247: Everyone wins something with A&M's hire of Bobby Petrino

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As the Aggies' offense stumbled to a near 100th finish in total offense nationally last season, people got tired of seeing Fisher on the sidelines with a variety of laminated play sheets, unable to get play calls in on time, and then yelling at a variety of players as they came off of the field.

In that regard the people are getting what they want and it's a relief to them because it was overwhelmingly perceived as being the primary issue holding the program back.

In addition, this theoretically frees up Fisher to spend more time with other aspects of the program. Again, this is considered to be a win for folks who have watched Fisher bring four straight top ten recruiting classes to Aggieland and want him to be focused on his strengths as opposed to his weaknesses.

However, Petrino's offense is very much like Fisher's in terms of the concepts and plays. They both like to use 11 personnel and get the ball down the field which calls for deeper routes and offensive linemen who can hold their blocks. It's certainly not TCU offensive coordinator Garrett Riley's way of doing things and it doesn't match up with what Ryan Grubb does at Washington, two candidates for the position that were reportedly offered the job.

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Nonetheless, I wrote in December that Petrino "coached against Fisher, runs a similar offense, has coached quarterbacks, and would call plays (Fisher friendly items). The coordinator, play calling, and quarterback coaching roles would meet the minimum requirements of donors and admin types that want to free Fisher up to be a CEO and not be so involved on the offensive side of the ball."


Fisher himself made the hire, something that A&M head coaches have been allowed to do in the past even when they've been under more duress than Fisher.

And in the end, everyone got something that they wanted out of the hire, even if it took some time to make it happen....but no one got everything they wanted.

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