Gundy sorry for ripping crucial Oklahoma St
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- Max Olson, ESPN Personnel WriterNov 5, 2024, 11:32 PM ET Close Covers the Huge 12 Joined ESPN in 2012
- Graduate of the University of Nebraska
Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy posted an apology Tuesday night for comments he made throughout his weekly Monday news conference, where he recommended fans being unfavorable about the 3-6 Cowboys “can’t pay their own bills.”
“I apologize to those who my comments throughout Monday’s media call angered,” Gundy composed in a post on X. “My intent was not to anger any of our fans who have actually supported us and this program through the years.”
pic.twitter.com/54gbKIaTF9!.?.!— Mike Gundy(@CoachGundy)November 6, 2024 Gundy, bogged down in a six-game losing streak for the first time
in his 20-year tenure as head coach, prompted fans to continue to trust him during his Monday video conference with reporters.The preseason No. 18-ranked Cowboys entered the year with Big 12 title
expectations but are 0-6 in conference play and one loss away from clinching their very first losing season considering that 2005.”Kind of the run-through of all of this is that this place has had remarkable success for 18 1/2 years or 19
— I can’t do the math genuine great,” Gundy said at the press conference. “Sadly, in life, most people are weak and as quickly as things start to not go as great as what they thought, they break down and they panic.Editor’s Picks “And then they wish to point the finger and blame other individuals. You see it occur in daily life. People do it all the time. That’s why I refuse to watch the TV and enjoy the news due to the fact that I get tired of people complaining and bitching about this and that versus just doing something about it and trying to find out a method to make it much better.”
Gundy, the winningest coach in program history, went 4-7 in his debut year in 2005 and has led Oklahoma State to championship game in every season since. The Cowboys played for a Big 12 championship in 2023 and ended up No. 16 in the AP poll with a 10-4 record.
” [I] n most cases, the people that are negative and voicing their opinion are the exact same ones that can’t pay their own bills,” Gundy stated. “They’re not looking after themselves. They’re not taking care of their own household. They’re not looking after their own job. But they have a responsibility to speak up and grumble about others because it makes them feel much better.
“However then, in the end, when they go to bed at night, they’re the very same failure that they were before they said anything negative about any person else.”
Oklahoma State will go on the road to face TCU (5-4, 3-3) in Fort Worth on Saturday and after that has an idle week before closing out its routine season against Texas Tech and Colorado.