Tulsa World: Gundy rewarded with 7-year, $15.7 million deal

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	Report Comment Ignatz, Broken Bow (12/5/2008 11:40:00 AM) Anybody want to handicap on how long it will be till OSU eats this contract?
	Report Comment Bob 1, BA (12/5/2008 11:40:15 AM) Over paid and under worked. All coaches across the country are over paid. Hope they are not like Notre Dame? Extended Weis's pay and now they can't get rid of him..............
	Report Comment eddieo, Tulsa (12/5/2008 11:41:15 AM) After taxes on the 2009 amount... he will be making a little over his gross amount for 2008. Love the tax man. Congrats Mike! Spend wisely!
	Report Comment BLA, Tulsa (12/5/2008 11:51:17 AM) Are you kidding me...this is someone who has grossly under-achieved while the coach (remember Troy?) and really hasn't done anything this year. Who have they beaten? Missouri...big deal! Non-conference schedule is still a joke and OU, Texas, and Texas Tech are all still looking down at OSU. Hmmm...reward the coach ofr a 4th place finish in his division. Wait, isn't that what he did last year and people wondered if he was going to get canned? Continue recruiting thugs and gangstas and drawing on your little board while the defense is on the field being run through like a leaky dam.
	Report Comment hootie, Tulsa (12/5/2008 11:57:51 AM) Bob 1, acually coaches work 80-110 hours a week from August - February. They take a week or so of, get ready for spring ball, coaches clinics and summer camps (still working at least 60-80 hours a week). Most caching staffs take 3-4 weeks off in June or early July and then get ready for August practices. I agree that they may be overpaid but they are deffinatly not under worked.
	Report Comment T Bone, (12/5/2008 12:08:11 PM) Bla: Are you still thinking about the football school in Oklahoma remotely attached to a University that has had criminals for players that make the cover of sports illustrated?? Maybe you bought a coat or gasoline from one of the players so you could have lunch money or was a friend of a player that assaulted his supposedly best friend. Gee you sure have us sports fans confused.
	Report Comment Milo, PoDunk (12/5/2008 12:17:21 PM) T Bone, wow, telling it like it is..Gundy truly will decide he is a man now, won't he? As long as Boone T Pickens ;-))wants him there, he will be there.. The criminals are the heros, aren't they ..Ask Trammel!!
	Report Comment Pokes fan, (12/5/2008 12:22:34 PM) Congrats Coach Gundy!!! A much well-deserved raise.
	Report Comment JorgeUSMC, Tulsa (12/5/2008 12:23:14 PM) BLA ~ Just curious if you're an OU or OSU fan? Keep in mind we (proud alumni of OSU) ranked as high as 6th this year. We are also in the toughest confress in the country. The Big 12 South alone houses the #2 (Oklahoma),#3 (Texas)and #7 (Texas Tech). Missouri may not be a top ten team but they are still ranked 20th and in the country and are playing for in the Big 12 Championship. We lost to Texas by 4 points in the 4th quarter. I'll admitt we got blown out by Tech. Against OU we trailed by only 3 points going into the 4th quarter and manage to put 41 points on OU, nobody else could do that all season...to inlcude Texas and Texas Tech. It's hard to see how much OSU has improved because of conference we are in. STOP BEING A HATER!
	Report Comment Pokes fan, (12/5/2008 12:24:41 PM) Congrats Coach Gundy!! A well deserved pay raise.
	Report Comment JorgeUSMC, Tulsa (12/5/2008 12:33:44 PM) *confress=conference, sorry for the typo"
	Report Comment RK, (12/5/2008 12:44:12 PM) Good for you Coach! I think you OU fans should be worrying about your game on Saturday and not what we are paying our Coach.
	Report Comment oak, (12/5/2008 12:54:34 PM) typical whining from ou fans
	Report Comment Outrageous, (12/5/2008 12:58:17 PM) Oh come on. We all know that Pickens' State has low standards. No surprise here folks.
	Report Comment hootie, Tulsa (12/5/2008 1:08:37 PM) Milo, the player was never charged until almost 2 years after the event occured. Once he was found guilty, he was kicked off the team. Ever heard of "innocent until proven guilty"? Ummm...didn't OU have a receiver on their team that had felony gun charges that were later reduced to misdemeanors (prior to arriving on campus)? He plead guilty to get the reduced sentence. Personally I didn't agree with Gundy recruiting Collins but Collins was technically innocent for 2 years.
	Report Comment Sammy, (12/5/2008 1:10:16 PM) I agreee with RK. OU fans seem obsessed with anything OSU does. If I were a Sooner fan I'd be on the road to KC to watch the Big 12 Championship. Most OSU would love that opportunity. We may never get it, but it is my alma mater and I will continue to support them. Also, I hope both OU and TU win tomorrow. What a great day it would be football in our State.
	Report Comment Milo, PoDunk (12/5/2008 1:21:59 PM) Hootie... the girl was also innocent... You truly think anyone believed he was innocent!? And if complaining had not been as loud, do you truly think he would have been kicked off?? If one complains about one team recruiting criminals, perhaps they need to look at both??
	Report Comment GoldenDriller, (12/5/2008 1:22:58 PM) This is ridiculous - OSU will do the "sean sutton" deal in a couple of years and buy him out.
	Report Comment anm1135, (12/5/2008 1:30:22 PM) Milo, no one said the girl wasn't innocent. Why should we believe he was guilty until he was proven to be. Do you remember the Duke "rape" case and all the publicity that surrounded it. It basically ruined some innocent guys lives, cost the DA his job, made Al Sharpton/Jesse Jackson look foolish. Unfortunately, Collins did end up being proved guilty and was immediately kicked off the team. Do you remember Dusty Dvoracek (last name spelling?) beating a guy almost to death in a bar, getting a suspension then being back on the team at UO?
	Report Comment anm1135, (12/5/2008 1:31:54 PM) GoldenDriller, you don't know that to be true. So far Gundy's team have improved each year.
	Report Comment Milo, PoDunk (12/5/2008 1:35:38 PM) At least you decided to look at both... As for Gundy, he will soon have to work extra hard for his raise that he has GROWN into.....that is if his D coordinator truly leaves...I would think that would hard to replace and then again...perhaps Boone T already has one lined up!! Regardless I am very proud of the team...in the end, they play the game,no? How many jobs were the Duke players offered while awaiting trial??
	Report Comment KansasSooner, (12/5/2008 1:52:07 PM) First, I'm a die hard Sooner fan. Second, I'm a big Cornhusker fan. To say OSU has never been one of my personal favorites would be putting it mildly. Nevertheless, I am a big fan of Coach Gundy and am happy that OSU has made this decision. I remember watching Coach Gundy as a great high school QB and think he was an even better QB during his playing time with the Cowboys. Congratulations Coach! This is well deserved as you are one of the up and coming coaches in the game today. I can actually pull of OSU with Coach Gundy leading the way, except of course when they meet up with the Sooners and Cornhuskers.
	Report Comment theBeard, (12/5/2008 1:58:09 PM) Time to raise the student tuition again.
	Report Comment jamipants, Tahelquah (12/5/2008 2:04:10 PM) Hey I think it's against the Sooner law to be a cornhusker fan and a Sooner fan...I cannot believe you said that with the same breath!
	Report Comment Arbythree, Tulsa (12/5/2008 2:15:25 PM) What is the guaranteed amount?

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