TCU baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle delivered the cold, hard truth to pitcher Jared Janczak during their end-of-the-season meeting in June 2015.
The Horned Frogs had just been to their second consecutive College World Series and Janczak, a true freshman from Belton High School, was forced to watch it all from afar after being redshirted.
The 2016 recruiting class was strong and included 11 pitchers. Schlossnagle didn't see the lightly-recruited right-hander, who struggled throwing strikes, busting through the ranks.
"You're welcome to stay, but if baseball is important to you, I don't see how you're going to get to pitch," Schlossnagle told him.