Jimbo Fisher stresses importance of execution in fall camp

Jimbo Fisher is one of the most experienced head coaches in the college football landscape today. He doesn’t need to be reacquainted with why fall camp is important for his Texas A&M team. The Aggies are expected to have plenty of exciting pieces on the offensive side of the football this year at the skill positions, and they’ll certainly need time in fall camp to develop their chemistry.

Recently, Fisher took some time to stress the importance of execution during fall camp.

“Everything you do in football, is about one thing. Execution,” Fisher began. “Whether good plays, who does and what doesn’t. But you’ve gotta execute ’em when you do ’em. Everything comes to a point. That’s why you do all the running, all the lifting, all the studying, all the practice, all the things. To be able to execute. And hopefully as a I say, ‘You practice things until you can’t do them. You don’t practice things until you do them right. You practice them until you can’t do them wrong. And that’s what you have to be because then they become habits.”

“And you can use them in the biggest, most crucial moments. Hopefully, that’s why I say you lose some of that when you lose experience, which we did last year. Some of your young guys can do them right, but they don’t always do it that way. Also, when you’re calling, doing whether it’s offense, defense, special teams, things you ask them to do. Making sure they’re in the most comfortable position. So, it’s about execution. That’s what everything you do,” Fisher said.

“What do you think all the running, all the lifting, all the meetings is for about what? To go play well. And to play well, you have to execute,” Fisher continued. “And that’s what it’s about, so, you have to practice it. You don’t practice it until you can do it right. You practice it until you can’t do it wrong. That’s why I’ve been so excited. Guys this summer have been making tremendous progress just learning how to [do] little things. Pay attention to it. I think the leadership of the team has held guys accountable and in a really good way of how they’ve done things. But we’ll see when we get to the practice field. At the end of the day, that’s what it all comes down to.”

After Texas A&M had a very disappointing 2022 season which they finished 5-7 overall, Fisher will need his players to find a way to execute this season. Or else. Although regardless of how the team does this season–the Aggies still have one huge hurdle to clear. His contract buyout is insanely massive. If the Aggies wanted to get rid of him after 2023, they’d have to pay him $76.8 million.

For now, Fisher and company will hope their explosive group of offensive weapons (Conner Weigman, Rueben Owens, Evan Stewart, etc.) perform on the field this fall. They should be fun to watch.