As long as the Aggies lose three or more games a year, there will always be questions on how long the University will be willing to pay head coach Jimbo Fisher’s egregious salary. Texas A&M did this to themselves with large contracts and fake trophies.
I’m also in the camp that no one is genuinely overpaid, and it’s not my money, so personally, his contact means very little to me. That said, criticism should be welcomed when expectations are so high, and you have such a significant investment. Objectively, Jimbo Fisher has been an improvement to the program overall, and he is a great recruiter; outside of his first season when he went 8-4 and the 9-1 season, he has underachieved with his highly touted recruiting classes just turning into decent teams.
Being that he is one of five current coaches with a National Title halfway through year six, at the minimum, the Aggies should have at least played for a conference title once in this time frame. Sans the shortened COVID season, the Jimbo-led teams have yet to sniff the top of the SEC West, and usually, by the time Halloween rolls around, they are already out of the title picture.
The second half of the season will only do one of two things after this season. Further calls for Jimbo’s job, or it will be more of the same…an eight-win regular season with a convincing bowl win give fan hope for next year. I’m probably in the minority, but I’m fine letting Jimbo finish his contract as long as he continues recruiting Top-five classes.
That’s not a popular opinion, and I doubt he will make it to the end of his contract if we don’t start seeing at least a nine, or ten-win season starting sooner rather than later. I’m one of many who believe that Fisher will be around for at least one more year, and Connor O’Gara from Saturday Down South laid out a pretty good case.
The Aggies had time to reset and set new goals for the remainder of the season. Jimbo will lead the Maroon & White one to Kyle Field on Saturday as they host the South Carolina Gamecocks with a renewed focus on fishing the season strong.
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