A day after Oklahoma assistant football coach Cale Gundy resigned from his position with the Sooners, saying he inadvertently read aloud “a word that I should never — under any circumstance — have uttered” off the screen of a player’s iPad during a film session, head coach Brent Venables issued a new statement saying that Gundy’s statement didn’t tell the entire story. Venables said that Gundy’s statement didn’t tell the entire story
According to what Venables said on Monday, “Coach Gundy resigned from the programme because he is aware that what he did was inappropriate.”
“He made the choice to read aloud to his players a racially charged slur that is offensive to everyone, does not reflect the mindset and values of our university, and has no place in our football programme.
He did this not once, but several times. This cannot be tolerated in any way. Period. The decision that Coach Gundy made to step down was the correct one.
He is aware of our expectations for the highest level of performance and is aware that coaches have unique obligations to lead by example.”
Gundy, who is now 50 years old, had the longest tenure of any football coach in the Big 12 conference, surpassing his brother Mike, who is the coach at Oklahoma State.
He coached the running backs at OU for the first 16 years of his career, then the inside receivers for the next seven years, and finally served as OU’s assistant head coach.
After his resigned, current and past players, such as Joe Mixon and Adrian Peterson, expressed their support for him on various social media platforms.
According to the statement released by Venables, “As terrible as it has been dealing with Coach Gundy retiring from the programme, it doesn’t approach the level of pain felt by a room full of young men I am entrusted to protect, guide, and love.”
Gundy made the announcement of his resignation on Sunday night. He stated that he had noticed that a player who was supposed to be taking notes during a film session was distracted.
Gundy then picked up the player’s iPad and read the words that were displayed on the screen, including the unspecified term. Gundy then made the decision to resign from his position as head coach.
According to a statement that Gundy published on his Twitter account, he explained that “the awful reality is that someone in my position can cause pain without ever intending to do so.”
“When put in such a position, a man of character takes responsibility for his actions. I acknowledge that this was my fault and I apologise. I apologise.”
Gundy stated that at the time he was reading, he “did not even know” what he was reading, and that as soon as he did realise it, “I was appalled.”
“Let me be absolutely clear about something: the words that I read out loud from that screen were not my own. What I said was not meant to be hurtful; in fact, it wasn’t even intentional “Gundy put in writing.
“However, I have reached an age where I am self-aware enough to recognise that the word I used was both offensive and cruel, regardless of the intentions behind my words.”
On Monday, Venables maintained his belief that Gundy’s resignation was required.
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“He also knows that while he will always be a part of the OU family, his words affected many of us and did not represent the principles of our university,” Venables said.
“He also knows that while he will always be a part of the OU family, he will always be a part of the OU family.” Again, his resignation was the appropriate action to take, and we will go forward in a constructive manner.
