Jim Schlossnagle publicly apologizes to TexAgs reporter at Longhorns introduction presser

“He’s a young reporter, he asked an obvious question, I wish I could’ve answered that better. So I apologize for that to Richard,” he said.

As TexAgs senior reporter Olin Buchanan walked into Wednesday’s introductory press conference for coach Jim Schlossnagle at Texas, they made eye contact and nodded, each with a keen understanding of what had taken place over the past 36 hours.

“Olin, I’m glad you’re here,” Schlossnagle said. “I was asked a question after our game the other night, we’re playing for the national championship, as I said in my press conference when I took the A&M job, ‘There would never be a time that I wasn’t invested in that program.’ There never was a time that I wasn’t invested. I gave every, and when I say ‘I, our staff,’ we gave everything we possibly could to win that last ballgame.

“When the game ended, I want to publicly apologize to Richard Zane from TexAgs. He’s a young reporter, he asked a question that was an obvious question, I wish I could’ve answered that better. But in the moment, 30 minutes after the last pitch, all I could think about was our players. I really wasn’t in the mood to talk about myself or the future. So I apologize for that to Richard.”

As Buchanan began to ask a question later in the presser, Schlossnagle welcomed him to Austin with a smirk.

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