Texas A&M Athletic Director Ross Bjork talks firing Jimbo Fisher, the $76M payout
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- Опубліковано 19 лис 2023
- Bjork’s tenure in College Station, and the Aggies’ future, hinges on the decisions he'll make for TAMU's football program in the next few weeks.
Jimbo was hired by Scott Woodward, and was a singular focus from the start. I knew we were in trouble when Fisher only brought 2 out of 11 assistants. That means 9 assistant coaches said that they would rather take their chances with the new unknown FSU coach rather than follow Jimbo. To make matters worse, prior to coming to A&M, Jimbo had never hired a staff before. Then when he hired a staff, we all learned that Jimbo could not let go. He insisted on being the HC, OC, Play Caller, QB Coach, Recruiting Coordinator, and eventually Special Teams Coach. Then we learned he was insistent on running this offense that took longer to develop than the O line could hold their blocks. He had Pro Style taste on a Run and Shoot Budget. Finally he’s forced to bring in Bobby Petrino. We got Bobby alright. We got Bobby banished to the press box where he didn’t not want to be, calling Jimbo’s plays. The big miss here was the fact that Scott Woodward only knows how to interview a coach. The personal interview method of selection is the worst in terms of predictive validity. I hope Ross strolls over to Mays and visits with an HR PhD who can help him arm himself with selection criteria.
Good luck with Ross Bjork. Dude is a trainwreck.
you need a new hobby.. you are way to involved in aggie football.. and your mind is cluttered with false notions... get a life
Typical A&M fan. Lol! No, they just had no desire to go to Texas A&M after they lost their true identity. Hook 'em Horns!
@@drivebyquipper you make no sense
@@balapadmanabhan5705 Are you an Aggie? Ask the Big 12.
This guy Ross Björk got away for free, he was the one responsible for extending Fisher's contract for no reason at all... Ross should have fired together with Jimbo..
This is incorrect. The Board of Regents forced Bjork to redo Fisher's contract with the current terms. John Sharp was the catalyst for the extension. Bjork did what his boss told him to. If you want to assign blame, look directly at John Sharp.
Everyone involved in the 76 mil/buyout should be fired.. Chancellor, Regents, Athletic Dir, Univ President... Bjork will never be an A/D again when he finally gets fired.
@@ericvoigt7706 yeah, but it was Bork that purportedly made the recommendation of Sharp. John Sharp just approves or not.
Yeah bjork was put in an impossible situation. I don't blame him. He made good hires with the baseball and basketball coaches. It was his idea alone to fire Jimbo.
@@balapadmanabhan5705 oh come on. Bjork is getting a pass now? He was actively engaged in the recommendation process to get Jimbo that extension. He’s coming off good now that Jimbo’s fired, but you actually think he, alone, made the choice for A&M to eat $77 million on paying Jimbo to go fishing? Texas A&M already released a statement that the Board of Regents met to discuss the eventual firing in the week(s) preceding.
At the end of the segment he says stay tuned tomorrow morning as there is a lot of that interview they didn’t get to and will be available on this channel. Is the entire video still going to be posted to this channel?
Biggest failure as an Athletic Director in the last 50 years? I have 76 Million reasons to think so. If he had any integrity he would resign... as would anyone involved in the Fisher buyout approval. Regents, Chancellor, etc.
Has the full interview been posted? I haven’t been able to find it.
Fisher won with what Bobby Bowden built, he was given too much credit for that and Texas A&M fell for it by giving an outrageous contact, leading to the dilemma they found themselves in now.
Dilemma? seems like more of an opportunity to me? A&M will not stop until the trophy is in College Station...
Full Disclosure, I am not an Aggie but my son is attending currently. Potential is not performance. People are down on Jimbo but he is only one of a few active coaches to win a Natty, not an easy feat. Maybe he was slow to adapt and change, but he sure knew how to negotiate a contract. Maybe a business school post for him? Truth is the SEC West is a brutal division. Did people really expect him to come in and overtake Bama, LSU? I hope the Aggies do, but it will take more than 6 years. Bama has 14 National Championships and one year of a top recruiting class will not do it. The Chancellor & Board of Regents signed off on that deal, hold them accountable.
Winning a natty is not an easy feat - you are right. However take a look at the QB he had at FSU vs what he's had at A&M. Can't really compare rosters due to A&Ms recruiting so I can't go down that path unfortunately. We just expected more from a coach of that magnitude, with that contract, and with A&Ms talent pool. Look at LSU last year under Brian Kelly - immediate SEC West title. We have consistently good talent, but since Jimbo's hiring - we've had relatively sub par coaching and severe bad luck. Be ready for the entire A&M staff to be fired - minus Elijah Robinson, come next fall.
@@cameronguerra7290 understand what you are saying. Brian Kelly had nothing to do with recruiting that team that won sec west last year. IMO They were more luckily than good which showed against Georgia. Bama improved instantly by getting rid of Pete Golding. The point I was making that Jimbo was from a good coaching tree (Saban) and had the bona fides. I hope the Aggies don’t just look at a coach who had one good year (along with several bad) and think that’s there man. Truth is there are more good coaching jobs than there are good coaches.
I thought Sharpe had more blame actually with the extension but hey the future is and always should be Championships……😎✌🏿
This was a dumb move. Texas 8&4 could have easily made an 12 team playoff even with multiple losses, yeah JF was overpaid but to pay him 76 mil to not coach is insane considering.
From a Sooner fan good luck on the next hire. I hate seeing A&M struggling having to put up with all the annoying Texas fans harassing them daily as if they’ve been any better over the last 13 years
All contracts should be performance based. No coach is worth $10M a year. Especially one that’s mediocre and arrogant.
Sounds good in theory, but proven winners have enough leverage to do it as it's done now. The market sets the parameters, not the bank.
@@binkyxz3then don't go for the splash hire... Hire a guy who's won making chicken salad out of... lesser parts. Look at Liepold or Kleiman at the Kansas schools hired away from Buffalo & North Dakota State respectively or when Ohio State hired Jim Tressel from Youngstown State. If a coach can build a consistent winner at places with almost no resources, imagine what they could do given the time and budget afforded at a place like aTm.
@@robh_tex The question becomes: When does a coach go from a "splash" to a "consistent winner" who is undiscovered by the big spenders ?? It appears A&M determined Florida State's national championship anointed Jimbo. Look at Colorado, though the jury may still be out, they thought Deion's JSU magic would translate to the Pac 12. IMHO, schools are following the NFL in an attempt to strike quick gold. Tressel left Youngstown in 2000. A lot has changed since then. By your logic, Petrino should have been a success at Missouri State, but he was not. The logic is not fool-proof, therefore gamblers will keep playing with other people''s money. Also, I doubt Aggieville has the culture to draw top talent from across the US.
@@binkyxz3 the flaw with the Jimbo logic is they hired a guy who had never built a program from the ground up. He took over the house that Bowden built and brought in some new furniture for it. He had not had to recruit and cultivate a complete staff and instill a winning culture while at FSU. Guys that have a track record of winning at every stop on the HC ladder like a DeBoer or Liepold are more likely to pan out for them in my opinion.
And how this dude didn’t get fire giving him that contract?
Paying $76MM not to coach is a typical Aggie move! Hook'em!!! Cant buy a Nat'l Chip without the work and culture, sprinkled with some luck.
Like the culture of Charlie Strong and Herman? Lol .. whatta dolt.
you are an idiot and know zero about culture and count on luck you are a loser
BJORK THE DORK!!
GET HIM A JOB FLUSHING TOILETS AT LOVES ❤!
CLOSEST HE'LL EVER GET TO A BOWL GAME!🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉😢🎉
Absolutely obscene. There’s no reason for these salaries.
Bjork pointed it out -- TV 💲is inspiring the madness.
Crazy agreement by Ross for Jimbo
You need to be fired also spending money you never had for a guy that didn’t deliver anything he promised but the number 1 recruiting class delusion at its best
One of Texas’ biggest rivals is at it again.
On Sunday, the Texas A&M football account posted a statistic on social media that showed their record against teams in the state since 2012.
The Aggies’ 17-0 record since 2012 is quite deceiving when you look at their opponents:
Abilene Christian University: 1-0
Lamar University: 2-0
Prairie View A&M: 3-0
Rice University: 2-0
Sam Houston State University: 2-0
Texas State University: 1-0
UTEP: 1-0
UTSA: 3-0
Texas A&M has not played against Texas, Baylor, TCU, and Texas Tech since 2012. Their bragging has once again caused them to be roasted on social media.
The Longhorns defeated A&M in their final Big 12 matchup in 2011 with a walk-off field goal by Justin Tucker, and they will face off once again next year when Texas joins the SEC.
what was the point of this commnet?
Well yeah, they're not in the same conference. How would they have played? Every P5 conference plays between 3 and 4 non-conference games, and almost all of them reserve just one of those games for a P5 opponent. Do you really think the Aggies or any of the other P5 teams in the state would want to play each other and not make any money off of it?
@@VictorMarines06A&M has declined every potential bowl matchup against Power 5 programs in the state. Very cowardly
LOL! Every time I read a 76 million buyout, I get a good laugh. It’s 76.8 million. Just round it up and call it 77 million.
Bjork is still AD.................................lol ...seems to be a greater con man than Fisher. Way to go Aggies.
How about them Longhorns??
You get what you negotiate, not what you deserve.
Classic case of a school becoming fixated on a candidate and paying whatever it cost.
Sexton played A $ M like a harp.
I’m not an Aggie -Texas A&M is a great school. Tell you what though. More people need to be fired over that hiring and contract decision. Several people to include the A.D. are all coming in loud and stupid -especially in this interview. Ol’ Jimbo is laughing/crying all the way to the bank. All those Aggie supporters will paying for this stupidity for a lot of years. Anybody figure out how much the ticket prices are going up to and for how long? BTW, where can I drop my application for the new coaching job? I’ll take that same contract and maybe do better than Ol’ Jimbo did!🤪 Gimme a call!
Somewhere something went wrong, what happened to it all starts at the top? As a society we have lost our way a and m spending this kind of money chasing football dominance. In the mean time we have student who go into heavy debt just to get an education.
Then donate your money dingus
This clown should have been fired also for giving Chump Fisher a new guaranteed 10 contract. He may not have hired Chump but he extended his contract.
I’m a Baylor grad and Aggies$$$$$$$ have the richest donors, the most pride, and the largest school in the State of Texas. With the best fan base in the nation and the deepest pockets, they should be a contender for the national championship every year. Sic ‘Em Bears!
Lol..WTF is WRONG with you
watch Jimbo end up at Mississippi State University
Yes, please send him over to Mississippi State. We would love to try him out.
Here is the bottom line. They had just come off a 51 to 10 win. Everyone was happy. Texas A&M's problem was leaving the Big Twelve. They were not and are not going to be a factor in the SEC. Rather than continue to fail, and hire new coaches, how about going back to where you belong in the Big Twelve. Two more teams are going to find that out soon. Texas and Oklahoma will also be whipping boys in the SEC and wish they had not made the move they are making. Lastly, how do you hire another coach when he knows he will also be a failure and lose his job there.
Arkansas is in a similar situation. They should not have left the SWC for the SEC in the 1990's that was silly...Proof; they've never won the SEC, and never will.
At least this AD had the will to fire Fisher. Arkansas is honeymoonin Pittman.
Yep .. SEC.. Where you can be the 3rd best Team in the USA, and not come near being the Conference champion or make the playoffs.
make that BEST team. They would have crushed Michigan@@TenGreenRangers
Texas is in good shape,
Texas 8&4 is not a top tier job. Facts.
You're not much of a student of College Football. What happened to Nebraska being a National Championship thereat.. when Tom Osborne left?
Was very disappointed with this decision. Things take time to build, and I believe we were on the way to do just that with a very principled guy who is an excellent football coach and who exemplified all that it means to be an Aggie. It is too bad that impatience gets in the way of better judgement - at least in my opinion. Further, what sense does it make to pay out that kind of money without the service.
It was six years and progress was going backwards. I believe it was time
It was certainly one way to end the discussion, just not mine. I believe the money was a great 10 year investment, a poor 6 year investment.
“What it means to be an Aggie” you mean losing
@@TylerEubank sorry about your down syndrome buddy.
No Tyler. I enjoy winning as much as the next guy. But winning doesn’t happen by stopping midway. Winning takes principles and hard work and, sometimes, staying the course through tough times. Jimbo was doing just that. He had not met expectations in terms of our win-loss record to date, but I’d have gladly kept paying to see what all the hard work he’s put in would have done over the next four years.
I remember shaking my head when Mike Sherman was, in my opinion, prematurely terminated so we could get the next best thing in Kevin Sumlin. I may be old fashioned, but I believe strongly in committing to a direction and sticking with it.
I hope we’re lucky and are able to keep the fine kids Jimbo’s brought in. Whoever succeeds him will do well if we do. But organizations and integrity win in the long run - at least in my experience - and the short sighted action that was taken is likely to hurt our ability to attract someone with the experience I believe we had in place. Plus we just threw away a lot of money.
There is no way this wasn't personal.
The AD needs to be fired as well he doesn’t have a clue what he’s talking about if it wasn’t for him Texas A&M wouldn’t be having to pay a $76mil buy out to Jimbo Fisher if any cuts should be happening it definitely should be to his pay .
It’s never a good thing to fire someone, but it wasn’t working out.
Jameis Winston. Makes ANY coach look good. Director Ross needs to wake up and discern where successes come from. Director Ross also is on a disaster path by not recognizing that assistant coach budget is how Alabama has built a legacy. Director Ross is going to be sadly disappointed regarding his being in the conversation for the national championship regularly. Top 30 yes, top 10 NO. He simply does not have the heavyweights in his administration to accomplish that like Alabama and Ohio State and Florida State and Georgia and Oregon do. If school politics do not interfere, Missouri and LSU will regularly stomp A & M. But by the same token, A & M is a good football school traditionally, which means that they have some old heads that will step in from time to time on the board and call a halt to foolishness.
Overvalued delusion
Undervalued insecurity
Peyton manning is like “ adam gase sounds like a good hire“ smh.
Blame Jimbo when you made the deal😂
Homelander has a vision alright ... a vision of himself in front of a mirror every night
Jimbo broke the bank of A&M .. ha ha aggies .
UT and ATM, doing less with more for over 100 years.
I laugh when I hear the national championship used with either team. They cannot win their divisions, much less an NC. UT has had losing seasons recently and hadn't gone to Big 12 championship in a long while until this year. And who cares about aggies except aggies.
Keep this in mind when you are writing those big checks for your kid, you just helped pay 76 million for a football coach to not do his job
That’s completely false
Coaching Salary comes solely from Alumni donations .. Not University money. Not a cent of any Tuition or Fees goes to the Fisher buyout.
It always drips down to the students eventually . Wonder what 76 million could have been spent on that helped the average student instead of
@@noName-kn1lx No ... Alumni that want to give to Scholarships.. do so. Those who want to give to Building funds.. do so. Those who want to give to Athletics .. do so. All the Alumni doing the giving to their program of their choice were at one time "average students"... and they give to programs they deem important.
Have they ever won ? Why expect so much.
Univ of Texas Football began in 1902.. and they didn't win a National Title til 1963. 61 years .. Is coaching important? What have the Nebraska Huskers done since Tom Osborne left? They were yearly National Champion contenders while he was there. I'm expecting too much of your basic analysis skills.
All these fork tongued exploiting those young men for millions
What a mess.
yall remember him crying about saban haha
Portal
😂good luck with the incentive payed coach
I’m a longhorn fan
Walmart whorn fan
No coach is worth 76 Million- period.
Nor is any Chancellor, Univ President, Board of Regents, or Athletic Director who orchestrated it. They completely violated the trust of A&M Alumni with that contract/buyout. All of them should be Fired .. immediately.
HAHAHAHA maybe next time don’t give out a dorky “future national championship plaque”
I don't think a&m knows who they are... they've been mediocre since the 1930s, no amount of money or coach is going to change that
Clearly they have underachieved but that was not the case in the late 80’s and 90’s.
Oh? What happened to the National Championship contenders on a yearly basis Nebraska Cornhustkers.. when their Coach Tom Osborne left? University of Texas Football begain in 1902 and they didn't win a National Title in Football.. til 1963. Maybe stop being so dumb about Nat'l Championships and Coaches.
Do NOT hire Deion Sanders!
Deion has won 1 conference game this year .. Evidently the other PAC 12 coaches didn't shudder when he said "We're bringing the Louis Vuitton" to Colorado.
I have to teach Bjork how to make a deal with new head coach: if new HC wants 10 years contract with 80M buyout go ahead to give him with 1 condition: if you don't improve and we have a right to kick you out. In 3 years if you don't win the conference, we will kick you out. In 5 years if you don't win a national championship, we will kick you out.
Lol you'll never find a good coach if they're expected to perform miracles... yall haven't won a natty since before WWII... stop being delusional, A&M is mediocre
Bjork was forced to give the contract to Jimbo by the board of regents and the Chancellor.
BAHAHA! A&M is a joke. "Aggies" lol
If education was truly valued, we'd get stories about professors instead of just sports.
A logical fallacy and a Ridiculous statement. “News” is supposed to cover what is going on in the surrounding community and world. It typically covers relevant & hot topics, that are currently happening on the world scene.
We can cover current events AND value education.
Jimbo Fisher’s firing is a current event, it’s a hot topic, and extremely relevant to the football scene here in America. Thus, a story was presented.
You may not be interested in football, but that does not mean that an educational piece should be put on in its place to make you happy. We value children… shouldn’t we spend more time with news stories about happy kids somewhere instead of covering traffic jams on 635? Does covering traffic jams imply that we don’t value kids? Obviously not.
Obviously not. Mutual exclusivity exists. We can value education and still do a piece on the most significant coaching search in the nation.
Kids are paying $40,000 plus for a Bachelors.. They aren't spending $40,000 on football tickets. They've already made a value statement with their wallet/choices.
If your brain was truly functional, you would understand the error of your asinine statement.
@@TenGreenRangers Schools bring in more money from their sports programs than tuition. Coaches get paid more than professors.
5.2k views on this story. Over the last week, what got more views from wfaa?
Senator mma from Oklahoma.
One video about the POTUS.
One video about the death of a former First Lady.
There's an outlier at 21k and 77k that I assume is artificially inflated by the campaign, about rfk.
A car on a pedestrian bridge.
Mexico's official statement about Abbott's new law.
Two year old attacked by pit bull.
Some of those stories from the week will be edged out, as this one received another ~800 views while I typed this and hasn't been out for 24hrs yet.
This guy thinks a and m is stilll relevant😂😂😂😂
I know right! They were a blip on the radar
State funded PUF money will take care of it!
A&m will never be a national championship caliber team they can hire whoever they want
A&M will be a national championship team very soon you are an idiot do you have any money?
were they ever a championship caliber team in the 20th century?
once again.. future teams are not affected by past teams records...the vision is for A&M to win a championship..as bad as this season has gone A&M is 3 plays from being in the SEC Title game so yeah they are getting closer...and a championship is near @@markjackson6431
If Saban or Smart were there they’d be winning nattys. All about the right hire
Well yea but theyl never get a coach like saban or kirby lol coaching in the sec is hard in those other conferences its easier to be a more successful coach