Mike Gundy's tone-deaf coronavirus rant shows why he's never leaving OK State

[UpInArms]

There’s little arguing the coaching acumen of Oklahoma State’s Mike Gundy. He’s won 67 percent of his games at Oklahoma State, a traditional have-not program that’s become a near-annual Big 12 contender as Gundy has led them to 14 consecutive bowl games.

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In a nearly hour-long news conference that began with a racist remark, featured a handful of hilarious media conspiracy theories and lacked a fundamental understanding of the Big 12’s rules, Gundy put on a performance that even Liberty University’s leadership would have considered brazen and misguided. Gundy again showed why his antics will be forever shackled to Stillwater, the backwater Never Never Land where he can live and speak consequence free.

“Anything that you don’t want your coach to say, he did a great job of saying it,” said a Power Five athletic director of Gundy’s remarks. “This is living in a bubble and not understanding the world that we’re in right now.”

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The journalism riff was especially rich considering Gundy’s news conference on Tuesday had some snippets that made actual journalism professors laugh out loud. Amid Gundy’s meandering remarks included three references to the “mainstream media” and another to the “national media,” criticizing the lack of positivity in news coverage and too much “finger pointing.”

Luckily, Gundy said he stumbled upon an unbiased news network. “It’s One America News,” he volunteered amid a 20-minute monologue. “It was so refreshing. They just report the news. There’s no commentary. There’s no opinions. There’s no left. There’s no right.”

.. more insanity at:

https://sports.yahoo.com/amphtml/mike-gundys-tonedeaf-rant-about-return-of-college-football-shows-hes-never-leaving-oklahoma-state-012454629.html

[hatrack]

1. Color me . . . unsurprised . . . .

[TwilightZone]

2. "One America News"

There are more people out there who believe this than we'd like to admit. They're the same people who believe that Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity are speaking the truth, as well. The gullibility is remarkable.

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. Using the word "gullible" is very generous of you.

[underpants]

4. Honestly when I started reading this I was thinking of Mike Leach

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this wouldn’t surprise from either of them.

Read the whole story. Very well written. Man, he really panned out Stillwater and OSU.

OAN

Being that these are 18-22 year old healthy males, does Grundy think there might be something that these guys might miss being sequestered on campus alone?

[trc]

6. Mike Leach is in trouble at Miss State already

For a tweet.
https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/offensive-mike-leach-tweet-leads-mississippi-state-player-to-transfer-from-program/

[underpants]

8. Leach is a nut

He fits in perfectly in Starkville (not that I’ve ever been there).

Both remind me of Bobby Knight who I used to be a big fan of.

[fishwax]

5. the notion that this is what keeps gundy at osu is rather silly

These are, as the writer notes, hardly the first stupid things that gundy has said. But nothing he said, unfortunately (including the racist chinese virus bullshit) is out of step with national leaders or leaders of his state.

He's been offered other jobs at blue blood schools (Tennessee repeatedly and florida reportedly) and had additional interviews, but he stays at OSU because it's his alma mater, it's his home state, and he's got the resources to be successful enough. He had one of the wealthiest and most generous alumni donors in the country, t. Boone pickens, guaranteeing the program would be well funded and that gundy would get a generous raise every time another suitor came calling. And he's a god there, having been the best quarterback they ever had during his playing days (handing off to barry sanders helped) and now easily their most successful coach ever. That's why he's staying at OSU. (And as a fan of Oklahoma, that's just fine with me, because he's 2-13 all-time against the sooners.)

[Docreed2003]

7. I'm sorry...Coach Mullet said what??

Why am I not surprised this fool thinks One America is an unbiased news source? I'm sure the knuckleheads on the sports blogs I follow will be applauding this crap like it means something...the same folks who criticize anyone in sports or entertainment who happen to speak out against Trump.

[Chainfire]

9. Coaches

Represent themselves as being developers of character and the competitive spirit in young men or women. They portray themselves as "educators" as well as coaches.

The conservatives worry about higher education being training ground Snowflake Liberals......I can only guess that this coach is the exception that proves the rule.