Mike Gundy - YOU’RE FIRED!

[Oldest Horn]

12 minutes ago, pskjace said:

Oklahoma State has 11 seasons of 10 wins in 124 years of playing football.  Mike Gundy coached 8 of those 11 seasons.  Historically they are a bottom dweller programs except for the Gundy years.  I would say regardless of anything else he deserved better than to be fired in the middle of the week a quarter through the season.  They may never get back to another 10 win season ever again. 

Seemed like the players quit on him. Got to cut the cancer. 

[Tuco Ramirez]

Timing is odd considering they have only played three games. I’m guessing we’ll see a few quit and redshirt. 

[harveycmd]

Board and boosters have an inflated sense of what they can accomplish here. This won't get them any further this season; it won't help recruiting; it won't speed up the rebuild. Gundy is the program. End of story. They should have waited and cut ties at the end of the season. They could have still looked for a replacement and set things up. If anything, their negotiating position is worse now. It's mind boggling how business people get overly emotional when it comes to sports and end up shooting themselves in the foot. 

[Hashtag]

9 minutes ago, harveycmd said:

Board and boosters have an inflated sense of what they can accomplish here. This won't get them any further this season; it won't help recruiting; it won't speed up the rebuild. Gundy is the program. End of story. They should have waited and cut ties at the end of the season. They could have still looked for a replacement and set things up. If anything, their negotiating position is worse now. It's mind boggling how business people get overly emotional when it comes to sports and end up shooting themselves in the foot. 

This isn't a Oklahoma St problem, it's a Mike Gundy problem. How as a program can you have your HC refuse to use the portal and hate NIL. <Insert his Oregon NIL rant here from just a few weeks ago as proof he still hates NIL> He was lucky he wasn't fired earlier this year after the sit down with the powers to be. If anything in 2025 Gundy was holding them back as a program with his refusal.  Adapt or die, he chose to die....it's on him. I

 

 

He's 21-21 the past 4 season overall and 11-16 in conference play. Those records were only going to worsen as this season plays out.

Edited 23 hours ago by Hashtag

[Paul L]

@Bobby Burton @Gerry Hamilton

missed on this one this morning.  I didn’t have it either.  Maybe @Joe Zura can get Lanning to take over at OK St. 

[Lnghrn]

1 hour ago, Hashtag said:

IMO if it's about respect then he should have resigned given his disdain for this era of college athletics. I don't feel sorry for a guy who will get 15 million dollars worth of respect for being a failure at his job. 

No college coach can be successful in this day and age without a strong NIL program.  Not sure how much of OSU’s problems are tied to OSU’s lack of NIL or Gundy’s disdain for NIL.  Seems like OSU’s $ dried up with no T Boone.

[Oldest Horn]

2 minutes ago, Lnghrn said:

No college coach can be successful in this day and age without a strong NIL program.  Not sure how much of OSU’s problems are tied to OSU’s lack of NIL or Gundy’s disdain for NIL.  Seems like OSU’s $ dried up with no T Boone.

I doubt they’re any more underfunded than over half the B12 but they’re on the bottom. 

[GoHorns1]

Gundy wanted to get get fired, bigger payout.

[HookemTexas]

18 hours ago, GoHorns1 said:

Gundy wanted to get get fired, bigger payout.

I'm thinking this as well, seems he was really bitter the last few years.  If he had to take less money so that they could have more NIL which he disliked, it didn't help matters.  He probably checked out and the players saw it as well.

[Hashtag]

36 minutes ago, HookemTexas said:

I'm thinking this as well, seems he was really bitter the last few years.  If he had to take less money so that they could have more NIL which he disliked, it didn't help matters.  He probably checked out and the players saw it as well.

He didn’t have to take anything. He was given an option to retire at end of the year, he refused so they fired. Pretty cut and dry, also 15 million I would do the same and refuse to retire. 

[HookemTexas]

1 hour ago, Hashtag said:

He didn’t have to take anything. He was given an option to retire at end of the year, he refused so they fired. Pretty cut and dry, also 15 million I would do the same and refuse to retire. 

I agree, in his same shoes I'd take the money as well, especially given a built in excuse of "hey I don't have the same resources to compete".  Just like Jimbo at ATM with his guaranteed contract.  Just fire me so I can take my money but I sure as hell ain't walking away from it.

Separately but kind of similar, I find it funny when people complain about a high dollar free agent/recruit that doesn't pan out.  It's not their fault your team (pro or college) offered the money, it's your team's fault for not properly assessing the value.

[Califashorn75]

He should land on his feet if he wants to coach again. He was a thorn in our side. Unfortunately,  NIL passed him by. Sark has been masterful compared to Gundy and Dabo.