Mike Gundy gone mad
After one of the most thrilling games in Oklahoma State history, head OSU coach Mike Gundy decided not to talk about the 49-45 final score of the game but to react to an article written in the Daily Oklahoman by Jenni Carlson. The article questions former starting quarterback Bobby Ried’s poor attitude.
I think it might be important to read both the article and watch the video. In the article, Carlson pretty much calls Reid lazy. Coach Gundy didn’t take to kindly to it.
Coach Gundy has a point in this tirade, college athletes should not be put under the same scrutiny that pro athletes do. If an athlete is not performing on the field, that’s one thing, but if to call him lazy, that seems like a real low blow to me. But, on the same token, Barry Tramel of the Daily Oklahoman has an excellent point in an article a day later…
You can’t on one hand treat football players like princes, with everything from opulent training tables to enrollment favors, then claim they’re just regular students.
I’m having mixed emotions about all of this. Gundy has a great point. But at the same time, college athletics (football especially) is creeping closer and closer to deserving pro attention. But with the pro attention, you get pro scrutiny.
The Comments
Fletch September 24, 2007 at 6:50am
Imagine if we had a coach with that kind of fire in the belly. No wonder he’s got kids lining up to play for him, even knowing they’ll get creamed by OU and Texas.
West A Dad September 25, 2007 at 5:26am
Although I agree with Coach Gundy in part, part of me has to wonder whether this was a battle of the sexes kind of thing.
Would Gundy have gone off if the same article had been written by a man?