OANWait so this wasn‘t like a alt-right neo-German thing? Just pro-Trump?
We have reached peak stupid and of course Ok St will do the wrong thing. What if he had a CNN shirt on? They are as bad as OAN.
Seems like he has wanted out for a while anyway.
I think he is a pretty decent coach
Maybe but he obviously butts heads with the money there and we know whom that isthe word was that he was always using offers from other schools as a bargaining chip.
if he wanted out he probably missed the ideal time to take advantage of whatever popularity he had.
I always got the impression that he liked being a big fish in a small pond.
is it right if he loses his job, no, but he knows the climate we are in. I'm certainly not going to wear a MAGA hat during a conference call at work, and Im not making over 7 figures annually.
Big picture:
Gundy can wear whatever shirt he wants but likewise people are allowed to comment on it, players included. The 1st amendment is a two way street.
Hubbard's issue was with the culture of the university and the team/athleitc dept as a whole. And he has a right to speak up on that. If you're obsessing over the shirt than you're missing the forest for the trees.
What does CNN have to do with any of this? LOLZ. Talk about a consistently bizarre deflection.
I don't think he's a quitter. We'll find out.I've read for about 5-10 minutes.
I assume this is the end of Mike Gundy at Okie Lite?
It was just in the twitter comments...people were defending the anger by saying oan was a conspiracy fake news network....many found that defense ironic...
Oan seemed like a pretty relevant talking point since it was on his t-shirt
I think I made it clear that I was referring to *CNN's* relevance in this thread as well as arguments that occur on twitter and other forums, bars, coffee shops, etc.
I said nothing about OAN.
Now we are both derailing the thread so lets find some sort of truce.
I don't see how this thread has been derailed at all. This controversy is all about a player complaining about a shirt that his coach was wearing. Its all about the fact that we are living in an atmosphere where its ok to express your views as long as those views go along with the left.
This used to be a free country where everyone was allowed to express themselves as they saw fit. Now free speech only exists if you cater to the far left and everyone on the right has to be concerned that they will be called racist for nonsense like wearing a shirt with the name of a conservative network.
This is totally selective outrage. When democrat governors get away with wearing blackface and hollywood ass kissers like Howard Stern put out offensive videos in blackface using the n word multiple times yet keep their positions its ridiculous for anyone to even mention Gundy wearing a shirt with OAN on it.
The issue is about the culture at Okie st. Not the shirt.
You want Gundy to be able to express himself as he pleases but you're not extending the same courtesy to the players and general public who also have a right to express their opinions.
Howard stern and your workplace attire have nothing to do with any of this, sorry. File that under personal grievances.
To be fair, if we‘re taking the apologies seriously, Chuba did apologize for the way he reacted. I think that was a problem...not going straight to Gundy but instead inviting the comradely wrath of his teammates and of the twitter mob.
Apart from mere permissibility of expression, the loudness of expression was egregiously disparate....a private fishing trip vs a public fit. And Chuba apologized.
I think this was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Seems like Gundy’s been at the top of his kingdom for a while and as players have grown more cognizant of their power they grew more agitated over time with Gundy’s BS, and finally broke with this t shirt thing. He generally comes across as an ignorant guy unwilling to compromise or learn from conflicting opinions. I don’t really mind unpaid employees generating tons of revenue finally realizing shit’s out of whack when their head coach is one of the 2 or 3 highest paid state employees and has had free reign for over a decade.