New LSU coach Brian Kelly went through a 4-8 season at Notre Dame and reversed the...
Jimbo Fisher would be wise to follow Brian Kelly’s example of reviving Notre Dame after a 4-8 season.COLLEGE STATION — Texas A&M under fifth-year coach Jimbo Fisher hasn’t lost this many consecutive games since Richard Nixon was running the nation, and you know how that regime ended.
A&M, not eligible for a bowl for the first time since 2008 in then-coach Mike Sherman’s first season, later closes out its lost season the night of Nov. 26 against SEC West champion LSU at Kyle Field. In other words, no impeachment process by fuming boosters is forthcoming, considering the about $85 million payout attached to such a farcical contract. When Fisher glances across Kyle’s grass at LSU that Thanksgiving weekend, he need only use first-year Tigers coach Brian Kelly as an example of how an entrenched coach can rebound from a bad record.
The bold moves paid big dividends, and Kelly was 54-9 over his next five seasons at Notre Dame before leaving for LSU nearly a year ago. Here’s what to expect from Fisher early in the offseason: The announcement of a true offensive coordinator to run that side of the ball, according to multiple insiders, allowing Fisher to pay more attention to the details of running a program in the era of wide-open transfers and name, image and likeness goings-on for empowered players.
“Is it far away? It can be, but it’s also very close, too,” Fisher said of getting competitive once again in the SEC. “It’s not like it’s unreachable … when the can see they can stay right here and do it — I believe our players believe that 100 percent.” A&M and Fisher have levied a bevy of suspensions of late, too, including four freshmen in perhaps finally running a much more disciplined program than he has in his first four years with the Aggies. The idea being if a touted player refuses to conform to rules, he’s not needed in the program, anyway.
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