What did Bob Stoops say about Cale Gundy's exit from OU football

Bob Stoops needed to pursue a lot of hard decisions and guide the program through tempestuous waters during his residency as OU's football coach.

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So Stoops knows what is going on Brent Venables is in as he explores the most difficult time since being recruited in December to supplant Lincoln Riley.

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In a meeting with KREF 1400 AM on Tuesday evening, Stoops discussed Venables' troublesome situation directly,

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following Cale Gundy's utilization of racially charged language he read off a player's iPad in a position meeting.

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"I've been here," Stoops said. "No. 1, those players, they're the ones in particular that were there and those players in the room,

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they understand what the setting was and the way things were said and how often it was said.

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Every other person out there with an assessment doesn't have the foggiest idea about that. They know that in the structure. Also, that is important."

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At the point when Stoops came to Norman in 1999, he brought on board both Venables and Gundy.

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Last December, when Stoops filled in as the break mentor for the Alamo Bowl, he picked Gundy to call plays.

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