Oklahoma State University's head football coach, Mike Gundy, told ESPN that he was a "dumb*ss" for wearing a One America News (OAN) t-shirt during a fishing trip with his sons. In the same interview, star running back Chuba Hubbard discussed how he and his coach had moved forward after he sent an angry tweet of a picture of Gundy in the T-shirt earlier this week.
"I didn't know some of the stances they had taken. I didn't know that. But then you look at it, and say 'okay, I was a dumb*ss.' I put the shirt on not knowing enough about the shirt. I understood exactly why the players got frustrated."The coach went on to explain that after he became aware of OAN's stances on things like Black Lives Matter, he confirmed it for himself with some research. Then, Gundy, who doesn't pull any punches, reiterated that he believed he made a "dumb*ss" move wearing the T-shirt. The coach took full responsibility.
"That was my fault. The way the players feel about me and I upset them and broke their hearts, that bothered me more than losing games," he said.
There was a lesson to be learned from the whole thing, though, as Gundy pointed out. He noted that human beings make mistakes and that the best way to deal with them is to admit to it and be humble enough to make things better and move forward.