Getting Angry

I know I’ve sort of lost the original intention of this blog by posting things that fall in the realm of “social commentary”. I’m hoping to get back to the inspiration part of this blog soon, but I guess a lot of the things I’ve posted recently have just been on my mind and I think important. Just an FYI…

A lot has been talked about recently on the press conference given by Mike Gundy. Some people have given him a hard time because he “lost control” or “went on a tirade” or “went ballistic”. What’s wrong with that? He was passionate about what he said. Not enough people get angry about the right things any more. You are more likely to see people get angry at the McDonald’s employee for screwing up their order than they are about real issues. I’m not perfect when it comes to this but we have lost passion in this country. We are willing to be alright with status quo and be “flexible” instead of seeing what is wrong with what we see and speaking up about it. Challenging people.

A lot of what the media reports on nowadays is mostly watered down, irrelevant garbage. The “problems” they discuss should not even be reported on. (Brittney is losing her children! O.J. robbed somebody! Angelina isn’t eating!) The news should do a better job of presenting real issues that impact real people. But when it happens, what do they do? Mike Gundy gets made fun of and vilified for speaking his mind about a REAL issue. He wasn’t just trying to be some crazy coach trying to get the attention of the country…he was mad about something and he wanted to make sure that his voice was heard. He cared about it and he wanted to make sure that the reporter who wrote the story understood that he felt she was wrong. That is not to be made fun of…that is to be celebrated.