When keeping it real on social media goes wrong, coach edition (Featured)

Coaches love to remind players that their posts on social media can have real world consequences, but that is a truth that does not apply only to them. Case in point: Texas A&M wide receivers coach Aaron Moorehead.

Five-star quarterback commit Tate Martell announced his decommitment last night, a move that was a long time coming according to many in recruiting circles.

Six minutes later, Moorehead tweeted this.

Twenty-four minutes later, after in this particular corner of the Internet put two and two together, Moorehead attempted damage control.

However, the damage had been done. Four-star wide receiver Mannie Netherly saw Moorehead's tweet storm and decided he'd had enough.

Twelve minutes later, fellow four-star wideout Tyjon Lindsey joined him.

With 13 stars worth of commitments gone in less than two hours, Moorehead closed the night with this further bit of damage control.

A kid willing to decommit over a subtweet probably isn't going to survive his first fall camp, and certainly won't be there for you on 3rd-and-8 with a minute and a half left in the fourth quarter. Or, at least that's the argument I'm making in Kevin Sumlin's office this morning if I'm Aaron Moorehead. AM Update: Once the story metastasized this morning, Moorehead issued this statement:

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