Per Lucci

Darrell Dickey leaving Jimbo Fisher's A&M, which creates the OC opening we've been expecting. Fisher wasting little time. As for Dickey, he'll quickly land on his feet if he wants to. Great resume, great guy.

— Billy Liucci (@billyliucci) November 28, 2022

Not sure what difference it will make. Guess we will find out by who is hired

Did Dickey ever get to call plays?

From an outsiders POV, it always seemed like we underutilized Dickey. Hopefully he'll get to once again spread his wings somewhere else

The fact that action is being taken says a lot about the future of A&M's offense.

Do we know if this was a mutual parting of ways or was it a formal firing?

BonesAndBourbon said:

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Do we know if this was a mutual parting of ways or was it a formal firing?

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Lol you think Dickey wanted off this gravy train ??

TMF said:

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Did Dickey ever get to call plays?

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Nope.

My dickey is out as well. Good thing I am working from home.

Sounds more like a mutual parting and we can hope it is for Jimbo to hand over the play calling. Jimbo will either hire another yes man or someone to take over the play calling, only time will tell.

Know Your Enemy said:

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My dickey is out as well. Good thing I am working from home.

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Jeffrey Toobin posts on TexAgs?

Know Your Enemy said:

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My dickey is out as well. Good thing I am working from home.

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But your camera is on. Cheryl in accounting thought it was a goldfish

This is so dumb and bizarre and ****ty for Dickey. He never called plays and everyone knows it but he's the fall guy. So stupid.

The only thing that matters is Jimbo handing over play calling. Without that, doesn't matter who the hell the OC is.

rgag12 said:

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Know Your Enemy said:

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My dickey is out as well. Good thing I am working from home.

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But your camera is on. Cheryl in accounting thought it was a goldfish

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"Working from home"

AggieArchitect04 said:

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This is so dumb and bizarre and ****ty for Dickey. He never called plays and everyone knows it but he's the fall guy. So stupid.

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If he wasn't doing anything anyway, then why not get rid of him? Maybe this is the first step in Jimbo handing over the reins to a real OC.

The wheels are in motion https://t.co/34h0ymKDdD

— Josh Pate (@LateKickJosh) November 28, 2022

It's a necessary step for a structural change in the offense. Obviously very unfortunate for Dickey, but it is what it is.

Jimbo found his scapegoat.

AggieArchitect04 said:

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This is so dumb and bizarre and ****ty for Dickey. He never called plays and everyone knows it but he's the fall guy. So stupid.

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I don't think Dickey is the fall guy. Everyone knows Jimbo's offense failed. I'm not sure what Dickey was actually doing in staff, but to hire a premiere OC, we have to cut the guy who currently has that title.

rsf0626 said:

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Jimbo found his scapegoat.

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I think it's not so much as a scapegoat as it is creating $ to hire an OC.

I Coached with Darrell's brother for many years and about an hour ago I got a text saying he was gone. Darrell never once called the plays, and he is a great football coach and a wealth of knowledge as a coach. If he would of been kept as a position coach or some similar role, as a young OC, I would want him around for the type of resource he is. I am not surprised but I am sick to my stomach for him and his family because he did nothing but what the head coach ask of him and now he is gone.

AggieArchitect04 said:

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This is so dumb and bizarre and ****ty for Dickey. He never called plays and everyone knows it but he's the fall guy. So stupid.

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It's a business. Keeping him around creates a worse optic.

An HC….and I mean ANY HC at a P5 School doesn't go 5-7 on the season and retains his entire current staff in-tact….

That would be political suicide….Jimbo needs to change his offensive staff with a big splash…. Or he'll be out prior to 2024….

Half of the people semi-paying attention just found out we had an OC.

rgag12 said:

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Know Your Enemy said:

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My dickey is out as well. Good thing I am working from home.

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But your camera is on. Cheryl in accounting thought it was a goldfish

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More like a little man in a boat!

Really wish Dickey all the best. He's proven to be a good playcaller and I think he will be again. His time here reached its natural end. It will be a shame if this doesn't result in the next guy getting the responsibility to call the offensive plays.

The Banned said:

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The only thing that matters is Jimbo handing over play calling. Without that, doesn't matter who the hell the OC is.

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Jimbo can call plays as long as it's from a different version of the playbook he used this season.

We only got to visit with Darrell Dickey once a year because of Jimbo Fisher's Mickey Mouse interview restrictions, but always enjoyed and appreciated the limited interaction with and insight from Dickey: https://t.co/70bn3224DD

— Brent Zwerneman 📰 (@BrentZwerneman) November 28, 2022

The biggest knock against Dickey imo is that even when Mond was here, we have continually had issues with QB's not being able to make the right RPO reads.

That blame could obviously be directed at Jimbo as well.

TX_Aggie37 said:

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The Banned said:

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The only thing that matters is Jimbo handing over play calling. Without that, doesn't matter who the hell the OC is.

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Jimbo can call plays as long as it's from a different version of the playbook he used this season.

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I think that's too simple. Jimbo is trying to do 100 things at once and doing none of the well. When he had an experienced Mond running the offense it was better. With all these young players running around, it was a nightmare. And part of the reason we have nothing but freshman running around is because of attrition. We can run down this rabbit hole a ways, but ultimately Jimbo focusing so much of his time on the offensive game plan during the week calling plays during the game harms other vital parts of the program.

He needs to do what every successful leader does: delegate.

btglow87 said:

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I Coached with Darrell's brother for many years and about an hour ago I got a text saying he was gone. Darrell never once called the plays, and he is a great football coach and a wealth of knowledge as a coach. If he would of been kept as a position coach or some similar role, as a young OC, I would want him around for the type of resource he is. I am not surprised but I am sick to my stomach for him and his family because he did nothing but what the head coach ask of him and now he is gone.

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He was making more than some FBS head coaches. He will land gently, to be sure.

Know Your Enemy said:

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My dickey is out as well. Good thing I am working from home.

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is that what you call it?

Dickey should have been in the press box calling plays. This is a deflection firing.

btglow87 said:

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I Coached with Darrell's brother for many years and about an hour ago I got a text saying he was gone. Darrell never once called the plays, and he is a great football coach and a wealth of knowledge as a coach. If he would of been kept as a position coach or some similar role, as a young OC, I would want him around for the type of resource he is. I am not surprised but I am sick to my stomach for him and his family because he did nothing but what the head coach ask of him and now he is gone.

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I don't know Coach Dickey, but I don't feel bad for him. He's 62 and if he saved his shekels, he and his family can live a nice life in a lot of places should he choose to hang it up. Congratulations to him!

Side note: Brent Z =

Had heard that Tues & Wed, Fisher and Dickey worked out the weekly offensive game plan (Dickey highly involved). While he didn't call plays per say, he worked closely with Fisher on scripted plays and adjustments (but he wouldn't over-rule JF, but Fisher trusted him for insight and feedback).

Unfortunately, this is just an exercise in motion as JF isn't going to pick up a high tempo notecard offense, but hopefully does add more motion and simplifies for CW to play fast.