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Jim Schlossnagle being mercilessly roasted for jumping ship from Texas A&M baseball

National media and Texas A&M baseball fans alike are letting the coach have it for his move from College Station to Austin.

By Graham Harmon

Jun 22, 2024; Omaha, NE, USA; Texas A&M Aggies head coach Jim Schlossnagle walks to the mound against the Tennessee Volunteers during the fifth inning at Charles Schwab Field Omaha. Mandatory Credit: Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 22, 2024; Omaha, NE, USA; Texas A&M Aggies head coach Jim Schlossnagle walks to the mound against the Tennessee Volunteers during the fifth inning at Charles Schwab Field Omaha. Mandatory Credit: Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports / Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports
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Both Texas A&M fans and national media taking Jim Schlossnagle to task following his jump from College Station to Austin

In one of the more shocking moves in recent college baseball history—really, college sports history—Jim Schlossnagle is reportedly headed to Texas. This comes on the heels of the Aggies finishing as runners-up in the College World Series after an extremely hard-fought three game spate against the Tennessee Volunteers.

Not only did this come after some of the biggest games in program history, but amid the rumors swirling about the Texas job, Schloss was asked by Richard Zane of Texags if he was taking the Longhorn job. Schloss, to put it mildly, bristled at the question.

In light of all this, both Aggie fans and national media are taking Schlossnagle to task over how this whole thing unfolded.

This sounds crazy on first glance, but it seems obvious that this must have been a distraction at least to the head man, even if the players knew nothing. But even the players must have gotten wind of something going strangely—which makes you wonder.

Even former players joined in to make their voices heard on the situation.

On that note, it was the fiery denial from last night’s press conference that drew much of the ire from the national media, especially the way that Schloss spoke to Zane after the question was asked. Here’s what some national reporters and outlets had to say about everything that went down.

Aaron Torres didn’t mince words when he spoke about his feelings about Schlossnagle’s conduct.

John McClain stuck up for Richard Zane in the aftermath of the move, criticizing Schloss’s future credibility.

RedditCFB—or one of the mods behind the page—made this stinging observation.

Maybe most heartbreaking was this tweet from Chris Cortez, who put it all on the line in game 2 and will likely be headed to the MLB.

I don’t doubt that the Aggies will move quickly to find a replacement, but this is all pretty shocking.

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