Hayes: Why Bobby Petrino is the absolute last person Jimbo Fisher should hire
Editor’s note: This column originally published on Dec. 12, 2022 as part of Matt Hayes’ weekly First and 10 column. Wednesday, ESPN reported that Texas A&M is finalizing a deal to hire Bobby Petrino. SDS’ Matt Hayes weighed in on the possible marriage soon after reports surfaced that it was possible.
Of all the moves Jimbo Fisher could make this offseason, this is the most dangerous.
And impulsive. And short-sighted. And reckless.
And reeking of desperation.
Bobby Petrino is a helluva offensive coordinator, and quarterbacks coach and play-caller. Bobby Petrino is a horrible assistant coach.
It will end at some point for Fisher at Texas A&M, and it will more than likely end badly. The history of failed coaches in College Station is the ultimate roadmap.
The end will come quicker with Petrino by his side.
We’re 5 years into the Fisher experiment at Texas A&M, and 247Sports is reporting that Fisher will interview Missouri State coach — and longtime coaching mercenary (I say mercenary, you say conman) — Bobby Petrino for the Aggies’ vacant offensive coordinator position.
The idea of Fisher and Petrino — two of the biggest egos in the coaching fraternity (and I say that with no malice, it’s who most coaches are) — standing side by side trying to win SEC games is frightening. Not because of the potential impact on the game, or the Aggies or the SEC.
But because of the inevitable implosion, simmering from the moment they sit at the same table for the first staff meeting to introduce Petrino to an already combustible situation. The only thing lacking is ignition.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the match to set the thing ablaze: the quarterback position.
Fisher believes he knows a thing or two about the quarterback spot. He’s coached 2 No. 1 overall NFL Draft picks (JaMarcus Russell, Jameis Winston), has 4 first-round NFL Draft picks at the position (Christian Ponder, EJ Manuel) and he’d just as soon keep his unofficial title of head ball coach/offense — but no one is hiring a guy who got pushed out of a dream job with a $95 million parachute.
Fisher has to make this work.
But instead of hiring a young, charismatic offensive coordinator with new ideas and the ability to recruit quarterbacks and skill players, the first move is apparently Petrino. The one guy who will absolutely make sure it doesn’t work.
It’s unthinkable, really. Petrino doesn’t have the temperament to be an assistant coach. Hasn’t since he was a quarterbacks coach/OC with NFL’s Jaguars in the early 2000s, when then Jaguars coach Tom Coughlin called him the best play-caller he’d ever been around.
Petrino wanted bigger, better things and instead of waiting and working his way through the NFL, he jumped for the offensive coordinator job at Auburn in 2002, and a year after that, the head coach job at Louisville.
He hasn’t been an assistant since, but between then and now, his massive ego and need for control of all things football, led him to:
— Be part of a failed coup in the early 2000s to unseat Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville. Auburn officials wanted Tubs replaced, and flew clandestinely to Louisville to interview Petrino in the middle of the season.
The coup was exposed, and Louisville officials were furious. They stuck with Petrino, who rebuilt the program over the next 2 years and won big.
— After getting a massive raise from Louisville and declaring he’s a lifer there, Petrino left soon after to coach the NFL’s Falcons.
— Before his first season with the Falcons ended, he walked out on his team to accept the head coaching job at Arkansas.
— After leading Arkansas to a top 3 ranking and the Sugar Bowl, he later lied about a relationship with a subordinate, and was fired despite his successful run.
— He resurfaced 2 years later at Western Kentucky, trying to reboot his career and proclaiming he was there for the long haul. After 1 season, he left to return to Louisville.
— Coached Heisman Trophy winner Lamar Jackson, before it eventually all unraveled and he was fired after 5 seasons.
— Two years later in 2020, in yet another reboot, he agreed to coach FCS Missouri State.
This is the guy who is going to play well with Fisher? The same Fisher whose own legendary ego dates back to his days as the coach-in-waiting at Florida State, where he forced the university’s hand to push iconic coach Bobby Bowden out 1 year early — or Fisher would walk.
That move took unthinkable stones.
This move would top that — and eventually collapse the whole thing he’s trying to put together in College Station.
2. A bold, bad move
Years ago I wrote a profile of Bret Bielema arriving at Arkansas and cleaning up the mess Petrino left behind.
It wasn’t just the inappropriate relationship with a subordinate or lying about it to his superiors or the infamous motorcycle crash that unearthed the unseemly events.
It was how Petrino’s management of the program had worn down all involved. Yep, they were top 3 at one point under Petrino — but there were cracks everywhere.
One Arkansas staffer told me, “He was an ass—-, but he was our ass—-.”
Last week, I reached out to an assistant coach on that staff of more than a decade ago, and asked him about the idea of Fisher hiring Petrino.
“I can’t begin to imagine what that’s going to look like,” the former Petrino assistant told me. “I’ve never been around a more dysfunctional and demeaning environment than what we had (at Arkansas). I thought, well, he’s just coaching hard. No, it was humiliation at times — for players and coaches.”
Bobby Petrino is not an assistant coach. There will be power struggles between he and Fisher, and there will be a winner and a loser.
Understand this: Petrino is a terrific coach. He will whip the offense into shape, and they will score points — but the interaction between 2 mega personalities won’t work, and will eventually bleed over into the locker room and on the field.
The losses will mount while the offense will be among the SEC’s best. At some point, someone will have to answer.
Take a wild stab in the dark who gets fired? I’ll give you a hint: the guy with $80-something million remaining on his contract.
Not interim Aggies coach Bobby Petrino.
3. The wrong choice, The Epilogue
Hiring Petrino will eventually lead to conflict of egos over how the offense is run, the plays are called and the quarterbacks are coached. That conflict then soils everything.
Fisher needs a coordinator who has the chops to handle full control of the offense, and the humility to allow Fisher to peek under the hood every once in a while and give opinions.
No chance that happens with Petrino.
He can always throw a ridiculous amount of cash (A&M is good for it) at an OC of an SEC rival to weaken its program in the process. Like Kendal Briles at Arkansas, or Charlie Weis Jr. at Ole Miss.
Or he can hire Petrino, and move ahead the clock that’s already ticking on his departure.
This might be a terrible hire for TAMU but a great hire for fans since drama is inevitable between these two.
I cannot wait to see Jimbo and Bobby fighting on the TAMU sideline next season.
This is what my Arkansas fan coworker and I were talking about….distinct chance of throwing hands on the sideline. Odds are not 100% the fight would be over football either.
The inevitable mushroom cloud over College Station in the next year will be something to behold. I can’t believe Jimbo is this desperate, and this stupid.
Petrino is an elite OC. Arkansas has been an utter dumpster fire of dog sht ever since Petrino left Arkansas. Lol
Arkansas fans are hilarious aren’t they? A&M is a far superior program.
Petrino is a great offensive mind. No doubt. He’s also a corrosive scumbag. When it implodes, and it will, I’ll laugh and you’ll be nowhere to be found.
Petrino lit the dumpster on fire is the thing most people forget about Petrino.
His last year in Fayetteville he wasn’t recruiting, he was having an affair with a person he put on staff as a recruiting coordinator (a position she was not qualified to do), and then lied to his boss about the hiring and then affair (he was married and the woman was then engaged to someone else).
If Petrino had been around for the John L. year it would not have been much better as the team had been sapped of SEC quality o-line and defensive players. Nick Saban and Les Miles (among others) had figured him out.
IMO Arkansas would have been in just as bad a situation if they kept BP for another year. There probably wouldn’t have been the BERT years, but then if that doesn’t happen the Hogs probably don’t get Pittman and the are struggling with someone like Drinkwitz.
Bobby Petrino is an absolute ass of a human being. I wouldn’t want him near any of my kids or anything that I like. I don’t know why he is seen as a “offensive super-genius” when he hasn’t won anything in decades. Yes, his SEMO team almost beat Arkansas last year, but that was his Super Bowl. Plus, his team was healthy, had a roster of P5 cast-offs in the skill positions, and the Arkansas defense was still learning how to cover the pass after the large number of injuries that depleted the secondary.
Arkansas has beat A&M once in the last 12 years in 12 tries. Arkansas now won’t ever beat A&M again. Lol
And the Ags lost the respect they once held in droves. Those poor cadets.
Totally irrelevant to the conversation, but whatever, if it makes you feel better.
Smacks like Jumbo is looking forward to his buyout.
SCUM and SCUMER?
why would it be a terrible hire? Lol. Petrino is an elite OC. Your team sure as hell never beating them again like you only have once in 12 tries this last decade+.
He’s an elite AH; he’ll fit in perfectly in Texas.
He is a proven winner!
So that is why he got fired from Louisville? He did win 3 more games than he lost at Missouri State.
You probably think it’s OK to parade a confederate flag around the US capitol. ***hat.
If he is a jerk that is hard on players you might see a lot players enter the portal.
you mean more than the 27 already there?
I counted 22. And 15 for LSU.
Glad to see y’all picked up our biggest attitude problem in Denver Harris? Self-righteous doosh bag….
Wasn’t he just hired by UNLV?
Ol’Bobby running from the rebels like they’re a female grad assistant in a ditch.
That’s cold, but also pretty funny. Nice!
Just ask the Atlanta Falcons.
Did he leave a sticky note on the UNLV locker room?
Who cares. Missouri sucks balls. Petrino is an elite OC.
Ask the falcons what? Who cares. Lol. He’s had 2 major head coaching jobs since then. Lmao. you weirdo
GFY
The staff had a massive party at the Falcons the day Petrino left.
South Carolina just beat A&M for the first time in 11 tries this last year after losing 10 straight years. Lol. South Carolina never winning again now with Petrino calling the A&M offense.
Who gaf if he was just hired by Unlv. Not uncommon to switch jobs if offered an SEC job in early january.
“Who gaf if he was just hired ”
You have the IQ of dung.
That’s an insult to feces everywhere.
classic BP, loyalty and commitment be d4med, BP gotta look out for BP.
Everyone deserves 2nd chances. But this guy has burned through so many, I can’t believe any team is willing to give him another shot at a power five job. He’s a fantastic offensive mind, but he’s a cancer wherever he has landed. He’s made countless people who have vouched for him look like fools. Does Fisher really believe Petrino just wants to be an OC? This is going to backfire on the Aggies 100%. I repeat 100%.
He’s a snake in the grass.
I’m suspect he’s going to aggie land not to be a good OC but to be the HCIW.
His ego demands it.
Bingo I-95! Taking the head coaches position at aTm is exactly Petrino’s intention.
Snake in the grass? Lol. Are you 12? And what are you even referencing. Lol
What are you 11? You use Lol in every sentence like a dumbass that doesn’t realize it just makes you look stupid.
ya right. He knows A&M would never hire him beyond OC.
Why would they even hire him as an OC? There are plenty of qualified young coaches out there who want a chance, and who are not Grade A scumbags….the first time he and Dumbo do not agree all hell will break loose….this hire is as dumb as a $95 Million buyout.
Because there is a shift at A&M from Jimbo calling the plays. He would likely not listen or intimidate a younger canididate. I think Jimbo made a hire that took some serious self-reflection. Bring in an experienced veteran that Jimbo has some respect for. I didn’t love the move at first, but after seeing the uproar, bring it on.
What has he burned through? Lol. This was one of the goofiest articles I’ve ever read.
stick to your dog sht offense at kentucky. A&M made an elite OC hire and your squealers can whine all you want. A&M just upgraded immensely.
The dog sht offense at Kentucky will be just fine. In fact, I’m confident it will be better than the A&M offense next year. And that’s without all the 5* talent on the roster.
Keep thinking they made an “elite OC hire” and you’ll live with the fallout. You obviously didn’t read the article if you’re still wondering what any program should be concerned about.
Matt Hayes is not the gospel on neutral Texas A&M reporting……
And confident it will be better than our offense? We sucked, but y’all just got shutout by Iowa…. Oh, and our worst offense in a decade was still better than Kentucky’s this year….
The conflict potential between Fisher and the OC would be present with any decent OC.
Given the doubts surrounding Fisher truly giving up the reins, this may be the best he could do.
That is what I was thinking. Much like Malzahn, hard to attract competent OCs when they are basically going to be a yes man.
Yep. Petrino wasn’t his first (or second or third…..) choice from what has been reported. I imagine the better OC prospects wouldn’t touch the job.
i blame aub. i’m guessing a&m and fisher figured petrino had no worse of a moral character than freeze
Blame AU for what exactly?
Moral scum attracts moral scum. Why should we be surprised? Somewhere Bobby Bowden is smiling.
Amen! This going to be a train wreck (or should we say motorcycle wreck?).
How is he scum? Because he had an affair a decade ago? Cry hard, you giant incel.
There is sufficient evidence outside of his affair to suggest that Petrino is a man of low character. Whether that makes him scum is a judgment call.
Personally, at this point, I wouldn’t want the man anywhere near anything I cared about, football or otherwise. He has no honor, no loyalty, and no credibility.
If you don’t value those things, that’s on you.
Tegridy12 is Bobby’s illegitimate son from his 3rd affair.
100% there Orion
We will see how it plays out. No denying he had the Arkansas offense humming while he was there.
I don’t particularly care for Petrino, but otoh it’s articles like this that make me hope it actually works out. I mean even if it works out for a few years and Petrino gets the HC itch and leaves the narrative will be “Told you it wouldn’t work out!”
“No denying he had the Arkansas offense humming while he was there.”
Arky was good for 2 years. There were better offenses in the SEC in those two years. AU being one of them. Bobby’s best offenses were at Louisville.
Where does he say “the best offense in the SEC”. Being a great offense while not being statistically the best are not mutually exclusive, mam.
“Where does he say “the best offense in the SEC”. Being a great offense while not being statistically the best are not mutually exclusive, mam.”
Learn English, retard.
“Where does he say “the best offense in the SEC”. ”
Weird, I never said she said “best offense in the SEC” you colossal pile of cow dung.
Did you fail remedial English at TAM?
G F Y
Go easy on him …
He’s probably just mad because AU publicly and humiliatingly bungled their own attempt to get Petrino back in the day.
Being a clown show isn’t anything new on The Plains.
“He’s probably just mad because AU publicly and humiliatingly bungled their own attempt to get Petrino back in the day.”
Not nearly as humiliating as you getting impregnated by your dad.
Petrino cooking the SEC, again!
@Ronald Mam, I believe it is you that needs to learn English….
“Arky was good for 2 years. There were better offenses in the SEC in those two years. AU being one of them. Bobby’s best offenses were at Louisville.”
Now Ronnie, if you claim there were “better offenses” than Petrino’s, you are refuting the notion that Petrino’s was the “best”, are you not? So, your statement refuting @DHenry2013’s statement ipso facto indicates you interpreted that Petrino’s “offenses were humming” as a claim that he had the best offenses, does it not?
You claim I can’t read and failed remedial English, but your grasp of the English language and ability to comprehend your own statements indicates that you might be in need of some assistance. Love when the insults start flowing from you. That’s all you got.
“Now Ronnie, if you claim there were “better offenses” than Petrino’s, you are refuting the notion that Petrino’s was the “best”, are you not? ”
Why are you stupid?
Also, Arky’s offense in 2011 was the best in the SEC. In 2010 it was #2 (by 17 yards and 3 points to National Champion Auburn). Google is free, mam.
I thought the “mam” was a typo, until the second response…HA!
“In 2010 it was #2 (by 17 yards and 3 points to National Champion Auburn). ‘
Why are you stupid?
“Arky’s offense in 2011 was the best in the SEC.”
Yet somehow they finished 3rd in the SEC West with blowout losses from LSU and Alabama.
GFY.
Now let’s not let facts get in the way of a good tantrum!
SEC about to get cooked by Petrino, again!
“SEC about to get cooked by Petrino, again!”
Petrino is garbage just like you.
“Why are you stupid?”
What was stupid about that comment you petulant child…. Did Auburn not win the national championship during the 2010-2011 season? Goodness I feel sorry for whoever has to interact with you. Maybe I should have added a “per game” stipulation so your feeble brain will comprehend.
“Yet somehow they finished 3rd in the SEC West with blowout losses from LSU and Alabama.
GFY.”
Way to move the goal post, dumb@$$. You claimed there were team with better offenses. Statistically, you are wrong.
“Now Ronnie, if you claim there were “better offenses” than Petrino’s, you are refuting the notion that Petrino’s was the “best”, are you not? ”
Somewhere in Texas is a remedial English class with your name on it.
“Somewhere in Texas is a remedial English class with your name on it.”
That’s all you got? Sad!
You know who had his offense humming at that same era? Gus Malzahn. And he’s actually been more successful since then. But defenses caught up to both of them.
Exactly right AU T. Those in the know at ARK at the end of Petrino’s tenure will tell you thew hogs were in a for a drop off. Defensive recruiting was lacking. That’s been Bobby’s problem everywhere he’s gone. Good offenses but when the recruits he inherited are gone, his defenses suck. Ever wonder why he’s never been anywhere more than a few years?
Lol. Petrino was the only good thing about Arkansas this century. Arkansas is a dumpster fire program of Losing beyond his tenure.
Good thing he’s not the head coach and won’t be asked to recruit defense… I’m confused at why this is being pointed out.
Eh, malzahn has sucked for a long time. Petrino is more genius than him. Malzahn is a high school coach.
Gus was part of two teams that went to national championships you moron. Petrino got his @ss beat by a golf club.
I have friends that work in the Atlanta Falcons organization. They still talk about the party they had when Bobby Petrino left the Falcons. He was universally disliked, no despised by everyone.
I’m sure they did, not. You goofy lil guy. You’ll believe anything.
Continue to live in denial. Does not affect me that some people cannot accept things they don’t want to hear.
High risk, high reward. Fisher is desperate. He is willing to blow it all up if just for the chance to compete again for a natty. BP is the guy that could get them there. Still more likely to end bad than good but a bold move none the less.
I think the boosters are more desperate. Same hire different decade. Typical Aggis BS. Foozball is the devil.
“Typical Aggis BS.”
Sucks for you. TAM will always be a third rate foozball team.
Lol. Wut? A&M was already #4 or #5 since in conference since joining SEC.
“A&M was already #4 or #5 since in conference since joining SEC.”
LOL LOL WUT??? You moron, TAM hasn’t finished better than number 2 in the west.
GFY.
@ Ronnie did I hurt your feelings above? I’m sorry, little guy.
“Ronnie did I hurt your feelings above? I’m sorry, little guy.”
Ah, you’re posting as two people now.
Haha. I love that you assume that. Actually not true, but whatever blows up your skirt, you sad little man.
Petrino is the guy who can get them there? The same Petrino who went 9-4 Lamar Jacksons Heisman season? There is a disconnect with logic in your post.
Maybe the rest of his team sucked. You knows he’s only OC now right? Lmao
You know all about sucking. LMAO.
A&M was already either beating or almost beating Alabama with Jimbo calling plays. Petrino way better at OC.
You sure are one dumb person, lady.
And just how long will it be when both Fisher and Petrino rides off in the sunset on a motorcycle together?
Who is driving?
Sorry TAMU and my deepest sympathy to the beautiful Ms.Reville who has to deal with these two nincompoops
Wut? Lol. Two of the more elite coaches in the game.
Jimbo’s sure rocking it with the Ags. Just needs another douche to make it work for a natty.
What?!!! Did A&M not have enough drama already this year? Ha ha ha! We all may as well get used to laughing.
What did Kiffin say? GET YOUR POPCORN READY!
Wish the SEC would trade TAM for FSU.
A&M is #4 or #5 in SEC since joining. Deal with it, goofy.
TAM is garbage. Deal with it, retard.
Petrino about to cook the SEC again, and it’s hilarious to watch the squirming by people like “RonMexico” who you know never played football in their life. Lol
You play with yourself, ma’am.
Kiffin? Lmao. You quoted the clown of college football to make your point? Too funny.
Based on your posts, it is clear that you are campaigning for the job that you claim Kiffin has!
Tegridy you type like you’re 16 years old. It’s okay to go more than two posts without typing “lol” or “lmao” at the end of a post. Try it.
Georgia just glad to be in the East still. Lol
How long until A & M has its “Pole Assassin” moment?
I’d argue we already did with Cheech and Chong in Columbia.
South Carolina, not Missouri.
But at least our basketball coach doesn’t beat his wife and our head coach seems to be off the sauce and beans. Hopefully Sark doesn’t accost anymore field personnel.
Sark is a drunk village idiot.
“Sark is a drunk village idiot.”
Pot, meet kettle.
Oh boy. I didn’t think this would actually happen. Jimbo has officially announced to the world that he is desperate.
A&M beat Tf out of Lsu last month with ancient Jimbo’s offense. Petrino going to smoke yall. Lol
If that one game is all that matters to you, then good for you. LSU won 10 games and your Aggies won five. That’s good stuff
Y’all were beating your chest after beating the Ags in Baton Rouge in 2021….. Don’t be soft.
Sorry, but no one is beating their chests because of beating the Aggies. It’s 9-3 since the Aggies joined the conference. I understand why it’s a big deal for y’all.
This site was full of LSU fans bragging about that win in Baton Rouge. But whatever you say.
You know what I have never seen, Aggies in the SEC Championship game, and guess what? It will never happen, not in my lifetime, nor in yours.
Jimbo didn’t force FSU’s hand, 35,000 empty seats every Saturday did. When did the SEC let a little character flaw stop a school from hiring any coach. Hugh Freeze is hoping Jimbo hires him and so do I.
Well considering those empty seats were because of the lack of performance on the field, you can make a correlation that Jimbo had a hand in the decision as well.
Lol. Jimbo had one bad season and it was after his QB got hurt.
Oh you mean, Bowden’s last years. Oh yeah, they did suck.
“Oh yeah, they did suck.”
You suck d!ck.
“Well considering those empty seats were because of the lack of performance on the field, you can make a correlation that Jimbo had a hand in the decision as well.”
He was 83-23 and four years removed from a Natty when he left…. You don’t care about the facts , though. Outside the last year (when Francois snapped his leg in half), Jimbo had 6 ten-win seasons out of 7. And 3 ACC Championships. But ok.
I could have sworn that Petrino was just hired as OC at UNLV? Some things never change.
Lol. Arkansas has sucked so bad ever since Petrino left.
Theory:
It’s not just that his offenses were good.
Most of the teams he left ended up with big locker room and disciplinary problems. Yet he himself seemed to have more conduct issues than his players did at each stop … at least when he was in charge.
I think BP is an old-fashioned hard case who can keep the kind of characters he used to recruit in line … while his successors couldn’t. You know, The ‘second-chance’ kids you sometimes need when in building mode.
Which is to say:
Is Jimbo bringing in a ‘black hat’ to enforce order in a possibly fraying locker room? A&M has had the pick of the litter lately … but a lot of those kids show up satisfied and entitled (ask Texas). Perhaps they’ll bond over a new coach who rides all their butts (instead of just wearing his QB down to a nub like CJF)?
Lmao. What were his conduct issues besides the one thing with the girl working within the program which was consensual. Lol
Actually the freshmen from their stud class had a pretty good year.
Because he would eventually take Fisher’s job at aTm. Instead, Bobby will eventually take Barry Odom’s job at UNLV.
A popcorn bucket emoji is really all I need here to say it all, but SDS is still stuck in the ‘90s.
SDS has dudes who never played football write. Lol
If this works and things turn around, Petrino and Fisher fight over who gets the credit. If it doesn’t work, they’re gonna fight over who gets the blame. The “insider reports” we’re gonna get if the offense doesn’t improve are gonna be wild.
This is going to be fascinating to watch.
The only thing that is a certainty is that it will not end well.
Why wouldn’t it end well? Petrino is an offensive genius.
Bobby Petrino is the perfect OC… for Hugh Freeze at Auburn.
Well this will be entertaining. Didn’t Petrino tell Blank, just the day before he left that “I’m your guy”? What a scuzbucket! Didn’t even have the balls to face his team. He left a note.
Cry hard.
Cry hard about what?
Didn’t think it possible
To think less of a team…then they hire that clown lol.
Lmao. Yeah, they hired a guy considered brilliant at offense. Of course you’re crying about it. If only they paid recruits illegally the last 6 years like Georgia.
If Bobby’s so great why was he at MizzSt?
Oh no Chris Wright thinks A&M made a bad hire, wait who? Used to be at Miami or Indy papers. The very thing Chris accuses Bobby of being a job hopper, turns out Chris is a job hopper. SDS loves old Sark who has similar job hopping baggage, and personal issues but a totally different standard for A&M Fisher and Petrino. Bobby was the only candidate with SEC winning experience, not Lincolns little brother, or anyone else.
How dare you insult the SDS resident idiot who wrote one of the dumbest articles I’ve ever read in this article about Petrino. Honestly thought it was written by a teenager.
Jimbo Fisher.
Bobby Petrino.
DJ Durkin.
The Unholy Trinity.
No one, and I mean NO ONE other than Aggie fans are rooting for this team next season. Fisher has assembled the most despised coaching staff in CFB history.
I totally forgot about Durkin….he somehow might be the worst of the 3. Lol what a mess
How is Durkin bad? Lol. You guys are the biggest weirdos. Oh, he made kids run in high 70 degree weather. That crazy guy! Lmao. Was literally cleared after investigation by Maryland.
Durkin is ridiculous…. Should the Bills coach be fired?
and what has Jimbo Fisher done wrong? Lol. You guys are like incels whining about A&M. Lol
Nothing. They just cry and point to FSU and Jameis. As if every team in the SEC doesn’t have kids stealing, drinking, smoking, and womanizing.
And yeah, how dare they hire the coach that had an affair a decade ago. The horror! Cry together, SEC!
nobody despises Durkin anyway. Dude is likable as hell. Fisher is likable too. Petrino got the SEC pissing their pants. Lmao
Durkin killed a player, but go on.
The fact that Petrino takes the job less than a month after taking the UNLV HC job tells u all u need to know about Bobby. My parents always taught me to finish what u started, especially when it came to joining a team. This is what I predict….one maybe 2 years of positive results from TAMU. There is no denying he is a great offensive mind. The problem will occurr when the media and fans start doling out credit for the turnaround. That is when the ego’s of Jimbo and Petrino will clash…that will be ugly/super entertaining for non Aggie fans.
Nobody cares what your goofy parents used to say, you weirdo.
What? You do realize Petrino has been at Missouri State…. I think the paycheck and perks will be enough to keep them happy in your weird, anti-A&M fetish scenario.
@EK “Anti-A&M fetish”? Nothing you responded to is Anti-A&M. There’s no denying Jimbo has an ego. He’s a top 10 college football HC… of course he has a large ego.
@VTBaseballDawg’s comment is 100% anti-A&M.
Which is what I responded to. Conjecturing the downfall of the program in a ridiculous, self-serving, fabricated scenario is rather “anti-A&M”, you dunce.
It’s not a popular position among the talking heads, but I think this is a great hire, and guys like Chris Wright will be pretending they had a 180 different take by this time next year. I think Jimbo hired him over some others because he trusts him enough to hand over the offense. I think they both have a chip on their shoulder now, and being as competitive as they both are, I see this working well for both of them, and for Aggies as well.
For some reason Jimbo has made up his mind to drive the train so far off the tracks that A&M may just quit playing football. He has set fire to the place and is pouring on the gas.
A&M literally just beat the f—k out of Lsu last month. Lol. A&M’s worst team in decades made Lsu look like a Jv team. Lmao
TAM lost to AU, bi!ch. You’re my bi#ch.
You’re proving her point, Ma’am. Losing to that Auburn team is proof positive that we fielded the worst team ever – and still mauled LSU.
The shoe was on the other foot last year when LSU had a terrible team and beat A&M. Congratulations on your five win season maybe A&M will have commemorative cups next year with the LSU score on it like they did for the 7 OT game.
LSU was beating its chest after beating A&M last year…. please calm down.
King I think you are remembering incorrectly there. LSU was just glad to get a W at the end of last year and beating A&M wasn’t anything to brag about.
So are you saying because you beat LSU that Texas 5&7 had a good year?
IF Petrino is such an offensive genius, what was he doing in Central MO and UNLV? Such hotbeds of success.
There is no denying his baggage. You can’t cite that as evidence this is a horrible hire and on the same hand argue that he was at less than ideal coaching positions. Contradiction much?
What a stupid article. Lol. Literally.
You try so hard that it’s just comical reading your nonsense.
New article idea “Why SDS Writers are the absolute last people to make any coaching hires”
Maybe it will turn into a Buddy Ryan versus Kevin Gilbride sideline incident when they both coached for the Houston Oilers. Who doesn’t like soap opera drama between coaches? We saw what Jimbo said about Nick Saban. Did Jimbo not look into Bobby Petrino’s past?
I’m not saying this is a horrible or great hire, it’s a strange hire. Petrino is 61, was in borderline obscurity at Missouri State, and has more baggage than a Boeing 747 cargo hold.
He actually had left Missouri State and for the last 3 weeks had been the OC at UNLV.
I knew that, but since he barely got to UNLV, that move doesn’t really matter.
If Jimbo gets out of the way, petrino will produce the best offense in the SEC. That’s a big ask for jimbo though
Great hire! Instant offense from first game. This did just make it harder for Arkansas to beat A and M.
You know, it is tough, from my perch, to see where the incentive comes from with Jimbo. I am old and retired now but I used to have a lot of drive to be the best. That being said, I never had a job that would pay me about $150 million, a lot of that in a lump sum. That would probably take away any give a care I had. If Jimbo gets fired next season or the season after, he will walk away from TAMU after having earned right at $150 million in his time there, so Jimbo just may not care anymore. They could hurt me like that all they wanted.
He just has to navigate those “for cause” potholes, but you are 100%^ correct…
I don’t know; seems pretty scary for A&M’s opponents to me. Petrino is without a doubt a scheming and play-calling genius. His reported disdain for attention to defense won’t matter as OC. Jimbo can really recruit (except maybe recently at quarterback). Seems like the Aggies may be a force to be reckoned with.
I think Weigman is the outlier to your recent QB recruiting, but I would appreciate the level headed comment.
However, if we don’t sure up the O Line and LBs, we will still have serious issues.