crossed the Rubicon from a very bad season to a terrible season Saturday, losing to a futileteam that at least showed up to fight for interim coach Cadillac Williams. The Aggies are now 3–7, will not be bowl eligible for the first time since 2008, have lost six in a row for the first time since 1972 and are staggering toward a 1–7 Southeastern Conference record and last place in the SEC West.
With a more sensible contract, Fisher would be going the way of Dan Mullen and Jim McElwain at Florida, Ed Orgeron at LSU, and Gene Chizik at Auburn. He’d be out. All those coaches had success at their schools, but when it went wrong, it wentWhen the wheels fall completely off like they have at A&M in the fifth year of a coach’s tenure, it’s hard to get them back on. Most don’t get a chance to try. But since Fisher won’t get fired, attention turns to the salvage operation.
If Fisher wants a survival guide for how to come back from a breakdown season, he should check the career of. His tenure at Notre Dame hit a 4–8 pothole in 2016, which necessitated a hard reboot. Athletic director Jack Swarbrick involved himself in Kelly’s job searches to hire new staff, and Kelly was tasked with moderating his temperamental personality.
Is that comeback scenario repeatable in the SEC, where the competition is more fierce and the reactions to losses more volatile? We’ll see. But athletic director Ross Bjork has to know that in the current college sports landscape, his tenure is tied to the man he extended in 2021.
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Maybe add the Mel Tucker contract in this too.