Looks like Jimbo Fisher is out.

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JMSqb11 said:
At that price tag he’s getting, I’m not sure you could convince me to ever go back into the profession.
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A lot of coaches contracts require them to actively seek employment in a similar position to keep getting the buyout. Then, if he gets another job, the payment from the old job is reduced by the same amount as the pay from the new job.

I don't know if that's the case for jimbo, heck a&m is so stupid that they probably will just pay him the full amount to go away.
 
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Okie said:
A lot of coaches contracts require them to actively seek employment in a similar position to keep getting the buyout. Then, if he gets another job, the payment from the old job is reduced by the same amount as the pay from the new job.

I don't know if that's the case for jimbo, heck a&m is so stupid that they probably will just pay him the full amount to go away.
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All I remember is that Jimbo's contract was fully guaranteed. Something tells me there is not an offset or having to find employment elsewhere.
 
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Volbrando said:
He’d be ok until he has “health problems” again when they have a down year
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Probably, but I’d take it. Get 5-6 great years. Maybe have a chance at a natty or two. He’s head and shoulders above anyone else they could get right now.
 
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knox73 said:
Jimbo will resurface and do very well at another school. I always enjoyed his press conferences. North Carolina could be a good spot for him or Arkansas. Would hate to see him at South Carolina. The man can recruit.
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Problem is the guy can’t coach. He had Bowden’s players and assistants when he took over at FSU, won a title and then that program began its descent into the abyss. He jumped ship and A&M thought they were pulling a fast one by hiring him away. Jimbo proceeded to do so little with so much talent it’s embarrassing. I wouldn’t want him near this program, but if someone is dumb enough to hire him…they can have at it.
 
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Vol737 said:
Problem is the guy can’t coach. He had Bowden’s players and assistants when he took over at FSU, won a title and then that program began its descent into the abyss. He jumped ship and A&M thought they were pulling a fast one by hiring him away. Jimbo proceeded to do so little with so much talent it’s embarrassing. I wouldn’t want him near this program, but if someone is dumb enough to hire him…they can have at it.
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He won the NC three years after Bowden was forced out. Made it into the CFP 4 years after. It's not accurate to say those were Bowden's players
 
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Volfan8282 said:
Probably, but I’d take it. Get 5-6 great years. Maybe have a chance at a natty or two. He’s head and shoulders above anyone else they could get right now.
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Urban hasn't coached in college since 2018. He's never coached in the NIL/portal era.

He was only out of it for about 2 years when he went to Ohio State. It's been 5 years now. I'm sure he's still a good coach but he's probably not the old Urban Meyer anymore.
 
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Clad in Big Orange said:
People are so entitled and impatient. It takes a decade to get a program on solid ground. Kentucky has proven that with Stoops.
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I actually disagree that it takes that long to get a program on solid ground. If you hire the "right coach," there are very obvious steps that the coach is moving forward after just a couple of years. Especially in this current era of the Portal. We're talking about a football team made up, overall, of a couple hundred individuals. It isn't a giant corporation of 200k people that moves like a cruise ship.

But as far as entitlement, you're 100% correct. We're seeing it in our own fanbase right now. If you read some of the threads in the FF without knowing our current record, you'd think we were in the midst of a 4 or 5-win season.
 
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SayUWantAreVOLution said:
Urban hasn't coached in college since 2018. He's never coached in the NIL/portal era.

He was only out of it for about 2 years when he went to Ohio State. It's been 5 years now. I'm sure he's still a good coach but he's probably not the old Urban Meyer anymore.
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He would be incredible. He’s 59 and probably has 8-10 years left in him. If he’s interested, it’s a complete no-brainer.
 
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Different topic but related: how in the hell does Ross Bjork still have a job? He arrived at OM just after they hired Freeze, but he was AD the whole time he was cheating and staunchly defended him during all the NCAA stuff until they found the calls to hookers on his phone. Then he falls up to A&M, and while he wasn't AD when Jimbo was hired he was AD when they have him that asinine contract extension to keep him from going to LSU.

I guess it is because he has no real decision-making authority, and just does whatever boosters tell him? He also has a politician-like phoniness in front of the camera that IMO is very obvious but I guess plays well to certain people.
 
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Wow! Go-Fund-Me takes a lot longer to raise cash than I had thought.
 
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