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New Arkanas offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino said he “didn’t sleep for month” while learning Jimbo Fisher’s offensive terminology at Texas A&M this past season. Petrino made the comment in an interview with Hogs Plus as he explained some of the challenges that came with working under Fisher, who hired Petrino to help reinvigorate A&M’s offense but “wanted to keep his terminology.”
“It was hard,” Petrino said. “It was studying every night, trying to figure this out. Why are we calling it this way?”
Texas A&M averaged 403.8 yards of total offense in 2023, which was up from 360.9 in 2022 and 392.4 in 2021. Still, the unit’s effectiveness was a far cry from Fisher’s first team in 2018 that averaged 471.6 yards per game. It also fell short of the 439.3 yards per game averaged by the Aggies in 2020 while navigating an all-SEC schedule with a 9-1 record amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
At Arkansas, Petrino should feel relatively unencumbered. Unlike Fisher, who made his name in the coaching world as an offensive coordinator, Razorbacks’ coach Sam Pittman is not a coordinator by trade. Thus, he should be more willing to let Petrino have full control to install the offense as he sees fit.
“I have an offense that I am very familiar with and understand inside and out, and calling it will be much easier and going going quicker,” Petrino said. “The players are going to have to work hard at understanding it, but we’ll have a processed approach to installing it and learning it, and we’ll get it installed three…
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Author : David Cobb
Publish date : 2023-11-30 17:36:59
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