Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy has a behavior of placing his foot in his mouth. Regardless of being mildly profitable with the Cowboys and sending a number of gamers to the NFL, Gundy is best recognized for coming to media days and saying some absolute bullshit.
On Tuesday, Gundy went from saying one thing comical to fairly harmful and setting a foul instance for individuals who take heed to him surrounding the DUI and subsequent non-suspension for Doak Walker profitable RB Ollie Gordon III. Gundy was requested why Gordon wasn’t suspended, and he provided up this clarification:
Here is Mike Gundy’s complete reply on Ollie Gordon not getting suspended. Unsure “I’ve most likely completed {that a} thousand time in my life. And, and, you recognize which is okay. I received fortunate, folks get fortunate” was the way in which to go pic.twitter.com/zVig6u7p7V
— CJ Fogler account might or will not be notable (@cjzero) July 9, 2024
There’s a lot incorrect with this assertion that I don’t even know the place to begin. I assume I’ll begin right here: there’s completely no clarification or excuse for driving drunk. When you’re ingesting, please, please don’t drive after, even when it’s only one drink. Gundy is setting a harmful precedent for his program and the college, one that enables drunk driving in case you’re actually good.
Gundy additionally doing his personal analysis to clarify away why he didn’t droop Gordon is hilarious, contemplating that Gundy has put his foot in his mouth earlier than whereas attempting to clarify his personal analysis (see: COVID-19 response). The factor each the COVID response and the feedback about Gordon’s DUI which might be in frequent? Each of them appear to be ready statements. He knew this query was coming, and but offered one of many worst potential solutions you might’ve ever given concerning this example.
Gordon is 20 years outdated, he was underage ingesting on high of working a motorized vehicle, and Gundy’s response was “hey man we’ve all completed it earlier than proper?” It’s extremely silly, however above that it units a harmful precedent at Oklahoma State. Gundy will enable DUIs in case you’re adequate, you received’t even get suspended for it! By the way in which, the authorized Blood Alcohol Content material in Oklahoma is 0.08%, however that’s provided that you’re over 21…BECAUSE UNDERAGE DRINKING AND DRIVING IS REALLY BAD! So yeah, the entire level Gundy makes to permit Gordon to not be suspended is extremely incorrect. He would possibly as effectively have simply stated that Gordon is the explanation Oklahoma State received quite a lot of video games they usually can’t droop him.
When you assume it wouldn’t worsen, it completely does:
“If there’s any punishment, it’s make him (Ollie) carry the ball fifty instances the primary recreation.”
– Mike Gundy on Ollie Gordon state of affairs
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— OKSTProbs (@OKSTProbs) July 9, 2024
Ooh, scary! Forcing a participant who has already carried the ball virtually 40 instances a recreation final season to … do the identical factor he was already doing? It’s asinine to imagine that what Gundy is saying will be the one punishment Gordon faces. I can agree with sending Gordon to Huge 12 Media Days to reply questions and face accountability. Nonetheless, selecting to not droop him as a result of he’s an incredible again is a horrible factor to do. It places Gordon above the crew and the foundations {that a} crew has, simply because he’s the most effective participant on the crew. It’s actually a tragic factor, however Gundy comes out wanting worse on this than Gordon.
Even the observe up doesn’t make any sense!
Received an opportunity to observe up with Gundy about this for just some seconds. He stated he was referring to all of the instances folks make “unhealthy selections,” not particularly drunk driving. https://t.co/vIIA9mS1pT
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) July 9, 2024
He’s speaking about common resolution making, however particularly mentions drunk driving when the query was additionally a couple of participant who received a DUI? Appears fairly particular to me, coach.
Gordon will most likely play loads this season. He’ll most likely play rather well this season. However what Gundy is utilizing as the reason for permitting Gordon to play is extremely harmful, and units a foul instance for the chief of a soccer program.
