OSU Coach Mike Gundy Bashes OK Newspaper Columnist

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BEATtutorsee

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That was great! Mad props to Mike Gundy! That's the kind of guy you wouldn't mind your kid playing for right there.
 

lafella

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Saw it earlier and thought it was absolutely great that he went off that way, saw the article he was talking about to, some woman named Jinny something or other, it was pretty dang harsh.
 

G-VilleTider

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WOW! That was great. I am really glad that he would stand up for one of his players like that. I would like to read the article that got him that upset ....
 

bamatex82

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I saw it on the news tonight and couldn't believe it! It was awesome. He was controlled fury. Spoke his mind, was logical, and did not use profanity - which would have been easy to do in that situation. Way to go coach!
 

AlabamaSooner

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You won't hear me saying this much, but I've got to hand it to Gundy. Nice job sticking up for his players. I watched the video before I read the article so maybe that's why I thought the article wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it'd be.
 

wishbonesooner

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Before you applaud Mr. Gundy too much, believe me, there's a lot more to this story that you don't know. This, IMO, was Gundy grandstanding to cover up how he threw Bobby Reid under the bus for the loss at Georgia.
 

Catfish

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Before you applaud Mr. Gundy too much, believe me, there's a lot more to this story that you don't know. This, IMO, was Gundy grandstanding to cover up how he threw Bobby Reid under the bus for the loss at Georgia.
I don't follow Big 12 football very closely and didn't see the OSU-GA game. When you say "threw Bobby Reid under the bus", what do you mean?
 

wishbonesooner

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Bobby Reid is the highest rated recruit OSU has ever landed. All summer, Gundy has talked in glowing terms of Reid's maturing and understanding the offense. Reid took 90% of the snaps with the first team during 2 a days, and everything pointed to him being the undisputed starter. When the pukes got beat in Athens, Gundy still said Reid was his starter. Reid got a little banged up against Florida Atlantic, and Zac Robinson played nearly a half. Gundy said Reid would not lose his job because of injury, but Robinson started and played the entire game against Troy. All Gundy said was they were going a different direction. Many here think Gundy was grandstanding in his press conference to take the heat off his staff for the misleading statements they had made concerning the QB situation. Now, I agree that he should defend his players, but over and over in that tirade, he referred to Reid as as someone's "child". Bobby Reid is a 20 year old man, and I think if you want the glory, you also have to be ready to take the criticism, it goes both ways. This is D-1, not intramurals.
 

lafella

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Bobby Reid is the highest rated recruit OSU has ever landed. All summer, Gundy has talked in glowing terms of Reid's maturing and understanding the offense. Reid took 90% of the snaps with the first team during 2 a days, and everything pointed to him being the undisputed starter. When the pukes got beat in Athens, Gundy still said Reid was his starter. Reid got a little banged up against Florida Atlantic, and Zac Robinson played nearly a half. Gundy said Reid would not lose his job because of injury, but Robinson started and played the entire game against Troy. All Gundy said was they were going a different direction. Many here think Gundy was grandstanding in his press conference to take the heat off his staff for the misleading statements they had made concerning the QB situation. Now, I agree that he should defend his players, but over and over in that tirade, he referred to Reid as as someone's "child". Bobby Reid is a 20 year old man, and I think if you want the glory, you also have to be ready to take the criticism, it goes both ways. This is D-1, not intramurals.

he did say child alot, which was kinda odd when describing a football player in college, kid woulda been more appropriate but the message got across anyhow I would think.
 

Catfish

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The article in question.
Man, that is the slowest loading site I've visited in years. I thought the article was pretty tame, really. It didn't seem to warrant the outrage that Gundy mustered up. Kinda makes me agree that he's trying to change the storyline and deflect criticism.

If you read the comments after the article, some people are calling the columnist a racist for reporting that Reid's mother was feeding him chicken outside the team bus. Their contention appears to be that saying that he was eating chicken has racist overtones. I think they're missing the columnist's point. Reid's mother was feeding him. Sounds like hes' either immature or a prima donna.
 
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