Jimbo Fisher - Bobby Petrino will make Texas A&M better on offense - ESPN

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher told ESPN on Monday that his relinquishing playcalling duties to new offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino has been way overblown and that the transition couldn't have gone any smoother.

Fisher, entering his sixth season at Texas A&M after a 5-7 campaign a year ago, said he never would have brought in Petrino if he didn't think it was best for the Aggies, in particular landing an offensive mind of Petrino's caliber and freeing up the coach to be more involved in different aspects of the program. Texas A&M dipped to 101st nationally in scoring offense last season (22.8 points per game) and had 24 or fewer points in nine of its 12 games.

«Why wouldn't you bring in someone like Bobby who's done it at the level he has?» Fisher said. «We get along as well or better than anybody I've coached with. We communicate well. We share ideas, not afraid to challenge each other, anything to get where we want to be on offense. He'll make us better and knows that I'm still going to be in the offensive room some, but going to be in the defensive room some, too.»

Fisher joked that any narrative that he and Petrino had already been butting heads in the spring over control of the offense made for good drama for the media to write about in the offseason.

«Yeah, we've had three wrestling matches, two boxing matches,» Fisher said, smiling. «I mean, it's been awesome. He's done a great job recruiting. When we played against each other [as head coaches], he would study our film and I would study his film. There were not a lot of guys that did the stuff we did.»

Fisher said he had already been considering giving up playcalling and «played with it for a few weeks» when he was at Florida State. But he