[Class of 20Something]

He certainly didn’t need to apologize for the shirt. It was more the other things going on in the program that would deserve an apology.

that are based purely on assumption. Real Facts Matter

[Jonathan Carone]

They’re not assumptions at all. Players have talked about it.

Wide receiver LC Greenwood, who entered the NCAA transfer portal in January, wrote in a since-deleted post on Twitter that Gundy would call him a "hood rat" and "thug" and threaten him over his clothing choices. Others backed the claim and added stories of their own.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sporti ... o5jc66pzpz

Unlike at Clemson when Dabo was under fire, the players didn’t come rushing to the coach’s defense. They doubled down.

[Purple Haize]

He certainly didn’t need to apologize for the shirt. It was more the other things going on in the program that would deserve an apology.

Who is to say there was anything to apologize for there? And if there was who is to say he didn’t?

[JK37]

I was just going to say the same. If he needs to apologize for things under the surface, the apology too can stay under the surface and off the radar of us in the outside.

[Purple Haize]

Although to me this sounds like an apology since he actually said the phrase I apologize. But I’m not a Woke Warrior so there may be some new catch phrase that is only acceptable now I’m unaware of

[Jonathan Carone]

I hadn't seen that when I posted. I'd only seen the awkward video with him and the running back and the heavy breathing video guy. This video has a totally different tone than the first one.

[RubberMallet]

i thought it would be easy to navigate. I'm sent shirts all the time. i grabbed this shirt out of the "don't care if its ruined while fishing/cleaning fish" shirt bin and that is that.

but it is clear that there are other underlying issues going on.

OAN is a trash network to be sure but if it was like daily kos or some crap a site equally crappy on the other side of the spectrum the voices would of been moot.

When your job is impressing young and often black individuals to be a part of your organization, i believe you need to be careful of these things.

[RubberMallet]

oh and constitutional free speech is lost when the gvt and only the gvt says you can't say something. there is no such thing as institutional or corporate free speech. which is what 99% of people clamouring "but free speech" are actually refering to.

[Jonathan Carone]

Had Gundy not given a talk on how great OAN was and how they’re the real news a few months ago, he could’ve gotten away with the I just grabbed a shirt defense. He’d been vocally supportive of the network.

[Purple Haize]

Yeah. He should probably be fired for that

[Jonathan Carone]

I don't see people suggesting he be fired, just that he has issues with his players.

[thepostman]

I'm sure OAN has sources saying otherwise

[flameshaw]

There is zero chance I would play for a coach that is such a p____y that he would apologize for wearing an ONA, FOX, CNN, MSNBC, etc. shirt.

[Jonathan Carone]

If you think it’s solely about a tshirt then you’re not listening to the full story.

[Purple Haize]

Or people are making a mountain out of a mole hill

[lynchburgwildcats]

Man makes statement.

Other man doesn’t like it, decides he doesn’t want to associate with first man.

Both men meet to discuss the issue.

They come to an understanding.

No one was imprisoned for what they said.

Pretty sure free speech is alive and well in this situation.

Man looses job.

What then?

Still the same. Freedom of speech isn't freedom from consequence. He wasn't forbidden by law from wearing that shirt.