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Texas A&M assistant coach apologizes after his Twitter rant costs Aggies at least one top recruit

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Texas A&M wide receivers coach Aaron Moorehead probably should learn to quit while he’s ahead. Or even not so ahead.

The former Super Bowl champion with the Indianapolis Colts became the center of a college recruiting drama that played out on Twitter starting late Wednesday night, and things didn’t end well for the Aggies.

It all started when quarterback Tate Martell, a five-star recruit from Las Vegas Bishop Gorman, tweeted that he was starting the recruiting process all over, even though he had committed to Texas A&M last August.

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Some fellow members of the Aggies’ recruiting class of 2017 had Martell’s back -- particularly receiver Mannie Netherly, a four-star recruit from Crosby (Texas), who sent out a couple of lengthy and thoughtful tweets about the difficulties highly regarded athletes face when making such life-altering decisions.

But not everyone in the Texas A&M family was so supportive. Just six minutes after Martell made his announcement, Moorehead sent out a tweet of his own.

Several minutes later, Moorehead tweeted that he didn’t even know about Martell’s decision when he posted his initial tweet. But he also made it clear with his hashtags that his comments apply to Martell as well.

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And Moorehead kept on tweeting about the topic.

Then Netherly -- remember, he’s a receiver -- tweeted his own decommitment from Texas A&M, placing the blame squarely on Moorehead.

Corona Centennial receiver Tylon Lindsey, a five-star recruit who once played with Martell at Bishop Gorman, also tweeted Wednesday night: “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.”

That tweet has since been deleted.

After a nine-hour absence from Twitter, an apologetic Moorehead returned later Thursday morning.

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For Aggies fans’ sake, hopefully he now takes a nice, long break from social media. Head Coach Kevin Sumlin, who told reporters Thursday that he addressed the matter with Moorehead, hinted that might be the case.

“Our policy has been abuse the privilege, lose the privilege. Put it that way,” Sumlin said.

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