Mike Gundy of Okie State

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Holy Cow. One of the all time great tirades. Totally blasting the local paper for a critical article about his QB.

Man, you just don't see stuff of that quality often....

I don't know my way around youtube, but it's got to be there..
 
#7
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It pains me to say anything good about the boys from Stoolwater. However, Mike Gundy is now one of my heroes. That's how the media should be treated.
 
#9
#9
An oldie but a goodie. Lee Elia rant...

The article I referenced in my previous post mentioned Lee Elia and his famous rant while he was a manager with the Cubs.

Elia was not a very successful manager. Overall, he was 238-300 with the Cubs and Phillies. But mention his name to any Cub fan and without a doubt, his rant will come up. Among my baseball friends, he has been raised to an hero/anti-hero status for his chat with the media on April 29, 1983.

On that day, the Cubs suffered a one-run loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers giving them a record of 5-14 for the season. The Wrigley crowd had been especially hard on the team, booing and heckling them throughout the game.

To see the mainstream media print his rant is laughable because every other word is censored.

Before I link the audio, let me say on the outset that this is definitely not safe for work, kids or anyone sensitive to harsh language.
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http://www.thebaseballzealot.com/archives/elia.mp3
 
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Media circling the wagons...

ESPN - Okla. State's Gundy stands by postgame rant - College Football

Football Writers Association of America president Mike Griffith issued a statement about the incident.

"I consider Coach Gundy's behavior completely inappropriate. It shows a lack of respect for the media and doesn't speak well for the university and the fans that he represents. Coach Gundy's actions have brought national attention and further scrutiny to the situation that could have been handled in a more private and appropriate matter."
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Surely... certainly, this isn't the same Mike Griffith of KNS.
 
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I must admit that after seeing that video Mike Gundy just became one of my favorite coaches! Gotta love a coach who sticks up for his guys like that and puts the media in thier place!
 
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i didn't click all links to see if this had been posted or not, but here's the article:

Reid is still the most talented signal-caller, but attitude is reason for change

By Jenni Carlson
The Oklahoman


STILLWATER - Bobby Reid stood near the team charters last Friday night, using his cell phone, eating his boxed meal.

It would've been normal post-game activity but for one thing.


His mother was feeding him chicken.


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Which brings us to the quarterback switch-a-roo at Oklahoma State.​

Don't see the connection?​

Let me explain. Cowboy coaches have gone full-speed ahead with the Zac Attack, opting to start Robinson over Reid a week ago, then sticking with him against Texas Tech today even after an embarrassing loss at Troy. Weren't we being told just last week that Reid was still the guy? All the weight with which Cowboy coaches were backing Reid has totally shifted to Robinson.​

The change seems sudden.​

Thing is, it may not be as abrupt as it looks. If you believe the rumors and the rumblings, Reid has been pushing coaches that way for quite some time.​

Tile up the back stories told on the sly over the past few years, and you see a pattern that hasn't always been pretty.​

Word is that Reid has considered transferring a couple different times, the first as early as 2005. Reid, then a redshirt freshman, was facing competition from returner Donovan Woods, and apparently, Reid considered leaving OSU just because he had to compete for the spot.​

Reid's nerves have also been an issue. Earlier this year, he told our Andrea Cohen about his game-day emotions.​

"I get sweaty palms. I get the butterflies in my stomach. I sweat lot," he said then. "I've been playing this game for 15 years. And I can honestly say every game I've played in, I've been nervous. It's not so much me being scared; I just get to a point where I start worrying about a lot of things I can't control."​

A lot of guys get nervous, some even puke before games. How you handle the nerves is important, though, and Reid hasn't always managed them well. He has gotten off to some extremely slow starts, putting the Cowboys in some holes. Some, they dug out of, with Reid often wielding the biggest shovel, and some, they couldn't.​

Then, there have been the injuries. No doubt some of Reid's ailments have been severe, including an injured shoulder that required surgery and forced him to redshirt. Other times, though, Reid has been nicked in games and sat it out instead of gutting it out.​

Injuries are tricky, of course. You don't want a guy to put himself in harm's way if he's really hurt, and yet, football is one of those sports in which everyone plays hurt. Aches and pains, bumps and bruises are part of the gig.​

Reid's injury against Florida Atlantic - whatever it was - appeared minor but just might have been the thing that pushed Cowboy coaches over the edge. Even though Mike Gundy said last week that Robinson got the nod because he had the better week of practice, insiders say that the coaches decided to bench Reid early in the week. The bottom line: The switch is less about Robinson's play and more about Reid's attitude.​

"The coaches made a decision," Reid told our Mike Baldwin after the Troy game. "I just have to go with it, get better and get back on the field."​

There's something to be said for not being a malcontent, but you can almost see Reid shrugging his shoulders as he says those words. Does he have the fire in his belly?​

Or does he want to be coddled, babied, perhaps even fed chicken?​

That scene in the parking lot last week had no bearing on the Cowboys changing quarterbacks, and yet, it said so much about Reid. A 21-year-old letting his mother feed him in public? Most college kids, much less college football players, would just as soon be seen running naked across campus.​

And what of the scene television cameras captured earlier that evening of Reid on the sidelines laughing with assistant strength coach Trumain Carroll? The same cameras showed him throwing his cap in disgust after a missed play earlier, but to be laughing in the final minutes of an embarrassing loss is bad form.​

Reid is the most talented quarterback in Payne County, but he hasn't proven that he's the toughest. If you listen to the rumblings and the rumors, Cowboy coaches simply grew weary of it.​

Who knows? There might come a day when they grow tired of something Robinson does, but for now, they appear willing to sacrifice a bit of talent for a lot of grit.​
 
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#19
Interesting.

I also liked how ESPN was blasting Gundy for taking out that reporter, when they didn't even report what was really said in the article.
 
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Wow...

FanNation | Truth&Rumors | OSU coach berates columnist

Carlson painted a disturbing picture of Reid as a coddled player, standing near the team charter buses, using his cell phone while being fed chicken by his mother out of a boxed meal. "Three-fourths of this is inaccurate," Gundy claimed, holding up a copy of the column. "It's fiction. And this article embarrasses me to be involved with athletics." Then he started raising his voice, pointed his finger in Carlson's direction and appeared to be moving toward her in a threatening manner. Video of the entire meltdown is already available all over the Internet.

New York Daily News
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:crazy:
 
#24
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I'd like for Tennessee to have a coach like Gundy one day that would some fire! He maybe a lot different on the field though :dunno:

It could have been a C.Y.A. mission after losing to Troy.
 
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I'm really on the fence here. One side of me likes the fire he showed, but part of me thinks he could have done it a little more professional.

Maybe if it was a man who wrote the article the hardcore staring and threatning nature would have been justified.

As for the media, I don't agree with hat that they are idiots and thats the way they should be treated. It's like any other business you have idiots that are sensationlist (like Skip Bayless) that will say anything to get a reaction but there are some people in the media that are very good at their craft. Plus it helps that the media is about some of the cheapest advertising avaliable out there for schools.

"I'm a Man!!! I'm 40" = Classic.
 
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