Pat Teehan meets senior football panal

[D Corner Flag]

Taken from Offaly Gaa:

Offaly GAA County Board Statement Re: Senior Football Management
07/02/2009

A meeting of the Offaly Senior Football panel took place in Tullamore this afternoon at the request of Offaly County Chairman Pat Teehan . Twenty four players were in attendance. Mr Teehan addressed the gathering with a prepared statement, and then asked the players for their input. One player read a statement saying that 22 players had a meeting the previous evening and had voted no confidence in the current team management of Richie Connor, Mark Plunkett and Ollie Daly. When asked by the Chairman their reasons for their vote of no confidence, the players refused to respond and twenty of them walked out of the meeting. Since then players that walked out have contacted both the team Manager and county board officials to say they did not agree with the walk out. The team management has called training for Sunday morning in preparation for Sunday week’s NFL game versus Longford.

[Kevin]

Taken from Offaly Gaa:

Offaly GAA County Board Statement Re: Senior Football Management
07/02/2009

A meeting of the Offaly Senior Football panel took place in Tullamore this afternoon at the request of Offaly County Chairman Pat Teehan . Twenty four players were in attendance. Mr Teehan addressed the gathering with a prepared statement, and then asked the players for their input. One player read a statement saying that 22 players had a meeting the previous evening and had voted no confidence in the current team management of Richie Connor, Mark Plunkett and Ollie Daly. When asked by the Chairman their reasons for their vote of no confidence, the players refused to respond and twenty of them walked out of the meeting. Since then players that walked out have contacted both the team Manager and county board officials to say they did not agree with the walk out. The team management has called training for Sunday morning in preparation for Sunday week’s NFL game versus Longford.

I know you are taking this from Offaly GAA D Corner Flag so not directed at you.

The above piece is one of the most confusing situations I've ever read about. I can only envision a stilted, strange event.

[Bord na Mona man]

This could drag on unless Richie decides to walk or the county board intervene.
I can see Offaly struggling to field against Longford unless decisive action is taken soon.

The players don't seem to have a specific gripe to rally them or force the issue.
It just seems to a large number of players who are browned off for a host of reasons, some of them historical.