If we are to keep Egan I would like him to bring JJ Doyle in to the fold as assistant manager and have Keith Rositter with a part time role also while continuing his U20 role.
Then we need the likes of Bernard Dunne or Billy Walsh brought in to add to the S& C and the best sports psychologist in the country.
Actually thinking about it some more maybe Tom Mullaly would manage our Senior team he managed our good u21 team in 2018, many of whom are now on our Senior panel.
Replying To Magpie2: "Why do so many posters refer to the Clare league game so much? Cast your minds back to that day. We were ravaged with injuries. Clare were short one or two but hugely stronger than us. If Clare were hit by injuries as much as us and we had nearly a full strength side then surely we would have won with something to spare.. Our team was composed of guys with little or no intercounty experience. It was like a senior club team playing a junior or lowly intermediate team. Unfair to critisise the hammering we got. Remember too that during the league and round Robin some of our key players cried off during games or before. Egan hasn't got a magic wand and throw lads in with limited gametime and expect good results. The main thing now is that plans and structure are put in place for next year and hope and pray that we are not hit by injuries as much as this year. By all accounts the players like Egan. Chin went as far as saying he was brilliant. I was one of many who asked for him to be axed.. But now I believe he should stay. If we were to look for a replacement I think it would be a difficult task. Who is out there, be it local or outside the county that is available? They are either managing or were managing and were sacked because of failure at top level. Some will say maybe Keith Rositter should get the job. I disagree, let him stay with te u20s for another year and then he may well be the man for the job. Darragh for another year is probably the best bet. He does need to shuffle the deck a bit and try different tactics but he has surely learnt from mistakes made this year. If any lads out there have comments about the above I would love to hear them."
I think Lee says that about manager to be fair, he was a huge fan of Davy alway publicly backing him and also he said said he had great time for Liam Dunne aswel.
He is just a positive chap.
There is no covering over the loss to Westmeath in any other ambitious county you would out the gate if a loss to Westmeath was the deciding factor in you exiting the championship.
Egan obviously will do anything to hold onto this job as he knows he won't get another decent inter county job after the Westmeath fiasco.
Just my opinion!
Past hurler (None) - Posts: 599 - 31/05/2023 09:20:05
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Replying To Magpie2: "Why do so many posters refer to the Clare league game so much? Cast your minds back to that day. We were ravaged with injuries. Clare were short one or two but hugely stronger than us. If Clare were hit by injuries as much as us and we had nearly a full strength side then surely we would have won with something to spare.. Our team was composed of guys with little or no intercounty experience. It was like a senior club team playing a junior or lowly intermediate team. Unfair to critisise the hammering we got. Remember too that during the league and round Robin some of our key players cried off during games or before. Egan hasn't got a magic wand and throw lads in with limited gametime and expect good results. The main thing now is that plans and structure are put in place for next year and hope and pray that we are not hit by injuries as much as this year. By all accounts the players like Egan. Chin went as far as saying he was brilliant. I was one of many who asked for him to be axed.. But now I believe he should stay. If we were to look for a replacement I think it would be a difficult task. Who is out there, be it local or outside the county that is available? They are either managing or were managing and were sacked because of failure at top level. Some will say maybe Keith Rositter should get the job. I disagree, let him stay with te u20s for another year and then he may well be the man for the job. Darragh for another year is probably the best bet. He does need to shuffle the deck a bit and try different tactics but he has surely learnt from mistakes made this year. If any lads out there have comments about the above I would love to hear them."
Got to disagree with you on the Clare game - ravaged by injuries is one thing but getting hammered and some lads not even raising a gallop is another thing .. similiar to Galway league game in the 2nd half .. Egan pretty much came out and said lads got their chance in both of these games and made zero impact so would more than likely see no more game time this year. If we are right or wrong to keep Egan I do think he won't be retained and it will be interesting to see who makes the decision.
Replying To Yellow: "If we are to keep Egan I would like him to bring JJ Doyle in to the fold as assistant manager and have Keith Rositter with a part time role also while continuing his U20 role.
Then we need the likes of Bernard Dunne or Billy Walsh brought in to add to the S& C and the best sports psychologist in the country."
JJ seems to split opinion, I've not experience of him but some people rate him and others do not. One thing for sure is we need a coaching development pathway just as much as we need this for players, we have to start 'growing our own' managers in a planned and effective way.
Replying To hunting: "I know for a fact that at least 6 players would prefer someone else over the team, so I dont know where you are getting all the players like Egan"