I have a conspiracy theory about Scott Woodward, and Jimbo's agent Jimmy Sexton, working together to help their respective best interests, but Woodward had other alternative motives. Basically, to keep A&M's hands tied with a coach that wasn't gettting it done in Jimbo Fisher.
Scott Woodward, LSUs current AD and former Texas A&M AD, was instrumental in getting Jimbo hired, and a 75 million dollar check in hand. Also, Scott Woodward and Jimbo Fisher are personal friends from their time at LSU. Now, lets assume Woodward led the charge on getting Jimbo Fisher to Texas A&M, in good faith Jimbo would somehow improve his already downward trajectory as a HC at FSU. Woodward would of been using personal relationships, and therfore bias, to get his buddy Jimbo, the biggest contract in CFB history. Thats all well and good, but Jimbo's contract extension is where the conspiracy comes into play.
In the course of looking for a new HC at LSU, Woodward understood A&M leadership better than anyone as former AD, and and knew Texas A&M wasn't willing to let anyone steal Jimbo, the keystone in their 10 year guaranteed contract experiment. This would appear to make A&M look less powerful than another SEC divisional schools, namely LSU. So he makes a call to Jimmy Sexton knowing A&M would pay astronomically to keep Jimbo, who was already underperforming. At the same time, knowing the Jimbo hire was less than likely to turn out how A&M wanted, there was even more incentive to collude with Jimmy Sexton to get A&M to dig itself in a financial hole it couldn't get itself out of. Woodward never seriously wanted Jimbo at LSU, but he did want Texas A&M to be stuck with a HC we didn't want, for longer than we wanted, something that only helps LSU in recruiting and the SEC West race overall. So he calls Jimmy and helps him to get his client a massive and unearned extension by telling him he would go public with the notion LSU was seriously considering trying to hire Jimbo as their next HC, with no actual intention of doing so.
It didn't work in the end, other than causing A&M to pay the biggest payout in CFB history.
Scott Woodward, LSUs current AD and former Texas A&M AD, was instrumental in getting Jimbo hired, and a 75 million dollar check in hand. Also, Scott Woodward and Jimbo Fisher are personal friends from their time at LSU. Now, lets assume Woodward led the charge on getting Jimbo Fisher to Texas A&M, in good faith Jimbo would somehow improve his already downward trajectory as a HC at FSU. Woodward would of been using personal relationships, and therfore bias, to get his buddy Jimbo, the biggest contract in CFB history. Thats all well and good, but Jimbo's contract extension is where the conspiracy comes into play.
In the course of looking for a new HC at LSU, Woodward understood A&M leadership better than anyone as former AD, and and knew Texas A&M wasn't willing to let anyone steal Jimbo, the keystone in their 10 year guaranteed contract experiment. This would appear to make A&M look less powerful than another SEC divisional schools, namely LSU. So he makes a call to Jimmy Sexton knowing A&M would pay astronomically to keep Jimbo, who was already underperforming. At the same time, knowing the Jimbo hire was less than likely to turn out how A&M wanted, there was even more incentive to collude with Jimmy Sexton to get A&M to dig itself in a financial hole it couldn't get itself out of. Woodward never seriously wanted Jimbo at LSU, but he did want Texas A&M to be stuck with a HC we didn't want, for longer than we wanted, something that only helps LSU in recruiting and the SEC West race overall. So he calls Jimmy and helps him to get his client a massive and unearned extension by telling him he would go public with the notion LSU was seriously considering trying to hire Jimbo as their next HC, with no actual intention of doing so.
It didn't work in the end, other than causing A&M to pay the biggest payout in CFB history.
