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Jimbo Fisher keeping pressure on Aggies as fall camp continues

August 14, 2018
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The best way to describe Texas A&M’s football practice on Tuesday night was as a learning experience.

The lesson coach Jimbo Fisher taught was light practices aren’t to be taken lightly.

Even though the Aggies were not in full pads, Fisher got hotter than the August temperatures at what he perceived as a lack of urgency during early special teams drills.

“Assignments, paying attention to what is going on … (I was) very disappointed in the beginning,” Fisher said after practice. “We picked it up and finished up very well on special teams. That (slow start) will never happen again, I promise you.

“Sometimes you come out, and as soon as you put shorts on, you think I can (relax). It doesn’t mean that. You practice exactly the same.”

Throughout August camp Fisher has typically raved about his team’s effort and attitude.

The aberration possibly could be attributed to a hangover from a Monday night scrimmage. Or it could have been fatigue setting in after 12 grueling August practices. Fisher wasn’t buying that.

You’ve got to understand maturity and how to practice and what you do, and no matter what you’re in, you’ve got to practice like a champion.
- Jimbo Fisher

“Ask parents: 'What do you attribute to your kid not listening to you?'” he said. “Sometimes he just thinks he doesn’t have to listen. You’ve got to understand maturity and how to practice and what you do, and no matter what you’re in, you’ve got to practice like a champion.

“It’s not that they don’t want to, it’s just sometimes you mentally have a lapse. You can’t do that. We as coaches have to make sure that doesn’t happen and be organized, structured, be on top of it and make sure that doesn’t happen.”

Fisher shrugged it off as a learning point, but also offered a threat.

“If they don’t want to do that (practice hard), we’ll just go in pads every day,” he said. “It don’t bother me. I’ll put them on every day this year.”

Fisher’s mood wasn’t totally ornery. He said he was again encouraged by the physicality and competitiveness he witnessed in the Monday night scrimmage.

“The scrimmage, I thought, was very competitive last night,” Fisher said. “Much more physical than we were in the spring as a group overall. You’re still always looking to be as physical as you possibly can be. I thought we did some good things there.”

He lauded the freshmen defensive backs, receivers and running backs and gave some praise to some veterans, too. The scrimmage gave him a better chance to evaluate how much some players have improved and how much some are grasping his new system.

“The pacifier is out of your mouth,” he said. “You’ve got to go out and take signals, make calls, communicate good, bad or indifferent. Overcome if something good happens or if bad happens.

“It’s a lot, and they learn a lot. You find out a lot - where a guy’s status is and what he’s thinking.”

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Jimbo Fisher keeping pressure on Aggies as fall camp continues

17,329 Views | 9 Replies | Last: 6 yr ago by Triple-T
Pet Sounds
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Juan!
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Rock1982
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Glad to see he's kicking some ass
LEJ
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How the hell does Jimbo maintain constant 5 o'clock shadow? Is he a wizard or what?
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I can totally see how players would take it down a notch on a night practice in shorts. In the cool of the evening it's easy to start unwinding a little. It's an almost festive atmosphere after the heat and exertion of full pads.


Coach Fisher caught that and nipped in the bud toot sweet and I tip my hat to him.


Slipping into cruise control is how you blow leads or allow lesser teams to hang on long enough to threaten an upset.

I believe we will do well with this man as our coach.
monarch
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"This isn't last year..."
94chem
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Quote:

I believe we will do well with this man as our coach.
Especially if we watch our bud toot sweet?
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Triple-T
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Sumlin has lost control of Fisher's practices.
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