Jimbo Fisher sends message to team on staying engaged after upset loss

Jimbo Fisher has had a rough go of it this week in College Station. Beyond getting dragged at times in the national media after Texas A&M lost to Appalachian State, he has also had to get his team ready for this weekend’s matchup against Miami. After a loss like the one the Aggie suffered to the Mountaineers, some will start to worry about buy-in into the season and program. With that said, Fisher isn’t concerned about that at all.

Fisher says now isn’t time to break apart during media after the loss. He said it was on them to come together, leave that loss in the rearview, and refocus on the details that’d make them great this week.

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“It’s time to come together. Right now’s the time to go back to fundamentals and believe in each other. There’s a lot of football left…You gotta put it behind you. You can’t let one become two,” said Fisher. “Lock in to what you have, you go back to fundamentals, you trust in each other…Every detail matters and hopefully we can understand that, make sure we do a better job, and we go play the rest of the season and have a really good season.”

Changes are already in motion after the loss last weekend to App. State. Reports say Max Johnson will now be the starting QB for the Aggies against the Hurricanes. It reflects Fisher’s sentiment this week that the entire program would be re-evaluated.

Fisher says that things are still fine in Aggieland after the loss. Some think the sky is falling but Fisher knows there’s a lot of season left. It’s now about solidifying the locker room after their loss and pressing on.

“Nothing’s ever as good as it seems, nothing’s ever as bad as it seems. It’s about what you make out of it…I don’t fear (a lack of buy-in). I really don’t,” said Fisher. As a coach, you’re always trying to make sure guys understand what you want but I think we have a good group of guys and a good locker room.”

A&M has been in an awkward position following the loss. The media has placed Jimbo Fisher under a microscope. Plenty of eyes will be on the Aggies during their Top-25 matchup this weekend. Whether or not they bounce back or splinter further will be fascinating to see when they take the field Saturday night.