It wouldn’t be the college football offseason without drumming up news concerning the still unscathed marriage between Texas A&M Head Coach Jimbo Fisher and new offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino. Again, these two have yet to take the field together outside of April’s Maroon and White Spring Game, but that won’t stop anonymous SEC coaches from throwing out their verbal haymakers ahead of the Aggies’ critical 2023 season.
Lindy Sports’ 2023 preseason magazine featured several firmly held opinions from various coaches regarding every team in the SEC, with a clear focus on Texas A&M after finishing the 2022 camping in underwhelming fashion at 5-7 and 2-6 in conference play.
So, out of all the hot takes presented, which stuck like a sore thumb? Think Freddy Krueger.
“The Jimbo Fisher/Bobby Petrino marriage: Sounds like a Nightmare on Elm Street scenario, doesn’t it? I know ’em both and they’re both single minded,” one SEC coach stated. “It’ll be interesting to see if Jimbo will keep his butt out of the way. Petrino is not a feel good, Mr. Happy type of guy, but he’s a great offensive mind.”
Jimbo Fisher’s ego, like every head coach in the country, of course, played a part in his inability to relinquish the play-calling duties until poor results on the field continued to pile up, leading to what many consider a “boom or bust” hire in Bobby Petrino, most recently the head coach at FCS Missouri State.
But let’s be honest and forthright with every reader out there whenever this relationship is brought up during the 2023 season: The quarterback position, most notably sophomore signal caller Conner Weigman’s development under Petrino’s guidance will ultimately make your break the future of this coaching tandem, especially when the roster is as talented and experienced as it has been during Jimbo Fisher’s tenure with the program.
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