The Oklahoma State running back says he regrets criticizing his coach on social media rather than in person, but he stands by his message.

Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard says he regrets criticizing head coach Mike Gundy on social media rather than in person, but the Heisman candidate is standing by his message. 

“I was never wrong for saying what I said,” he wrote in a statement posted to Twitter on Tuesday. “I am a man, and I realized I should have went to him as a man face to face rather than on twitter…But I had to hold him accountable either way.” 

On Monday, Hubbard said he “will not be doing anything with Oklahoma State until things CHANGE” in response to a photo of Gundy wearing a t-shirt bearing the logo of One America News, a pro-Trump network that has promoted unfounded conspiracies. He quote-tweeted a photo of Gundy fishing