Nolan Cain Leaves Texas, Returns to Texas A&M

[JMarquette]

18 minutes ago, AusMOJO said:

Well I'm not going to continue going back and forth with you on it, so we don't clog up the thread lol. But I appreciate the back and forth, being respectful, etc.

Appreciate the info, too.

Very good interaction and respectful disagreement. Thank you for that as well!

[BornOrange]

2 hours ago, HornsAlwaysGoUp said:

He will have no connections in the south though. Not sure how that helps Texas much unless they are after PNW guys.

Half of Oregon's roster is from California.

[Blake Munroe]

Some of yall are wild.

Texas will be fine. 

Article coming later this morning. 

[Tuco Ramirez]

1 hour ago, Blake Munroe said:

Some of yall are wild.

Texas will be fine. 

Article coming later this morning. 

 

[Assistant Regional Manager]

Why does baseball bring out the hottest takes you’ll see on a message board with a bunch of random people always claiming to have inside info?

You notice it every offseason.

[Realist Horn]

Come on guys - he took the easier job. Schloss said how hard it is to recruit the portal when you’re playing in Omaha. Why wouldn’t Cain go to College Station where his hands won’t be tied by any post season trips? 
 

Texas will be fine, and I assume Schloss had someone he wanted already lined up - see Oregon. 

[jkates]

11 hours ago, 4thandFive said:

Texas is a football & softball school. And that’s perfectly ok. 

Texas is a swimming and diving school.

[Cozer]

11 hours ago, Jeff Howe said:

He's played a big role in putting this roster together, no doubt. But I'm not expecting a mass exodus of talent following him to College Station. The pitchers are at Texas because of Max Weiner and the position players like playing for Schloss and Tulo.

Losing Cain stings, but if Weiner left, for instance, I'd be worried about guys on the roster following him.

Jeff, you are being far too rational. You’re supposed to tell us that every good player on the roster is heading to CS, the last remaining funding for the baseball program is about to be pulled, and the Disch will be torn down soon. 

[THookem]

Good for Cain.  He gets to double his salary & make $800,000

[TexTheHorn24]

2 hours ago, Blake Munroe said:

Some of yall are wild.

Texas will be fine. 

Article coming later this morning. 

I think part of it is that fans are seeing another Texas baseball coverage person crashing out on social media from another network. He’s saying there’s no money and a mass exodus coming. Might be scaring some folks.

[Assistant Regional Manager]

22 minutes ago, TexTheHorn24 said:

I think part of it is that fans are seeing another Texas baseball coverage person crashing out on social media from another network. He’s saying there’s no money and a mass exodus coming. Might be scaring some folks.

Who? I didn’t see anything like that.

[UTexas]

37 minutes ago, THookem said:

Good for Cain.  He gets to double his salary & make $800,000

And more than likely be the next Head Coach at the agricultural and mechanical school of Texas. 

[MBHORNSFAN]

49 minutes ago, TexTheHorn24 said:

I think part of it is that fans are seeing another Texas baseball coverage person crashing out on social media from another network. He’s saying there’s no money and a mass exodus coming. Might be scaring some folks.

You talking about this moron?

 

this is the same idiot who told everyone Pierce was 100% back too. 

 

 

Edited 58 minutes ago by MBHORNSFAN

[Jeff Howe]

1 hour ago, TexTheHorn24 said:

I think part of it is that fans are seeing another Texas baseball coverage person crashing out on social media from another network. He’s saying there’s no money and a mass exodus coming. Might be scaring some folks.

Financial backing for baseball was a legitimate concern under Pierce because some of the folks who would’ve helped put money into the program weren’t willing to do so unless a coaching change was made. Texas doesn’t have the biggest pool of baseball resources in the SEC, but the program isn’t poor.

Also, as @Blake Munroe mentioned in his notes this morning, Cain leaving wasn’t strictly a money move.

[Jedi Master Bevo]

16 minutes ago, Jeff Howe said:

Financial backing for baseball was a legitimate concern under Pierce because some of the folks who would’ve helped put money into the program weren’t willing to do so unless a coaching change was made. Texas doesn’t have the biggest pool of baseball resources in the SEC, but the program isn’t poor.

Also, as @Blake Munroe mentioned in his notes this morning, Cain leaving wasn’t strictly a money move.

Another great report Jeff, thanks!!

[texcoyote15]

I may be way off but I’m not sitting worrying alot about it. Was it expected? Not by the fan base.  Guys that have been in the game as long as Schloss know alot of guys and I’m sure have a list of guys that he’d be interested in.  Like Bobby said, Schloss was going to the World Series way before Cain and he’ll be going way after he is gone.  I have confidence that CDC will keep the money where it needs to be.