re: Mike Gundy's nightmarish contract negotiations with Oklahoma State

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Posted this on the MSB as well. Basically, Mike Gundy wants a long term commitment from Oklahoma State and they're refusing to giving it to him even though they gave their far less accomplished basketball coach a ten year extension.

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Mike Gundy might be in College Station, Texas, today if he operated like Todd Graham.

But unlike Graham, Gundy really is true to his school. He has repeatedly demonstrated it isn't just lip service when he talks about his love, loyalty and commitment to coach at Oklahoma State.

Graham was job-hopping again last week, bolting Pittsburgh for Arizona State. It marked the second time in the past six seasons the former Tulsa coach stiffed a school and embarrassed its athletic director by leaving after one season.

Gundy's approach to his profession is the antithesis of Graham's. He graduates players, is a strict disciplinarian, builds a program the right way, wins big and doesn't make sure his name's involved whenever a high-profile job opens.

In other words, he should be rewarded for being an athletic director's dream. Instead, Gundy's contract negotiations with his AD have become a nightmare.

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