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04-13-2008, 08:18 AM
Gundy: Reid got a fair shot
By BILL HAISTEN World Sports Writer
4/13/2008
Gundy responds to the ex-QB's interview with ESPN.com, where Reid criticizes his former coach.
STILLWATER -- In an interview with ESPN.com, former Oklahoma State quarterback Bobby Reid says coach Mike Gundy's infamous September tirade "basically ended my life" and was a factor in Reid's decision to leave the Cowboy football program.
'Our relationship after that kind of faded away," Reid told ESPN.com. "When that rant happened, I was like, 'Blugggh, I don't think this is for me anymore.' "
After two games last season, Reid was benched by Gundy. Reid had been the veteran of 20 career starts. His replacement, Zac Robinson, went on to break the school record for single-season total of fense and led OSU to an Insight Bowl victory over Indiana.
On Saturday, following OSU's Orange-White spring game, Gundy said he had not read the ESPN.com story, but is familiar with its content.
"When you're in a situation like that, nothing good is going to come out of it," Gundy said. "You have a young man (Reid) who wanted to be the quarterback. You can say what you want, but he got beat out.
"We make decisions on who gives us the best chance to win. I don't care who it is. I don't really see what the issue is. I guess there are some concerns on (Reid's) side that he didn't get a fair chance. I hate that he would feel that way. We put a guy (Robinson) in that had earned it, and then he never gave the job up."
Reid now is a senior quarterback at Texas Southern, a Division I-AA program. In January 2004, he arrived in Stillwater as perhaps the most nationally renowned quarterback recruit in OSU football history. In December, Reid graduated with a degree in education.
In the ESPN story, Reid's mother, Rajika Reid, was critical of Gundy: "Being 40 doesn't make you a man. It's your character that makes you a man. Your integrity. That's what makes you a man. Not how old you are. I read a Chinese proverb one time in a restaurant, and it said, 'A fool at 40 is a fool always.' That tells you everything."
Robinson made his first home start in a 49-45 victory over Texas Tech. Following the game, Gundy used his press conference to angrily renounce an Oklahoman newspaper column that the coach felt was unfairly critical of Reid. Gundy's rant ("Come after me? I'm a man! I'm 40!") has been viewed more than 1.5 million times on the YouTube Web site.
Reid told ESPN.com that he felt Gundy's press conference "was all a big show. It didn't feel genuine."
By BILL HAISTEN World Sports Writer
4/13/2008
Gundy responds to the ex-QB's interview with ESPN.com, where Reid criticizes his former coach.
STILLWATER -- In an interview with ESPN.com, former Oklahoma State quarterback Bobby Reid says coach Mike Gundy's infamous September tirade "basically ended my life" and was a factor in Reid's decision to leave the Cowboy football program.
'Our relationship after that kind of faded away," Reid told ESPN.com. "When that rant happened, I was like, 'Blugggh, I don't think this is for me anymore.' "
After two games last season, Reid was benched by Gundy. Reid had been the veteran of 20 career starts. His replacement, Zac Robinson, went on to break the school record for single-season total of fense and led OSU to an Insight Bowl victory over Indiana.
On Saturday, following OSU's Orange-White spring game, Gundy said he had not read the ESPN.com story, but is familiar with its content.
"When you're in a situation like that, nothing good is going to come out of it," Gundy said. "You have a young man (Reid) who wanted to be the quarterback. You can say what you want, but he got beat out.
"We make decisions on who gives us the best chance to win. I don't care who it is. I don't really see what the issue is. I guess there are some concerns on (Reid's) side that he didn't get a fair chance. I hate that he would feel that way. We put a guy (Robinson) in that had earned it, and then he never gave the job up."
Reid now is a senior quarterback at Texas Southern, a Division I-AA program. In January 2004, he arrived in Stillwater as perhaps the most nationally renowned quarterback recruit in OSU football history. In December, Reid graduated with a degree in education.
In the ESPN story, Reid's mother, Rajika Reid, was critical of Gundy: "Being 40 doesn't make you a man. It's your character that makes you a man. Your integrity. That's what makes you a man. Not how old you are. I read a Chinese proverb one time in a restaurant, and it said, 'A fool at 40 is a fool always.' That tells you everything."
Robinson made his first home start in a 49-45 victory over Texas Tech. Following the game, Gundy used his press conference to angrily renounce an Oklahoman newspaper column that the coach felt was unfairly critical of Reid. Gundy's rant ("Come after me? I'm a man! I'm 40!") has been viewed more than 1.5 million times on the YouTube Web site.
Reid told ESPN.com that he felt Gundy's press conference "was all a big show. It didn't feel genuine."