All Ireland SHC Final (formerly SHC thread) - READ MOD NOTE POST #1

Realt Dearg Sec

jam83 wrote: »

Sarcasm!
The thing with Farrell is you know he'd be at all these games for colleges, camogie, club hurling, club camogie even if he wasn't on tv to talk about it.

Sorry, twas early in the morning over here when I read that...

evolving tipperary

Lads, I'm always shocked when I remind myself that Cyril Farrell was a county manager when he was in his 20s!!!!! Will that ever happen again? Jamie Wall?

Realt Dearg Sec

evolving tipperary wrote: »

Lads, I'm always shocked when I remind myself that Cyril Farrell was a county manager when he was in his 20s!!!!! Will that ever happen again? Jamie Wall?

Didn't Tipp have a very young guy managing the football team recently? I don't think he was THAT young though? These days people seem to think you have to have had a great inter-county career as a player to be taken seriously as a manager, so it's hard to see how it would happen again, but the evidence is starting to pile up that while some people can be a great manager and great player, the two jobs are very different and have different skills and demands on a person. At the very least, it should be an end to lads getting high profile management jobs just because they were a great player.

evolving tipperary

Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »

Didn't Tipp have a very young guy managing the football team recently? I don't think he was THAT young though? These days people seem to think you have to have had a great inter-county career as a player to be taken seriously as a manager, so it's hard to see how it would happen again, but the evidence is starting to pile up that while some people can be a great manager and great player, the two jobs are very different and have different skills and demands on a person. At the very least, it should be an end to lads getting high profile management jobs just because they were a great player.

You're spot on. David Power was 31 when he managed the Wexford footballers. He was 28 when he managed the Tipp minors to an All-Ireland title.

I'd agree with you on the issue of management. I don't think a manager needs to be someone who even played at senior club level.

Look at Mourinho. Also, there are scores of examples of Head coaches in the NFL who never played with the pigskin to a high level...

But, I guess it would need to be professional to have a coaching badge system or someone who graduates through some kind of apprenticeship system at club level. But, I don't know, why not...

djPSB

djPSB wrote: »

He's a Buff Egan wanabee. And you can believe that.

I sentance you to deletion for this comment

Delete, delete, delete! :pac:

The_Kew_Tour

Don't know much about this "buff" Egan fella but I see he tried take on some Limerick lad over weekend(saw it on twitter). If that's what you're comparing Cyril to then ye are way off.

evolving tipperary

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Don't know much about this "buff" Egan fella but I see he tried take on some Limerick lad over weekend(saw it on twitter). If that's what you're comparing Cyril to then ye are way off.

The lads are only joking.

Nothing but love and respect for Cyril.

There'll be a national day of mourning when that man passes. Hopefully, won't see that day for another 40 or 50 years

Met Cyril in Pearse Stadium two years ago. An out and out gent. Came over and chatted to us for a few minutes about the hurling.

I said

greenspurs wrote: »

>??

Gaa craic on bookface or Twitter you'll see the Limerick incident

evolving tipperary

Brian Cody has been ratified as Kilkenny senior hurling manager for a 20th season.

His backroom team of Derek Lyng, James McGarry and Michael Dempsey have also been given the green light to continue.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2017/0912/904253-brian-cody-to-stay-on-as-kilkenny-boss-for-a-20th-seas/

The_Kew_Tour

The_Kew_Tour wrote: »

Don't know much about this "buff" Egan fella but I see he tried take on some Limerick lad over weekend(saw it on twitter). If that's what you're comparing Cyril to then ye are way off.

I think Buff is a bit of craic to be honest. Seems a fairly harmless guy that genuinely loves his hurling. He was dead right. Those gas-horns are fúckin irritating from a distance let alone right up against your ear. He kept relatively cool considering. I wouldnt be responsible for my actions if one of those was blown in my ear :mad:

Amprodude

evolving tipperary wrote: »

Brian Cody has been ratified as Kilkenny senior hurling manager for a 20th season.

His backroom team of Derek Lyng, James McGarry and Michael Dempsey have also been given the green light to continue.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2017/0912/904253-brian-cody-to-stay-on-as-kilkenny-boss-for-a-20th-seas/

Fantastic. Cody is past it now and Kilkenny are now pretty terrible team so be easy for most teams to beat them. U21s destroyed by Limerick too. Future not too bright for the cats. Chance for the Deise to dominate now.... :rolleyes:

greenspurs

Amprodude wrote: »

Fantastic. Cody is past it now and Kilkenny are now pretty terrible team so be easy for most teams to beat them. U21s destroyed by Limerick too. Future not too bright for the cats. Chance for the Deise to dominate now.... :rolleyes:

I hope that was all sarcastic ?
Especially the bit about the Daysha .....