Recent content by Backin82

I do think Gundy held us back in several cases as you describe, but I also think it's unreasonable to think we could have competed with Ohio State for a DC with no ties to the university and completely different ambitions than our program offered. Trust me, I believe firmly that Gundy cared...

Agreed. I can't understand where people are getting the idea that Gundy "ran him off".

Bro, it's wild that you're this emotional and bitter about a rich guy losing his job. I'm actually surprised you didn't dress up as a Shaman and storm the athletic department. Such is your devotion. To address the content of your rant; I didn't celebrate Gundy's firing. It was a sad day for...

Been on probation for what...?

My opinion isn't welcomed here on this topic, but I believe firmly it's because he cared way, way more about Gundy than he did about OSU. Look at all the times he interviewed at other universities to leverage for more money from OSU (then whining that he didn't have the money to pay his...

I agree with most of your hypotheses, but I also don't think there's a bunch of drama or intrigue that led to this point. I believe Gundy simply became entitled, complacent, and overconfident after his first run at success, and found a way to squeeze the most amount of money from the university...

We were never going to be able to compete with Ohio State for his services. Plus, was a guy who liked new challenges. He did the thing here, and then wanted to compete at a higher level (with higher income). Gundy was never going to do what it took to keep him here for a variety of reasons...

The fact is, it's really rare for a coach to stay at any school for a long time (10+ years), regardless of budgets, etc... It will likely be even more difficult in the current era, especially for smaller market schools like OSU. As many have noted, though, if we have people like Les Miles...

It's like TuffTiger found ChatGPT.

But also, as Chad mentioned, there's no perfect timing on something like this, and the vision has to be longer term than impacts to the immediate season or next. A change was needed, and the longer we waited, the worse it would be. Glad we ripped the Band-Aid off.

100% agree.

If this is true, it's a sad day for OSU. I've been one of Gundy's biggest "haters" over the years, but nobody can deny the levels of success under his watch. I just hope we can find someone that can bring new life to what has been a steadily declining program for a long time. I also wish Mike...

"Watch out" for what? If he's removed due to performance (which should have happened long ago), then he can yap all he wants and it won't be meaningful. It would reflect very poorly on him, not OSU, and reveal a lot about his character if he were to take that route.

From my experience, this isn't a denomination thing, and I'd hesitate to really put stock in that info. The extreme right has hijacked a LOT Christian and quasi-Christian circles across all denominations. The commonality appears to mostly be who live in fear, and seek security from an external...

Chiming in, here, because I recently had a conversation about this topic with my mom, who is currently losing lifelong friends over this issue. My mom is very conservative, but more in the true conservative sense. She views the extreme right as insane, and has recently started speaking out...