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Southeastern Conference Media Days started Monday in Nashville and Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher was asked what the dynamic was going to be like between him and new offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino, the former head coach at Louisville and Western Kentucky.
Q. Bobby Petrino, I think this is the first time he’s been an assistant since 2002, so he’s used to calling plays, being the guy in charge. You’ve been calling plays probably forever. What’s the dynamic going to be like on game day? Does he have total freedom to call the plays? And how will that work? And is it hard for you to give up play calling responsibilities?
JIMBO FISHER: No, there’s a lot of things, and you’re still involved with what goes on. I’m not going to get into what we’re doing, how we’re doing it. Again, I’m not trying to avoid anything. I just don’t want to create — you create advantages and narratives out there for what goes on.
But listen, Bobby was hired for a reason, and he’s a tremendous coach and tremendous guy and tremendous football mind, tremendous recruiter. He’s done a great job recruiting since he’s been there, everything he does.
He’ll call a lot of — hopefully he’ll call the game. We’ll have suggestions on things we do, whether it’s offense or defense. Every coach is always involved.
It’s a more collective thing than people want to give it room for, but when you get to calling and you get on a roll, you’ve got to have a guy that can do it, and I think Bobby can definitely do that, and does it as well as anybody in college football.
I have great respect for him. Me and him, we’ve had a great admiration for each other for a long time, his production and what he’s done.
