OU fan sues Mike Gundy

[thebigabd]

Yes.
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Choctaw man, claiming to have been fired for wearing OU T-shirt, sues OSU’s Gundy.


By BILL HAISTEN World Sports Writer
Published: 8/12/2011 11:58 AM
Last Modified: 8/12/2011 12:47 PM

STILLWATER – A Choctaw man has filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy and his wife Kristen, alleging that he was fired from a construction job for having worn an Oklahoma Sooner baseball T-shirt.

In the suit, filed on Thursday in Payne County, Brent Loveland seeks damages in excess of $10,000. A trim specialist who was to have worked on the Gundys’ new house in Stillwater, Loveland claims to have “lost more than $30,000” in potential income because he turned down other jobs in consideration of his commitment to the Gundy project.

Following OSU’s Friday morning practice, Mike Gundy said, “If they are going to push the issue, (Gundy’s attorney Willie Baker) won’t let me make a comment on it.”

“It’s just a personal deal, you know,” Gundy added.

In a statement released by Baker, Gundy was quoted as saying, “While I cannot discuss the specifics of pending litigation, I deny the allegations being made and welcome the opportunity to fully resolve the matter.”

The suit states that Mike Gundy and Loveland verbally agreed in February that Loveland would perform trim installation at an overall payment of $80,600. The alleged confrontation occurred on what would have been Loveland’s first day on the job.

According to the suit, Gundy approached Loveland and said, “How dare you come into my house and offend my wife?” When Loveland asked what Gundy was referring to, the coached replied by saying, “That (expletive deleted) shirt you have on.”

Loveland claims that he dressed in the dark that morning and was unaware that his shirt had an OU logo on it.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsext...tid=440&articleid=20110812_440_0_STILLW890295

 

[CarlWeathers]

Well, good luck proving that in court. Seems like it will be two (gundy and his wife) peoples words against one. Hope he can afford the legal fees.

 

[bocabull]

The standard is so low in civil court you don't have to prove much.

When the depositions begin Gundy will settle. Pay the guy $50k or rack up $100k in fees going to trial.

Who knows though since Gundy is a dumb aggie he will probably spend the $100k to fight with a chance to lose.

 

[DenverSooner]

After 18 years of practicing law, I would disagree that the standard in court is low. You never know what a jury will do; however, they tend to have a bias towards the defendant in most civil trials. I think in a rural community this is even more true.

I have seen plaintiffs win on liability in a car wreck cases and get zero in damages notwithstanding the fact that the only testimony on damages was proof of doctor's visits and clear medical expenses. This is just one example of an outrageous result. Outrageous defense verdicts are far more common that outrageous plaintiff verdicts; however, the defense verdicts almost never make the news (unless they are criminal). A large plaintiff's verdict often makes the news and the media often omits facts that explain the verdict. The insurance industry has spent millions if not billions to convince the American people that plaintiffs are not entitled to compensation. I am by no means a plaintiff's attorney. I do almost no plaintiffs work but I have done some.


I do agree that a plaintiff can leverage the cost of litigation against a wealthy defendant but a wealthy defendant may also leverage the cost of litigation against a plaintiff. Both sides do it all the time.

 

[campbest]

Plaintiff is an idiot for wearing the shirt.

"Dressed in the dark"? Please.

 

[MsProudSooner]

Plaintiff is an idiot for wearing the shirt.

"Dressed in the dark"? Please.

This will be settled out of court because Gundy won't want the guy quoting the sailor language of him and his wife in court.

"Dressing in the dark" is at least feasible since the guy apparently lives in Choctaw.

If Gundy coached at a normal BCS university, the fans would be embarassed. I know I wouldn't want my coach behaving like that. But, since he coaches at OSU, they probably aren't embarassed at all.

 

[Tony]

"Dressing in the dark" is at least feasible since the guy apparently lives in Choctaw.

:ez-laugh:

 

[seniorsooner]

If it goes to trial will Gundy stand up in the middle of the proceedings and scream "THAT'S NOT TRUE!!!"?

 

[CarlWeathers]

"i'm a man! I'm an equal opportunity employer!"

 

[campbest]

If Gundy coached at a normal BCS university, the fans would be embarassed. I know I wouldn't want my coach behaving like that. But, since he coaches at OSU, they probably aren't embarassed at all.

Not defending Gundy's response, but if you're in the service business, would probably not wear the rival school's shirt when you're doing work on the coach's house.

 

[garyeb2]

I kind of got high on Gundy when he went off on Jenni Carlson. In the context of defending his player, I was somehow able to rationalise that as acceptable behavior.

This, if it is true, is no more than punk bullying. I can now safely re-classify him as just another common aggie.

 

[MsProudSooner]

Not defending Gundy's response, but if you're in the service business, would probably not wear the rival school's shirt when you're doing work on the coach's house.

I don't disagree. I just feel there are classy ways for a coach to handle the situation and there are low-rent ways to handle it. Gundy chose low-rent.

 

[SilliSooner]

Here's my article without the cartoon. The cartoon's pretty sick and I may post it later:

THE COACH AND THE CARPENTER

“If I had a hammer!
I’d hammer in the morning…”

“Not with that damn shirt, you won’t!”

It is OSU football coach Mike Gundy, folks. He’s here to tell carpenters who may wish to do trim carpentry at his house they best choose their working attire carefully. He also wants them to know if they happen to see one of his quarterbacks eating chicken near the construction site, don’t write anything about it. If you want to tell someone about the chicken eating, leave the young man out of it. You can take up your chicken-eating grievances with Mike himself, who happens to be a man, age 43.

Here’s another thing not to do if you’re doing carpentry at the Mike and Kristen Gundy house: don’t play “Boomer Sooner” on your boom box. And, especially, don’t mouth the words, even if you know all of them, to that song.

This advice I’m giving to you carpenters, you need to heed. It’ll save you, may even make you, money. Another carpenter (named Brent Loveland of Choctaw, OK if you really must know) had an $ 80,000, three month job yet made the mistake of wearing an OU sooner baseball shirt in the 43 year-old man’s house.

And, allegedly, sailors would be blushing after the expletives Mike Gundy strung together in response to Mr. Loveland picking out the wrong shirt. Such classics as “You wore %@&#** crimson into my house? With f-bombing BROWN @*%& shoes? You insult my wife by effing walking in here with your effing shirt and those SHOES?

See, I’m not even a sailor… and I’m blushing.

Mr. Loveland, according to a suit he filed, was told to pack his sh*t and hit the road. Now, we know there’s a song in there somewhere. Maybe Garth Brooks will sing it. If not Garth, Toby Keith might. It sounds like a country song:
“Pack your sh*t and hit the ro-o-ad
Get on out… do as you’re told
What you’re wearing sure ain’t gold…
Oh, pack your sh*t and hit the ro-oad”

Will it make the Top 40 like Mike’s viral hit “I’m a Man?” No, probably not. But it is catchy, anyway.

If Brent Loveland had read the book “Dress for Success” he might still have the job. Even when you pull a shirt out of your drawer in the 4:30 am darkness of a hot, summer Oklahoma morn, you still want to make a good first impression. That’s why God created always open Wal-Marts; so dumb guys wouldn’t need to wear OU Sooner shirts into OSU Cowboy coach’s homes. Wait a moment! Sounds like another song:

“That’s why God created Wal-Marts
For all the dummies… with no smarts
Who grabs a shirt up… in the dark…
If brains be matches… his don’t spark
For anyone with a way too early start…
That’s why God created Wal-Mart”

On second thought, forget the songs. If you’re a subcontractor, don’t offend your client. If you’re a cabinetmaker putting in library shelves at a professor’s home, don’t walk in wearing a tee reading “BOOKS” with a big circle around it and a slash through it. Or, for instance, if you’re a bald plumber and you’ve contracted to re-do the piping in all seven of a rich senator’s houses, don’t walk in wearing an Obama shirt. In other words, don’t sh*t where you eat. Wait a moment! That has the makings of another song.

“Hey Buddy, here’s advice I tell everyone I me-et
If’n you wanna keep standin’; stayin’ up on your fe-et
‘N you don’t wanna be kicked out; out in the stre-et
Just listen to me, so I don’t, don’t need re-pe-eat
Just don’t do it, don’t sh-*t-it-it where you e-eat”