India, Sept. 27 -- Former Oklahoma State University football coach Mike Gundy was relieved of his role on Tuesday. After a fulsome tribute by his eldest son, Gavin, it was the turn of the younger son, Gunnar, to post a message for his father.

However, Gunnar chose a more oblique way to praise his dad, as reported by The Spun. Rather than mentioning him or his firing by OSU directly, Gundy's younger son quoted a famous passage from a speech of former President Theodore Roosevelt.

Known as 'The Man in the Arena' passage, this segment from Roosevelt's Citizenship in a Republic speech emphasizes the importance of action over vacuous criticism.

Taking to X on Thursday morning, Gunnar posted the whole segment on his timeline. "It is not the ...