oughts about This Generation. They’re about players transferring Matt Bosher Jersey 2019 , and they’re what you’d expect to hear from someone who acts like he had to trudge to school uphill both ways in the snow. A transcript, after Gundy was asked a question about safety Thabo Mwaniki leaving the Cowboys, and responded to a follow-up with: Putting aside that Gundy’s generation raised the one he’s so adamant about criticizing, he thinks today’s young people are entitled, noncommittal, and a byproduct of liberalism. They don’t want to go through tough times, he thinks. They just want to run from them. Mwaniki is leaving for playing time, according to Gundy. “Doing the basic math, it’ll give him a better chance to play somewhere else with the young guys that are in the program,” Gundy said. The coach then launched into his thoughts when asked a follow-up about if this generation is different. The other player he mentioned, receiver Jalen McCleskey, transferred earlier in the season. Gundy threatened to pull media access from reporters who asked about his exit. Thinking pragmatically about your future makes you a snowflake in 2018, but it didn’t in 1986, when Gundy was beginning his college career. You may know him as a former Oklahoma State quarterback and Cowboy lifer, but Gundy wasn’t that until he decommitted from rival Oklahoma.In hindsight, it was the right move to be literally noncommittal when he was a teenager in the mid-1980s, just like it is for any Generation Z’er/millennial to consider their own best course of action now. That’s exactly what Gundy did in the ‘80s. He said in 2016 that he “felt like my best chance to get on the field early” was at Oklahoma State.He specifically worried about sitting behind QB Jamelle Holieway, he told the Tulsa World in 2012: That same article notes that when Gundy was a kid, his father pushed him to keep wrestling even though he wanted to quit, so Gundy kept wrestling. Gundy probably got these notions about toughness and sticking things out from his father. But later on, the newspaper reported, Gundy quit playing college baseball when a coach suggested he wouldn’t be a starter on the team and should lean into football full-time. It appears being “noncommittal” isn’t such a bad thing when Gundy’s filling holes in his roster with transfers from elsewhere. Oklahoma State has 18 transfers on its roster right now. Many of them came from junior colleges Black Matt Bosher Jersey , but a few left other FBS programs to go straight to Stillwater. Those include the Pokes’ second-leading receiver, Tyron Johnson (from LSU), cornerback Kemah Siverand (from Texas A&M) and defensive tackle Enoch Smith Jr. (who didn’t play football the year he sat out after leaving Michigan State). Johnson, for instance, came to OSU in search of a better scheme fit, and Gundy didn’t call him a snowflake or turn him away. If Gundy is so ardent about the state of the transfer market, why’s he so willing to be complicit in it? If he really wanted to make a point about not coddling a generation and be a leader for the values he spoke about so strongly, why does he allow his team to have players on it who didn’t want “to be really tough and fight through it.”If Gundy wanted, he could say that he won’t take transfers, because he clearly doesn’t believe in the mentality they promote. But he doesn’t, because it benefits him to take players like Johnson, Siverand, and Smith, who have perfectly fine reasons for transferring.It’s because Gundy’s logic doesn’t have a leg to stand on when you really pick it apart.It appears “going to try something else” isn’t so bad when coaches do it.During the 2012 coaching cycle, Gundy almost left Stillwater for Tennessee, in his own retelling. Part of his rationale was that playing kickoff classics against big-name opponents made it harder for him to win a national title, so Gundy was lying to recruits by telling them they could win one, and he “needed to go somewhere else.”In 2017, three days after Gundy said he was “rooted” at Oklahoma State and that his “stability here is more than it ever has been,” he flew to Dallas to meet with Tennessee again about its vacant head coaching position. He didn’t take the job either time, but he did get pretty far down the road twice. He’s also reportedly talked with Baylor in the past, in secret Limited Julio Jones Jersey , and been connected to the Arkansas job, too. And if you’re playing along at home, all three of those schools were ones that Gundy initially blocked former quarterback Wes Lunt from transferring to back in 2013. Changing teams is not about being a snowflake or running at the first sign of hardship. It’s often about being a responsible adult. Those are the things Gundy’s actions may teach his players now, even though his words don’t. FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP)The Atlanta Falcons are used to focusing on one or two positions in the NFL draft.Not this year.After a Super Bowl appearance two years ago and another trip to the playoffs last season, the Falcons are fairly content with their roster.Oh, sure, they’ve got needs like every other team.But nothing that looks too pressing.”This draft is different than most drafts I’ve been involved with,” said Thomas Dimitroff, entering his second decade as the Falcons’ general manager.”This is an important draft and an interesting draft. There are a number of positions we’re looking at, more than other years. Other years, we really homed in on one or two positions.”The Falcons have the No. 26 pick in Thursday night’s opening round.With a lot of attention on quarterbacks such as Josh Allen, Sam Darnold, Josh Rosen and the past two Heisman Trophy winners, Baker Mayfield and Lamar Jackson, Dimitroff expects some top talent to slip all the way down to Atlanta’s spot.”There’s some really legitimate contenders to help our team right away at No. 26 if we stay put,” he said. ”We’ll always be aggressive if we see some interesting impact players who can take us to another level. But hopefully they’ll get to 26.”Atlanta follows up over the final two days of the draft with selections in the second (58th overall), third (90th), fourth (126th), sixth (200th) and seventh (244th) rounds. In addition, the Falcons were awarded the final pick (No. 256) as compensation for losing five players in free agency, which means they have a chance to grab the player known as ”Mr. Irrelevant.”Here’s some things to watch from Atlanta heading into the draft:BIG NEEDSThe Falcons will be looking for help on the interior of the defensive line after mammoth tackle Dontari Poe signed with NFC South rival Carolina during free agency.The offensive line could get an upgrade Julio Jones Falcons Jersey , as well. Even though the Falcons signed guard Brandon Fusco in free agency, they are still looking for players to bolster their blocking around center Alex Mack.OTHER OPENINGSThe Falcons don’t have a fullback on the roster after deciding not to re-sign Derrick Coleman, so look for some help at that position in the later rounds.Also keep an eye on receiver. If someone such as Alabama’s Calvin Ridley becomes available, the Falcons might jump at the chance to land a potential star who could take some of the coverage pressure off Julio Jones.TEAM EFFORTDimitroff and coach Dan Quinn have formed an excellent working relationship after somewhat of a forced partnership.The general manager was hired by the Falcons in 2008 and initially had total control over the draft, but he surrendered some of that power to Quinn when the coach was hired by owner Arthur Blank in 2015.The arrangement has worked out just fine.”It’s nice for me from an experience standpoint to draft alongside one of the most tenured GMs in the league,” Quinn said.WHEELIN’ AND DEALIN’Dimitroff is always looking to make a deal on draft day.Last year, the GM sent three picks to the Seahawks in order to move up to No. 26 – the same spot the Falcons have this year – for UCLA defensive end Takkarist McKinley, feeling he would be a perfect fit in Quinn’s attacking defense.Dimitroff also traded up to get cornerback Desmond Trufant in 2013, and most notably pulled off a huge deal with Cleveland in 2011 to land Jones, who quickly developed into one of the league’s top receivers and a cornerstone of the franchise. The Browns are still regretting that trade.HITS, MISSES AND BARGAINSQB Matt Ryan has started all but two games since Dimitroff, in his first draft, made him the No. 3 overall pick in 2008. That remains the most significant selection in franchise history.CB Jalen Collins, a second-rounder out of LSU in 2015, continually ran afoul of drug-testing rules and wound up playing less than two full seasons for the Falcons, who released him last November after his second suspension.DT Grady Jarrett has become a force on the defensive front since being picked in the fifth round out of Clemson in 2015. The dynamic RB duo of Devonta Freeman (fourth round, 2014) and Tevin Coleman (third round, 2013) were both bargains. LB De’Vondre Campbell was a fourth-round selection in 2016 who became an immediate starter on defense.—