Jimbo Fisher takes playful jab at Houston Chronicle, Sports Illustrated in press conference

Every head coach likely has a media outlet or two that they aren’t too fond of. For Jimbo Fisher, though, he went as far as to name a pair in Texas A&M’s pool that he doesn’t seem to be too fond of.

During a back and forth towards the end of his press conference following the Aggie’s Maroon And White Game, Fisher wanted to make sure that the last question of the session was a good one. Then, he took a shot at a pair of outlets in the Houston Chronicle and Sports Illustrated as two that he knew wouldn’t be asking the good ones.

“If it’s the last question, it (better) be a good question. I don’t need no Houston Chronicle questions. I need a TexAgs question, a good question,” Fisher said. “Sports Illustrated is just as bad. Sports Illustrated? That ain’t a good one either now. That ain’t a good one either.”

“(It) used to be the gold standard. Dadgum,” continued Fisher. “Y’all give me flack and I can’t give you flack? Y’all can’t take it. That got personal.”

It appears as though Fisher took note of who in the media may have recently given him a harder time than others. Still, there’s nothing that would obviously suggest a reason as to why he was frustrated with them. Even so, for all the shots he likely took over the last year, it looks like Fisher was both locked and loaded to fire back at both the Houston Chronicle and Sports Illustrated with these comments yesterday.

Fisher shares plan to use transfer portal to fill out roster

Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher has to put a better product on the field in 2023. In order to do that, he’ll need some help from the Transfer Portal, where the Aggies have already signed several exciting newcomers but could be looking to add more during the spring window.

During a recent press conference following spring practice, Fisher was asked if he plans to actively pursue more transfers in the portal given that there’s about to be more guys enter. Plus, A&M still has a few scholarships to burn, although they’ll only use them on players they truly believe are worth having on the team.

“We’ll go into the portal, we’ll see what goes on when the portal opens up Saturday. We’ve got our eyes on guys and guys that are in the portal and things are going — we’ll be very active in it and have been with some of the visits and the other guys coming in and we’ll go where we go,” said Fisher. “Like I said, the whole time at Florida State, the most we ever had was 81. We usually stayed between 78 to 80, 80 to 82, and we would always, if guys we thought were really legit, and sometimes your walk-ons earned those spots too. But if we go to 85, we’ll go to 85. That depends on how the portal goes.

“Our philosophy is…get the best players on the field. And create the most competitive within your team and the best players play. I mean, it’s that simple,” Fisher continued. “And also, when you get into the transfer portal, you get into a lot of things. Do they fit you? Another thing is…how many experienced guys do you have in a position or how many starters coming back? Because most guys that transfer, while they transfer, they want to play well. If you got guys that are playing and have returning starters, you have multiple returning starters? It makes it tough at different positions. But you have to show them the opportunities that, you know, you can have more.”