1. Jenni thinks she knows sports cause she played catch in the backyard with her dad a couple of times.

2. She is clueless much like her cousin Jen Engle in Dallas who thinks she can write… but cant.. ie “camp cupcake”

3. Jenni should sell Mary K and or Avon instead of writing sports

Good Luck!

Hmmm. Copy and paste right out of this very blog. SHE called him a “kid”, but when Gundy called him a kid, so many objected. Double standard?

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Interesting these rules don’t apply to the “staff” of NewsOK.

I have been a sports fan for more than 40 years. I used to be a big fan of reading newspapers, especially OpEd pieces. But I stopped reading them long ago because I have seen the scope of your profession change dramatically.

I can’t remember a worse column. Really, I can’t.

You have stated publicly that you feel Coach Gundy is questioning your credibility, and you want him to point out what’s wrong with your piece. Here’s why your credibility is being questioned.

You REPORTED:
“”The coaches made a decision,” Reid told our Mike Baldwin after the Troy game. “I just have to go with it, get better and get back on the field.”

You CONCLUDED:
There’s something to be said for not being a malcontent, but you can almost see Reid shrugging his shoulders as he says those words. Does he have the fire in his belly? Or does he want to be coddled, babied, perhaps even fed chicken?

As a reader, I am left to wonder what sources have led you to such an over-the-top conclusion about Reid’s character. So I go back and reread your story, only to find the sources are “word is”, “rumors and rumblings”, “insiders”, and stories “on the sly”. You don’t have anything on the record, not even so much as someone going on the record but speaking under the condition of anonymity.

The fact is, Jenni, your credibility should be questioned under these circumstances.

Hard to believe you stand by your conclusions. There is nothing here to stand on.

You are writing about a quarterback who was demoted. Yet the words “pass”, “completion percentage”, “interception”, “touchdown”, “yards rushing” are never mentioned in the story. As a reader, I am left wondering what this story is all about. Then I remember that the headline on the paper Coach Gundy held up at his press conference said, “QB CHANGE: IT’S ALL ABOUT ATTITUDE”.

Yet even you reported Reid was not “a malcontent”.

So now, as a reader, I am left wondering what this is REALLY all about. And, as a reader, I honestly can’t find anything, except to say it looks like an attempt to ridicule someone. You shouldn’t be the least surprised that anyone in a leadership position would vehemently react to someone publicly ridiculing a subordinate.

I am a total outsider and a manager of people. That said, I thought Gundy restrained himself quite a bit. I wouldn’t have been nearly as measured in my comments.

If you want to stand by over-the-top, mean-spirited conclusions- with no focus on actual performance- supported by no one who’ll go on record, the best I can wish you is luck. You’ll certainly need plenty of it.

BTW… a public apology from you is CLEARLY in order here. You are not a victim. You are a person who is reaping what she has sown.

Then the injury against Florida Atlantic appeared minor — whatever it was? Some of the worst injuries may not appear critical, if you don’t know what the injury was how can you say. Are you a doctor? While other injuries that make you hold your breath and fear as they may need help or a stretcher and get back in the game as just the air was knocked out of them.

If you were in court and you told the judge someones injuries appeared minor the cross examiner would ask if you are a doctor. Come on! That is what caught my eye when I first saw the paper more than anything “Whatever it was”.