Look at that goof. He's Oklahoma State head football coach Mike Gundy. Up until now, about the only thing he's been known for is once completely blowing a gasket and ranting and raving at the media like a madman about how "I'M A MAN! I'M 40!" (Video at bottom).
But now this hollerin' hothead has reportedly embarrassed himself even worse -- allegedly strong-arming and giving a home laborer his walking papers because the dude had the unmitigated gall to wear an Oklahoma Sooners T-shirt (his school's rival) on the job!
Brent Loveland of Choctaw, Oklahoma was reportedly just going about his business after being hired to do some carpentry work at Gundy's home. Dude wasn't even wearing an Oklahoma Sooners football shirt, but rather a Sooners baseball tee. But that didn't stop Gundy from going Solomon Grundy-style deranged all over the poor laborer's ass! (Allegedly).
Loveland has slapped Gundy's big fat mush (and Ross Perot-type accent & temper) with a new lawsuit alleging that because Loveland wore a Sooners tee on the job, Gundy cursed at him and called him a "stupid idiot" for "wearing the shirt on 'OSU soil.' " Gundy also allegedly refused Loveland's attempts to apologize and gave the confused carpenter his pink slip right there on the spot!
Gundy's alleged meltdown could turn out to be a costly one, since Loveland is seeking $10,000 in damages. He says he lost "more than $30,000 in income from an expected 13 weeks of work."
OK, I get the whole sports rivalry thing. I'm a Missouri guy, and Missouri has one of the most bitter rivalries in the country when it comes to the University of Kansas jayhawkers. But please! With everything rotten going on the country and world right now, fans and coaches like Gundy (allegedly) are still going to resort to this kind of mindless, over-the-top sports-team think and vicarious living through athletes and schools?
Hell, I have a Kansas grad living next door to me and a Kansas State grad across the street. The next time I see them wearing some of their garb, maybe I should go "Solomon" Gundy and just clock 'em one right in the kisser, no?
At the very least, I could give them a good dressing down and try to humiliate them for having the nerve to wear the wrong shirt so close to "MU soil"? Positively laughable, juvenile, and demented.
And kids: It is a good thing to become a man by the time you're 40. A lot of people never manage that. But if that means being a "man" like "Solomon" Gundy, methinks you should endeavor to find a new and different pursuit.
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/12/3073976/the-buzz-cowpokes-gundy-sued.html
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