Jimbo Fisher 'not in any danger' at Texas A&M, Pete Thamel says

Jimbo Fisher isn’t going anywhere. Texas A&M would rather build around the Aggies headman rather than replace him, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel.

“I said on GameDay on Saturday and I believe it to be unequivocally true; Jimbo Fisher’s job is not in any danger. There’s just zero question about that,” Thamel said on the Paul Finebaum Show Monday. “There’s 86 million reasons of that but there’s a commitment from Ross Bjork and the administration at A&M to recast the Jimbo Fisher era and make it work in a new iteration.

“I think the question that is being asked at Texas A&M right now behind the scenes is, ‘What are we going to look like going forward? What’s our offensive identity going to be? What’s the program going to be like when Jimbo Fisher’s not the play-caller?’ I think one nuance that’s important about Texas A&M is that Jimbo Fisher’s system on offense has always been famously complicated.”

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That complicated playbook makes it tougher for younger players to study the playbook, which in turn puts their top recruits on the bench while combating the unnecessary learning curve.

Add in the fact that Fisher put together the No. 1 recruiting class this past season, and one would think those blue-chip prospects would collectively thrive on a major stage on college football.

The obviously solution is to find an offensive coordinator to call the plays for the Aggies. Straying away from complex schemes is something Fox Sports’ Bruce Feldman reported brought up on Big Noon Kick last Saturday, and Thamel backed his claim, noting that Fisher’s style might simply be out of touch with the prospects he’s recruited in the past few years.

“That’s counter to one of Texas A&M’s greatest advantages right now, which is, no matter how they procure them, they procure great, young talent,” Thamel said. “So, there’s been a disconnect there and I think there needs to be a modernization and simplification of the way Texas A&M does things, especially on offense, so their program can fit with the reality of how they’re recruiting.”