Oklahoma State head coach Mike Gundy talks to the media throughout an NCAA faculty soccer spring apply, Monday, March 27, 2023, in Stillwater, Okla. Sue Ogrocki, Related Press
After former Oklahoma State beginning left deal with Caleb Etienne introduced his switch to BYU on Monday, Cowboys coach Mike Gundy shed some mild on a attainable cause Etienne transferred to Kalani Sitake’s program.
“Caleb felt like he bought beat out (for the beginning job), so he left, however that’s his selection,” Gundy stated, per Cayden McFarland of KJRH TV.
The 6-foot-7, 330-pound Etienne began 13 video games at left deal with for Oklahoma State in 2022.
“... He didn’t really feel like he was going to begin right here and he was going to lose his job, so he needed to go someplace else,” Gundy stated.
Mike Gundy says Caleb Etienne "felt he bought beat out (of a beginning job), so he left."
— Cayden McFarland (@caydenmc) April 17, 2023
Etienne began 13 video games at Left Sort out for the Cowboys final season and introduced his switch to BYU in the present day. pic.twitter.com/HUSXVuvzDH
Gundy used the chance to speak about among the results the switch portal is having on faculty soccer.
“I feel now everybody’s coming across the portal and realizing the portal is there for a wide range of causes — gamers can get extra money in NIL, they could be a participant that’s late of their profession that simply says ‘I need to do one thing totally different, I need to go someplace new,’ or a man says ‘I’m not going to be a starter, I need to go be a starter,’” Gundy stated.
“I’m not a giant fan of the portal within the spring as a result of it’s extraordinarily tough to exchange roster numbers, however I don’t make the foundations and requirements, I simply modify to them as they go.”
BYU performs at Oklahoma State within the 2023 regular-season finale on Nov. 25, so Etienne may have an opportunity to face off in opposition to his former staff.