monarch said:

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Ethan kicks for Sanford; I hope he is successful on every attempt. I'm assuming Jimbo will be here. Wonder if he gets a sideline pass?

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He kicks for Fred Sanford ? How about Lamont ?

Samford...

Screw Jimbo and his kid. Fishe was the ultimate disaster. He can't coach.

Have your criticisms about Jimbo but his son is good people

Let's all be Thankful for Jimbo and the great gift he gave us. I'll let you think about what that gift was and how it's impacting us today

DE4D said:

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Let's all be Thankful for Jimbo and the great gift he gave us. I'll let you think about what that gift was and how it's impacting us today

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Yes nobody here would know the name Elko if not for Jimbo. Well... if they did know the name they wouldn't have ever confidently wanted him as the coach. Jimbo also won a NY6 game and that team would have been 12-1 if not for covid.

Jimbo seems like a very fine man. So it didn't work out. Oh well. I don't get the vitriol.

They apparently made Ethan one of the captains for Samford tomorrow

KCup17 said:

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They apparently made Ethan one of the captains for Samford tomorrow

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Nice touch.

KCup17 said:

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They apparently made Ethan one of the captains for Samford tomorrow

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A 4th string kicker (someone said) is one of the captains of the team. Kind of weird.

I didn't know teams carried a 4th string kicker. Rather than be symbolic, they should start the kid and let him kick. That would show us!

gopitt said:

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Screw Jimbo and his kid. Fishe was the ultimate disaster. He can't coach.

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Pitt's third in the ACC. GOPITT!!! That way>

Bunk Moreland said:

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DE4D said:

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Let's all be Thankful for Jimbo and the great gift he gave us. I'll let you think about what that gift was and how it's impacting us today

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Yes nobody here would know the name Elko if not for Jimbo. Well... if they did know the name they wouldn't have ever confidently wanted him as the coach. Jimbo also won a NY6 game and that team would have been 12-1 if not for covid.

Jimbo seems like a very fine man. So it didn't work out. Oh well. I don't get the vitriol.

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I think it was the narrative that he kind of "quit" on the team once the big extension was signed. The stories that came out after his departure were damning. Even if the stories were only half true, they were still pretty bad. Plus, his penchant for throwing players - HIS players that HE recruited - under the bus on the regular was fairly exhausting. It made him fairly unlikable a lot of the time.

I was very vocally against jimbo towards the end and I never once got the impression he gave up trying. He was just out of his element. The game changed during his tenure. He couldn't adapt fast enough. We've seen tons of coaches fail during the NIL transition. Hell Saban flat walked away from the profession.

Things are so so so different from 5-10 years ago. I'm happy we have a coach who understands that and actually began his HC career in that new era. But I won't hold it against Jimbo for not fully understanding how to deal with it. It just didn't work out.

KCup17 said:

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They apparently made Ethan one of the captains for Samford tomorrow

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Equivalent to a Participation Trophy

How fitting would it be for Jimbo's son hit a game winning field goal against the 3rd ranked team in the country.

Psycho Bunny said:

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How fitting would it be for Jimbo's son hit a game winning field goal against the 3rd ranked team in the country.

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Ok.

I wish nothing but the best for Jimbo and his kid.

His tenure didn't turn out like anyone wanted, but who's has in our FB HC history? RC's the closest, and we didn't provide him the facilities he needed.

We canned him, he didn't leave us. Like BCG.

Zero hard feelings for Jimbo. Hope everyone is nice to him if he decides to attend.

No one should blame him for signing a contract that was great for him and his family.

one safe place said:

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KCup17 said:

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They apparently made Ethan one of the captains for Samford tomorrow

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A 4th string kicker (someone said) is one of the captains of the team. Kind of weird.

I didn't know teams carried a 4th string kicker. Rather than be symbolic, they should start the kid and let him kick. That would show us!

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If it were just some kid that was a 4th stringer, sure.

He is likely on the team because his dad went to Samford.

You have a high-profile Coach from your school. A guy who has won a Natty. His son wants to walk-on, even if symbolically on the team?!

I'd do that every time All day. Then, the kid returns to play at a school he grew up at while his dad coached for 6 years?!

Those are feel good stories you look to capture.

Samford (FCS) is 1-10 and here for a payday. Their 1 win was against 1-10 VMI (FCS). VMI's 1 win was against 4-7 Ferrum (DII).

Jimbo was fired because he struggled in road games in every year except 2020. Jimbo Fisher went 17-7 (0.708) in Power 4 home games and 16-6 (0.727) in SEC home games, but he went 7-16 (0.304) in Power 4 road games and 7-14 (0.333) in SEC road games. He ended his tenure with 9 consecutive road losses, including 8 consecutive SEC road losses, dating back to a 29-19 loss at Ole Miss on 11/13/2021.

Jimbo's son Ethan is unlikely to see any action on the field.

Bunk Moreland said:

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I was very vocally against jimbo towards the end and I never once got the impression he gave up trying. He was just out of his element. The game changed during his tenure. He couldn't adapt fast enough. We've seen tons of coaches fail during the NIL transition. Hell Saban flat walked away from the profession.

Things are so so so different from 5-10 years ago. I'm happy we have a coach who understands that and actually began his HC career in that new era. But I won't hold it against Jimbo for not fully understanding how to deal with it. It just didn't work out.

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The biggest issue with Jimbo was that he struggled to win most of the true road games every year except 2020. He ended his tenure with 9 consecutive road losses, including 8 consecutive SEC road losses, dating back to a 29-19 loss at Ole Miss on 11/13/2021.

2018: 1-3 (1-3 SEC) with only a 26-23 win at 7-6 (3-5 SEC) South Carolina

2019: 1-3 (1-2 SEC) with only a 24-17 win at 4-8 (2-6 SEC) Ole Miss

2020: 4-1 (4-1 SEC) with only a 52-24 loss at 13-0 (10-0 SEC) and eventual CFP champion Alabama

2021: 1-2 (1-2 SEC) with only a 35-14 win at 6-7 (3-5 SEC) Missouri, which turned out to be Jimbo's last road win of his tenue

2022: 0-4 (0-4 SEC)

2023: 0-3 (0-2 SEC); interim head coach Elijah Robinson coached our last 3 games, including a 42-30 loss at LSU