Can HC Mike Gundy Bounce Back After A Tough Season?

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00:00All right, Mike Gundy of Oklahoma State.

00:02Last year, Scott, he was his worst season in his career.

00:07He's been in Stillwater for 20 years as the head coach of the Cowboys

00:11and three and nine, his worst season.

00:14So he's got to bounce back from that.

00:16I know you remember last year he had a lot of problems with his team.

00:19Remember he had a couple kids that quit in the middle of the year

00:22because they wanted to renegotiate their NIL deals and all this?

00:25Well, Gundy says that ain't happening this year.

00:28When you show up to play football, we're playing football.

00:31Leave everything else at the door.

00:33When we start on July 27th, two things have to go out the window.

00:41One, thinking of transferring or taking other jobs as a coach or a player.

00:48Two, the money aspect has to go to the side because for the most part,

00:55the coaches and the players, all of us, including me,

00:58are going to be at this location until at least December.

01:05The teams that can put that to the side

01:08and the coaches that can put that to the side

01:10concentrate on coaching and playing football

01:14and find a way to come together, in my opinion, get the best chance to win.

01:20Okay, I'll say this about him.

01:22I think he's had a great career at Stillwater, and I think that his days are numbered

01:29because if they have another average season at Oklahoma State, he's getting fired.

01:35He's been there long enough, and this is what happens at the end.

01:40You go three and nine, and he follows that up with anything, even 500, he's out.

01:46They're not going to keep putting up with this guy.

01:49He's been there long enough, so it's gone stale at Oklahoma State.

01:55That's just all there is to it.

01:56The pokes and all this other nonsense, they don't matter.

01:59They don't matter anymore, and he's in charge.

02:02I think they, frankly, I think they actually missed their chance to make a change,

02:10and instead, they're going to stick with the same thing over and over again,

02:14which is what they're doing, and it's not working.

02:17I think his best days are long gone.

02:19I'm going to just say it right now.

02:21I think that he looks like a guy to me that's been around too long, to be honest.

02:26Yeah, 20 years in one spot in anything, whether it's college football,

02:31professional sports, you know, anywhere, being the head coach somewhere for 20 years,

02:36that is not easy to do, and you're right.

02:38It might be getting a little bit stale for him.