Who Replaces Jimbo?

[JDCrimson]

Texas A&M and MSU could start the SEC Swingers Club...

Their motto...

He could take his'un and beat yurn, and he could take yurn and beat his'un...

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Jimbo Fisher to MSU
Zach Arnett to aTm.

 

[FitToBeTide]

Wouldn't surprise me if he would be named Interim HC...

Elijah Robinson, associate head coach/defensive line coach has been moved up to interim, I believe.

 

[alwayshavebeen]

Isn't there a contract clause that assures CNS to be the highest paid coach in college football? If so, I hope A&M divvies out $15M a year.

 

[Bama Lee]

Malzan

 

[JohnD]

Malzan

Because he goes "Boom", right?

 

[JohnD]

I expect A&M will go after a splash hire. A sitting head coach at a major program. Money is no obstacle. Paying huge salaries for this bunch is like Randolph and Mortimer betting a dollar.

 

[TideEngineer08]

If the Aggies were to get the right guy in charge, they'd have the financial resources to contend for the SEC. The right coach turns them into a consistently good program.

Who they get is anyone's guess, but if it's the right guy and he's the right fit, watch out.

The problem isn’t the coach though.

 

[rolltide_21]

As a (sort of) aside. Stephen A. Smith is one of the biggest blowhard tools in sports commentary. Which is saying a lot.

Yes, I know. But, one can hope, right?

 

[4Q Basket Case]

As far as I can tell, aTm at best is a place where coaches coach before they go coach national championship teams somewhere else. 😎

I’m not sure if you’re serious, or you just omitted blue font.

Jimbo — 89-45 without Jameis. Other than 2020, abysmal record against the P-5, on the road in the SEC, in games against Top 20 teams. The list goes on.

Leads the nation in recruiting rankings and is perpetually 8-4. At best. Several losing seasons sprinkled in his record.

Sumlin — beat us the week after an emotional LSU win, on multiple Heisman moments / divine intervention in favor of Johnny Manziel. Parlayed that into generational money in buyouts after being fired from aTm and Arizona.

Mike Sherman? Dennis Franchione? RC Slocum? Jackie Sherrill? Tom Wilson (had to look that one up)? Emory Bellard?

You got me on Stallings and Bryant, but Stallings was fired from aTm over 50 years ago, and Bryant left almost 70 years ago.

aTm isn't a steppingstone to future success.....it's where coaching careers go to die.

Booster / NIL money? Recruiting territory? Facilities? Ability to pay coaches (stifle laughter here)? Any tangible advantage you might name? They have all of them. They’ve had all of them for 100 years.

Even with Manziel, they still lost 2 games, then 4, then 5.

They’ll have the occasional 10-win season. They win nothing that matters.

 

[RammerJammer14]

I’m not sure if you’re serious, or you just omitted blue font.

Jimbo — 89-45 without Jameis. Other than 2020, abysmal record against the P-5, on the road in the SEC, in games against Top 20 teams. The list goes on.

Leads the nation in recruiting rankings and is perpetually 8-4. At best. Several losing records sprinkled in his record.

Sumlin — beat us the week after an emotional LSU win, on multiple Heisman moments / dIvine intervention in favor of Johnny Manziel.

Mike Sherman? Dennis Franchione? RC Slocum? Jackie Sherrill? Tom Wilson (had to look that one up)? Emory Ballard?

You got me on Stallings and Bryant, but Stallings was fired from aTm over 50 years ago, and Bryant left almost 70 years ago.

aTm is where coaching careers go to die. It’s not a stepping stone to future success.

Booster / NIL money? Recruiting territory? Facilities? Ability to pay coaches (stifle laughter here)? Any tangible advantage you might name? They have all of them. They’ve had all of them for 100 years.

Even with Manziel, they lost 2 games, then 4, then 5.

They’ll have the occasional 10-win season. They win nothing that matters.

I was talking very specifically of Bryant and Stallings, because aTm fans are always trying to absorb their success at Bama into the program at aTm, as if aTm was responsible for their success or deserves credit for some of that success through osmosis. It’s the closest they have ever been to an NC since after WWII. So yeah I was being tongue in cheek and poking fun at them.

 

[bamacon]

I can tell you who I would absolutely interview…

Jedd Fisch at Arizona. Took over a dumpster fire and has them competing for the Pac 12 title. Him Traylor and Elko would be the 2nd tier coaches ready to splash in with the big names.

Lane or Prime if they just want the headlines.

 

[Crimson1967]

I guess Saban is out.

Dabo ain't going anywhere and the Aggies may make the call just say they did, but I doubt he's who they want

Hiring a national championship coach from the ACC who may have worn out his welcome worked out so well the last time.

 

[Tidelines]

I guess Saban is out.




Hiring a national championship coach from the ACC who may have worn out his welcome worked out so well the last time.

I thought you were going to say Mac Brown.lol

 

[BamaMoon]

I expect A&M will go after a splash hire. A sitting head coach at a major program. Money is no obstacle. Paying huge salaries for this bunch is like Randolph and Mortimer betting a dollar.

Nice movie reference.

Maybe A&M wins the Nobel price for another bad coaching hire!!! 😁

 

[Bazza]

I know Urban Meyer was mentioned here and just ran across this short (5 min.) video where he is asked about whether he'd consider returning to coaching.

I know not everyone is a fan but I've always liked and respected the man for all he has accomplished.

 

[davefrat]

I know Urban Meyer was mentioned here and just ran across this short (5 min.) video where he is asked about whether he'd consider returning to coaching.

I know not everyone is a fan but I've always liked and respected the man for all he has accomplished.

He's a sleazeball who happens to be good at coaching football but he also seems to have a rather short shelf life wherever he goes.

 

[graydogg85]

If I am TAMU and I'm willing to spend $76 million to fire Fisher, I would absolutely swing for the fences with this hire. Delusional and unrealistic perhaps, but I'd offer the following coaches a chance to be the richest men in the sport and force them to tell me "no" before moving on:

- Kirby Smart
- Jim Harbaugh
- Ryan Day
- Bob Stoops
- Lincoln Riley

All guys who have had extremely high levels of success at a P5 school in the last decade and at least one playoff appearance. None of these are realistic IMO, but if you're going to drop $76 million on a buyout you might as well go just as big on the replacement hire.

 

[bamatex82]

former OC at Buffalo, Ken Dorsey, is now available

 

[RollTide_HTTR]

Kiffin just makes SOOO much sense. He knows the SEC. His biggest weakness is recruiting which will get boosted at A&M dramatically. He wants the Alabama job and winning at A&M would give him a better shot at it. Sure he hasn't won the big games at Ole Miss but that's VERY hard to do there.

Idk if they hire Kiffin or not but I think he makes the most sense

 

[RollTide_HTTR]

- Kirby Smart
- Jim Harbaugh
- Ryan Day
- Bob Stoops
- Lincoln Riley

none of those make sense to me. Kirby and Harbaugh are already at their dream college jobs, Ryan Day is coaching at a much better program, Stoops whole thing was that he wanted to retire young, and Riley leaving USC just doesn't make a ton of sense to me culturally.