Texas A&M loses 2 recruits, 1 after tweets from assistant coach
Recruiting can make people a little crazy. That includes coaches, apparently.
After longtime Texas A&M commit Tate Martell announced that he was opening up his recruitment Wednesday night, Aggies wide receivers coach Aaron Moorehead did not react well.
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Martell, the top dual-threat quarterback in the 2017 class according to Rivals.com, had indicated in recent months that he planned to take other visits, so the news wasn’t a huge surprise. Nonetheless, Moorehead proceeded to tweet several times about “loyalty,” among other things.
I feel sorry for ppl who never understand loyalty. I can't really even vibe with u. At the end of the day trust is 💯 & everything else is BS
— Aaron Moorehead (@Amo8685) May 5, 2016
I wasn't even talking about who everyone thinks I'm talking about. I didn't even know #badtiming #relevanttho #stillnoloyalty
— Aaron Moorehead (@Amo8685) May 5, 2016
Lots of tough typers tonight 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 #soundsgood
— Aaron Moorehead (@Amo8685) May 5, 2016
People act like the truth is all the sudden a bad thing. Society is too sensitive. Y'all boys soft. #texastough
— Aaron Moorehead (@Amo8685) May 5, 2016
I love Texas A&M football. I guard it and respect it with my life. I don't take that lightly day to day
— Aaron Moorehead (@Amo8685) May 5, 2016
He fired off a few other tweets, too, but those were deleted, of course.
“There is no accountability and no sense of positivity when it comes to adversity. #selfish #allaboutme,” one read.
This is coming from a guy who left Virginia Tech for the same coaching position on A&M’s staff before the 2015 season. Yet if a teenage college prospect wants to consider all of his options, he’s “soft?”
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Predictably, that sentiment did not sit too well with other recruits. It didn’t take long for four-star wide receiver Mannie Netherly to decommit from the Aggies. In his announcement, Netherly referenced Moorehead’s tweets.
‼️‼️ pic.twitter.com/2g0ee2pRkA
— Mannie Netherly (@yovng_netherly) May 5, 2016
It didn’t stop there. A&M wide receiver target Tyjon Lindsey, a friend of Martell and one of the top-rated recruits in the country, tweeted that he will no longer consider the Aggies.
I would like to say thank you to TAMU & fans but due to some tweets subtweeted towards my brother, I will no longer be looking at A&M.
— Tyjon A. Lindsey ® (@tyjonlindsey) May 5, 2016
Moorehead later apologized for his tweets.
— Aaron Moorehead (@Amo8685) May 5, 2016
Moorehead's boss, A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin, said Moorehead has "taken responsibility for his actions." He did not expound further.
"We'll move on from there," Sumlin said.
So what is a lesson we can all learn from this fiasco? Never tweet.
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