Mike Gundy
Mike Gundy
Mike Gundyis an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head football coach at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater. Gundy played college football at Oklahoma State, where he played quarterback from 1986 to 1989. He became Oklahoma State's coach on January 3, 2005. In 2007, he received national media attention for his heated criticism of a newspaper article on one of his players...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth12 August 1967
CityMidwest City, OK
coaches decisions full lots speed
We have to find out what he can do if we give him lots of reps, ... That's where we as coaches have to make decisions and we go with them and go full speed ahead.
knew mistakes wrong
We knew they were going to make mistakes. We knew they were going to make big plays. We didn't want them to think if they did something wrong they weren't going to get back in forever.
both clear
The one thing that we didn't want -- and we made it very clear to both quarterbacks -- is that we didn't want them to play scared,
adversity ball dealt drive fourth handled leave quarter score time
We were dealt some adversity in the fourth quarter and we handled it very effectively in this game. We were able to drive the ball at the end. I wanted to go down there and score and not leave them any time on the clock.
aggression coach field kicked smart
I let my aggressiveness take me over there. A smart coach would have kicked a field goal.
potential
He's got some potential to make some big plays.
both clear
The one thing that we didn't want and we made it very clear to both quarterbacks is that we didn't want them to play scared,
bobby couple decision earned gotten last point position potential reason
The decision we had to come down to is who has more potential at that position from this point on? We think that it's Bobby, ... The reason we didn't make the decision in two-a-days is because Bobby hadn't earned it. In the last couple weeks, he's really gotten a lot better a lot better.