After another disappointing loss Saturday to the Auburn Tigers, the Texas A&M Aggies, once ranked No. 6 in the country, find themselves at 3-7 and no longer bowl-eligible. Despite the record, the likelihood of Jimbo Fisher being fired after the season is fairly low because of his $86 million buyout, though not impossible according to Paul Finebaum.
“Texas A&M can’t afford to fire him and they can’t afford not to fire him,” Finebaum said. “They hired him, in addition to everything else having won a national championship because he had a reputation as one of the best offensive minds in college football.”
Finebaum also thinks that Fisher’s reputation and credibility have been blown to bits this season.
“His credibility is at the bottom,” said Finebaum. “He’s easily done the worst coaching job of anyone in college football this year.”
Fisher came into this season with the No. 1 recruiting class in the country, though Alabama head coach Nick Saban questioned how he was able to build that class so quickly, leading to a lot of preseason drama.
Now, with Jimbo’s first losing season as Aggies head coach, Finebaum thinks many players in that 2022 recruiting class will be making their homes elsewhere next year, only adding to Fisher’s misery.
About Stacey Mickles
Stacey is a 1995 graduate of the University of Alabama who has previously worked for other publications such as Sportskeeda and Saturday Down South.