Coaches Standing Up For Players

As many people have already seen this week, Oklahoma State Coach, Mike Gundy, had a talk with the media this week in his post game press meeting. Now most of the media has been bashing Mike Gundy for his reaction, saying he acted unprofessional and was totally out of order. One of my least favorite articles comes from Pat Forde of ESPN.com, who bashed Gundy and brought his record at the school into the picture. I disagree with those in the media who said he was out of order. Do I think he might have over reacted? Sure, but it was something that needed to be done. So much pressure is put on college athletes by the media that someone needed to step up and say hey, they're just kids and they're in college to learn not to play sports. The media downgrades college athletes saying that many of them don't deserve to be in college because of their grades, but then turns around and calls them weak and indirectly calls them a momma's boy. I believe that article was totally irresponsible of the author, editor and paper. And Pat Forde was worse by bringing in so many things that did not deal with the issue at hand, for instance Coach Gundy's record and the fact that the kid can fight in the Army but not take criticism. Tha argument is rediculous in my mind considering the kid is not the one who says he is old enough or not to die at war, but the government. And for Pat Forde to call him unprofessional is just as rediculous. As one of the members said on the message board, "I'd say someone calling themselves a nickname in the third person is a little more unprofessional than what Gundy did."