{"id":1598228,"date":"2022-08-10T07:09:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T11:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1598228"},"modified":"2022-08-10T07:11:34","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T11:11:34","slug":"daughter-of-resigned-oklahoma-sooners-coach-takes-shot-at-head-coach-brent-venables-the-truth-will-always-come-to-fruition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/daughter-of-resigned-oklahoma-sooners-coach-takes-shot-at-head-coach-brent-venables-the-truth-will-always-come-to-fruition\/","title":{"rendered":"Daughter Of Resigned Oklahoma Sooners Coach Takes Shot At Head Coach Brent Venables: \u201cThe Truth Will Always Come To Fruition\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdaughter-of-resigned-oklahoma-sooners-coach-takes-shot-at-head-coach-brent-venables-the-truth-will-always-come-to-fruition%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1598228&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The daughter of former Oklahoma Sooners coach Cale Gundy took a shot at head coach Brent Venables after he declared that Gundy resigned after using a \u201cracially charged word\u201d multiple times.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3573\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3573\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cale Gundy via The Oklahoman YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gundy announced his resignation on Twitter explaining, \u201cI owe it to Sooner Nation to be transparent about what led to this decision: Last week, during a film session, I instructed my players to take notes. I noticed a player was distracted and picked up his iPad and read aloud the words that were written on his screen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe words displayed had nothing to do with football,\u201d he relayed. \u201cOne particular word that I should never\u2014under any circumstance\u2014have uttered was displayed on that screen. In the moment, I did not even realize what I was reading and, as soon as I did, I was horrified.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3570\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3570\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.08-09.16-themixnet-62f17d171ed8e.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1267\" height=\"662\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3570\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cale Gundy via The Oklahoman YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"entry-title title flipboard-title\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/08\/oklahoma-sooners-coach-cale-gundy-resigns-after-reading-aloud-a-word-he-should-never-under-any-circumstance-have-uttered\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oklahoma Sooners Coach Cale Gundy Resigns After Reading Aloud A Word He \u201cShould Never\u2014Under Any Circumstance\u2014Have Uttered\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He elaborated, \u201cI want to be very clear: the words I read aloud from that screen were not my words. What I said was not malicious; it wasn\u2019t even intentional. Still, I am mature enough to know that the word I said was shameful and hurtful, no matter my intentions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe unfortunate reality is that someone in my position can cause harm without ever meaning to do so,\u201d he continued. \u201cIn that circumstance, a man of character accepts accountability. I take responsibility for my mistake. I apologize.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3566\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.08-09.16-themixnet-62f17d2a1db3d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"910\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cale Gundy Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The official Oklahoma Football Twitter account shared a statement from head coach Brent Venables accepting Gundy\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Subscribe and get our daily emails and follow us on social media.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"terms-privacy\">\n<p>By opting in, you agree to receive emails from TheMix.net. Your information will not be shared with or sold to 3rd parties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It reads, \u201cIt\u2019s with sadness that I accept Coach Gundy\u2019s resignation. He\u2019s dedicated more than half of his life to Oklahoma Football and has served our program and university well. We\u2019re thankful for that commitment. We also acknowledge that in stepping aside he\u2019s place the program and welfare of our student-athletes first. In coaching and in life, we\u2019re all accountable for our actions and the resulting outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe culture we\u2019re building in our program is based on mutual respect,\u201d Venables stated. \u201cOur staff is here to develop successful student-athletes, but also young men of character. As the leaders of this program, it\u2019s essential that we hold ourselves to the highest standards as we model for our players the type of men we want them to become.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then announced, \u201cL\u2019Damian Washington, who has been serving as an offensive analyst for our program, will coach our wide receivers on an interim basis.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3567\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3567\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.08-09.16-themixnet-62f17d2f04355.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"794\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oklahoma Football Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Venables would then issue another statement via the Oklahoma Football Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>It reads, \u201cAs painful as it has been dealing with Coach Gundy resigning from the program, it doesn\u2019t touch the experience of pain felt by a room full of young men I am charged to protect, lead and love. There are a few things I would like to address.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoach Gundy resigned from the program because he knows what he did was wrong,\u201d Venables stated. \u201cHe chose to read aloud to his players, not once but multiple times, a racially charged word that is objectionable to everyone, and does not reflect the attitude and values of our university or football program. This is not acceptable. Period.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3618\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3618\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3618\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.09-03.46-themixnet-62f281415cce0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1254\" height=\"647\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brent Venables via Tulsaworld YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He continued, \u201cCoach Gundy did the right in resigning. He knows our goals for excellence and that coaches have special responsibilities to set an example. He knows that, while he will always be a part of the OU family, that his words affected many of us and did not represent the principles of our university.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain, his resignation was the right thing to do, and we will move forward positively,\u201d Venables concluded.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3613\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3613\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.09-03.46-themixnet-62f281457ec9f.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"595\" height=\"817\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3613\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oklahoma Football Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gundy\u2019s daughter, Cat Gundy replied to this statement in a now-deleted tweet writing, \u201cInteresting you told your players to keep their mouths shut about what really happened and their heads down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truth will always come to fruition, it\u2019s only a matter of time,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3614\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3614\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.09-03.46-themixnet-62f2814b27e9b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1850\" height=\"928\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josh Callaway Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pokesreport.com\/s\/3068\/cale-gundy-resigns-from-oklahoma-after-issue-with-a-player-not-paying-attention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pokes Report claims<\/a> that Gundy read rap lyrics that were written by a player on his iPad.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Allen writes for the outlet, \u201cApparently, Gundy was conducting a meeting with his players and one of them was writing a rap song on his team issued iPad. Gundy confiscated it and read what was on the iPad to the players in the meeting and some of the language was inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3576\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3576\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.08-09.17-themixnet-62f17d4ef213e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"534\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cale Gundy via The Oklahoman YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Venables is clearly throwing Gundy under the bus, legendary Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops described Gundy as \u201ca man of character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He wrote on Twitter, \u201cIt\u2019s with great sadness that I\u2019m reading this. I\u2019ve worked along side Cale for 23 years and know him to be a man of character and a person that loves and cares for his players as well as OU.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stoops concluded, \u201cThank you Cale for all the hard work you poured into our program, it will be remembered!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3615\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3615\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.09-03.46-themixnet-62f2814e4865a.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"895\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bob Stoops Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Oklahoma alumnus and current running back for the Cincinnati Bengals Joe Mixon also defended Gundy\u2019s character in a letter shared to social media.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote, \u201cMost importantly Coach GUndy is not, and I repeat is not a racist in any way nor has a racist bone in his body, mind, or soul. I grew up in the Bay area and went to school obviously in Oklahoma. I know racists, I have witnessed both obvious and discreet forms of racism and have known and detested even more actual racist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCoach Gundy is the farthest thing from this type of person,\u201d Mixon declared. \u201cI spent every day for the 1,000 days I was in Norman with him, and I never saw anything that would lead anyone to believe this or think this.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3575\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.08-09.16-themixnet-62f17d3c112d5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1125\" height=\"562\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Mixon via Cincinnati Bengals YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After detailing how important Gundy was to him as a father figure and mentor in life, Mixon stated, \u201cI know this about Coach, if he was admonishing a student athlete for any reason, it was because he was trying to help that athlete be a better person, player, teammate and student athlete of OU.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know for a fact, that if he used any derogatory or inappropriate words, it was because they were written and not his own thoughts,\u201d he asserted. \u201cI have never seen him say, think or utter and (sp?) racist words, slang, or saying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cAnd please keep in mind that he is in meeting rooms and locker rooms where such words are thrown around by the players and in the music we listen to as often and easily as football fly in the air at practices.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3617\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3617\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.09-03.46-themixnet-62f28152e82d0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1217\" height=\"657\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Mixon via FOX Sports YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mixon concluded, \u201cI offer my highest support and admiration for Coach Gundy and will be extremely disappointed with the school, the program, and the administrators if he is not allowed to continue as a coach at the university going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he in anyone\u2019s eyes did anything wrong then let us show people how we give people second changes (sp?), how we help all people be better people and that we teach all to work together, grow and evolve as people,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI for one having gone through my own tribulations while at OU know that I am where I am because I was given a second chance at school, life and to be a better person. And I owe a lot of that to Coach Gundy as a person, teacher, and coach,\u201d Mixon finished.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3568\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3568\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3568\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2022.08.08-09.16-themixnet-62f17d4668ec0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"809\" height=\"1895\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3568\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Mixon Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What do you make of Cat Gundy\u2019s response to Brent Venables? Do you think Cale Gundy should have resigned?<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boundingintosports.com\/2022\/08\/pro-football-hall-of-famer-warren-moon-calls-kyler-murrays-homework-clause-a-slap-in-the-face-to-all-african-american-quarterbacks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pro Football Hall Of Famer Warren Moon Calls Kyler Murray\u2019s \u2018Homework Clause\u2019 \u201cA Slap In The Face To All African American Quarterbacks\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The daughter of former Oklahoma Sooners coach Cale Gundy took a shot at head coach Brent Venables after he declared that Gundy resigned after using a \u201cracially charged word\u201d multiple<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1598425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1598228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1598228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1598228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1598425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1598228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1598228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1598228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}