Agree he sounded arrogant but for other reasons. Gundy has a lot of faults, but it’s undeniable he is a savant when it comes to football. Especially the football he knows best and focuses on. He might be the best pure football mind in college football. But there’s more to it than that when it comes to winning.
He sounded to me like someone who sees OSU go up and down in talent. He has rebuilding years every 4-5 years. He can see what he has won’t get it done but with the portal now, he is out of excuses saying it’s the program or the rules. And maybe a little frustrated that he knows the place is Top 10 caliber but the overall expectations of the fan base is beyond its resources.
So the arrogance was more “If you knew as much about football as me, I wouldn’t have to deal with this.” Which in some ways is true.
He’s the best OSU has ever had and may ever have. But the ups and downs of the last 15 years, whether it’s him or the program to blame or both, means he really isn’t a serious candidate for any other job. He flirted once too much with other jobs and now nobody wants him. And there’s a body of work out there that says if you hire him you risk a couple of 7 or 8 win seasons, or worse, for his Top 10 building projects. And the off field headlines with him and his brother means going anywhere with a chance to win the national championship is pretty much impossible. At least right now. He thinks he should be coaching someplace better under the old rules. But the rules have changed and nobody with a caliber program he thinks he deserves would trust him with his inconsistency.
He’s like most 57 year old white men in this country. He can see retirement up ahead, he didn’t accomplish everything he felt he could or was entitled to in his career, his long time boss retired 3 years ago and he has no idea who these new people really are, time is running out on life and he can’t get hired elsewhere at his age, so he’s decided the world has given him a raw deal.