorious

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To be fair, that might have had more to do with Johnny than with Sumlin.

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To be fair, Johnny was going to transfer if Sherman stayed.

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I think Coach Earley can turn this program into something on the level of Oklahoma St. A nice program, but one that rarely if if ever goes to Omaha or a Super Regional.

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Oklahoma St. is 6th in CWS appearances with 20.

https://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2025-02-13/teams-most-appearances-mens-college-world-series?amp

I feel like the same AD that refused to fire Joni and Guerreri because of their (relatively low!) buyouts is not gonna want to fire Earley for the same reason. But I hope I'm wrong.

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I feel like the same AD that refused to fire Joni and Guerreri because of their (relatively low!) buyouts is not gonna want to fire Earley for the same reason. But I hope I'm wrong.

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Totally different scenarios.

Coach G has been here forever and a great coach at one time.

If you don't see the optics on the girls basketball coach making it hard to fire her. Not sure what to think.


And neither of those sports are water cooler discussions for the rich Ags.

Agree with OP.