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Texas A&M Football: 5 reasons Jimbo Fisher isn’t a realistic option

By Connor Muldowney

PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 06: Florida State Seminoles head coach Jimbo Fisher holds the Coaches' Trophy after defeating the Auburn Tigers 34-31 in the 2014 Vizio BCS National Championship Game at the Rose Bowl on January 6, 2014 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 06: Florida State Seminoles head coach Jimbo Fisher holds the Coaches' Trophy after defeating the Auburn Tigers 34-31 in the 2014 Vizio BCS National Championship Game at the Rose Bowl on January 6, 2014 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images) /
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PASADENA, CA – JANUARY 06: Florida State Seminoles head coach Jimbo Fisher holds the Coaches’ Trophy after defeating the Auburn Tigers 34-31 in the 2014 Vizio BCS National Championship Game at the Rose Bowl on January 6, 2014 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
PASADENA, CA – JANUARY 06: Florida State Seminoles head coach Jimbo Fisher holds the Coaches’ Trophy after defeating the Auburn Tigers 34-31 in the 2014 Vizio BCS National Championship Game at the Rose Bowl on January 6, 2014 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images) /

4. Fisher is consistently experiencing success at Florida State

Jimbo Fisher is a successful college football coach. He has won a national title, four division titles, three conference crowns, two Orange Bowls and he’s made the Peach and Rose Bowls during his eight-year tenure as the Seminoles’ head coach.

Why would he ditch all of that success to start over at another program. While this move wouldn’t make much sense on Texas A&M’s end, it surely makes less sense for Fisher himself.

Sure, Florida State is having a bad season and might even miss out on a bowl game, but that’s one year out of eight and he’s experiencing this mostly due to the loss of starting quarterback Deondre Francois. The Seminoles were a preseason top-five team and will likely be back in the Top 25 to begin the 2018 season.

At Texas A&M, he’d have to develop all new recruiting relationships and wait 2-3 years before his players are taking the field. It’s hard enough to be an elite recruiter in college football, but Fisher would have to start all over and likely be behind the rest of the coaches (Gary Patterson, Tom Herman) in the state of Texas.