Making sense of Mark Weaver's post-match press conference

I am still trying to make sense of this exchange between Texas A&M women's tennis head coach Mark Weaver and reporter John Parsons (@JTweetsTennis), host of the No-Ad, No Problem podcast.

Texas A&M had just won a national championship, taking down Auburn 4-1 in dominant fashion. The Aggies looked fresh despite playing grueling quarterfinal and semifinal matches versus No. 5 UNC and No. 1 Georgia, scraping by in those 4-3.

After his semifinal win, Weaver was asked by reporter Collette Lewis (@zootennis) if he was surprised to face his former assistant, now Auburn head coach, Jordan Szabo in the national championship match after Szabo departed from the program just two years ago.

His answer was odd:

"Jordan is a coach that's willing to do anything and everything to win."

After being left to stew with that for a day, Parsons asked Weaver to clarify his comments post national championship.

"He is a very hard working man, hardest working man in show business," Weaver said. "At least that was the thing I would always tell Jordan. And I appreciate all the hard work that he gave to Texas A&M."

Parsons: "Any mixed emotions tonight in playing him?"

Weaver: "Ya know, I think it's probably best I don't comment. I think most people know what's been going on."

Pretty interesting response considering most people DO NOT know what is going on.

But Ben Peck, a TV sports reporter covering Texas A&M, says that it is likely related to tampering and roster concerns.

It will be interesting to see if more information comes out on the matter.

In the current landscape of college athletics with the transfer portal and NIL, tampering has been a major issue. Still, it was shocking to see it be seemingly called out after the celebration of a national championship.