{"id":10236,"date":"2023-07-11T16:23:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T21:23:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=10236"},"modified":"2023-07-11T16:23:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T21:23:28","slug":"paul-finebaum-firmly-believes-texas-am-does-not-want-to-fire-jimbo-fisher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/paul-finebaum-firmly-believes-texas-am-does-not-want-to-fire-jimbo-fisher\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Finebaum \u2018firmly\u2019 believes Texas A&M does not want to fire Jimbo Fisher"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paul Finebaum said Texas A&M<\/strong><\/a> does not want to fire head coach Jimbo Fisher<\/a><\/strong>, despite the addition of offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Petrino has his own checkered past when he was the head coach of Arkansas, but the seemingly reformed coach is Fisher\u2019s right hand man this season. He was brought in to fix Fisher\u2019s offense and help A&M get over the jump<\/p>\n

Finebaum chalked it up to Fisher knowing what he had to do: he had to make a change if he wanted a longer leash and success with Texas A&M.<\/p>\n

\u201cJimbo is smart,\u201d Finebaum said to Matt Barrie on ESPN\u2019s YouTube channel.<\/a> \u201cAnd I think he realized he didn\u2019t have many cards to play. We spent all of our last year on Sunday morning talking about would they buy him out? It\u2019s pretty obvious they did not want to buy him out and I still don\u2019t think they do. This gives them a chance to make it and it\u2019s a dangerous move, but I don\u2019t think Jimbo Fisher can worry about that. I say dangerous because it\u2019s easier to fire Jimbo Fisher now that you have somebody who\u2019s able to take over.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fisher originally signed a 10-year, $75 million deal in December of 2017 when he left Florida State<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two sides re-upped for a 10-year, $94.95 million deal that went into effect in 2022. It seems like he isn\u2019t going anywhere anytime soon.<\/p>\n

But if Petrino is successful in his role, don\u2019t think the Aggies don\u2019t know they have a potential backup plan right in their back pocket, so says Finebaum.<\/p>\n

But, Finebaum made it clear he doesn\u2019t think the school is actively trying to get rid of its head coach.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know this isn\u2019t just some garden variety offensive coordinator,\u201d Finebaum said. \u201cI firmly believe A&M does not want to fire Jimbo Fisher. I think they want him there. And the people with whom I\u2019ve spoken to that or part of that program, say so far it\u2019s gone well. <\/p>\n

\u201cNow that doesn\u2019t mean anything, that means Bobby Petrino has got his parking spot. He went through orientation with the HR people and it was probably needed. Beyond that, they had a pretty decent spring without any controversy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since 2017, Fisher is 39-21 with Texas A&M, including a 9-1 season during the 2020 shortened campaign. That seemed to be a breakthrough, but the Aggies went 8-4 and 5-7 the last two seasons.<\/p>\n

Fisher is 122-44 overall as a head coach and won the BCS National Championship in 2013 with Florida State.<\/p>\n

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