Jimbo Didn't Stand a Chance

This morning, Texas A&M did the predictable and let Jimbo Fisher go after six seasons at College Station. He will be owed $76 million in his buyout just to stay away, which is a record. All I have to say is, this six-season tenure by Jimbo was what I expected. They were going to be okay, that's it. Many college football "experts" thought he was going to make the Aggies into a powerhouse in the SEC. It was a pipe dream against a stacked conference and despite collecting some high recruiting classes during his tenure, the rest of the SEC was just one step ahead of Jimbo.

Almost ten years ago, Jimbo Fisher and the Florida State Seminoles won the National Championship in a classic game against Auburn. After many years as an assistant in college football, Jimbo was a head coach of a national champion. It seemed as he would take the Noles to a dynasty for years to come. But it was Jimbo who wanted to start that dynasty on his own. Even if he was going to win six championships in Tallahassee, he would have been in Bobby Bowden's shadow because FSU was Bobby Bowden and his legacy. So, Jimbo leaving for A&M was logical. How he did it seems sketchy, but he wanted to develop his own legacy.

As much as Jimbo deserves some of the blame for underachieving at College Station, the suits with the deep pockets should get 60% of it. For a bunch of decades, the Aggies' brass had head coaches that were able to be winners or obtain a winning record while in the position. Here's the problem: Texas A&M believes that they are an elite football program. (Record screeches) No, bruh, no. Texas A&M has never been an elite program in my eyes, they are a program that can make bowl games and maybe, a New Year's Day bowl once in a blue moon. An elite program was never in anyone's eyes, except the delirious ones of A&M.

From R.C. Slocum, Dennis Franchione, Mike Sherman, Kevin Sumlin and now, Jimbo Fisher, another new coach and many dollars burned away, will try to make Texas A&M into an elite program in arguably, the most difficult conference in college football now that Texas and Oklahoma are-a-coming.

Take a note, Texas A&M, make sure you have some money saved up for another buyout.

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