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So thats that so. A complete disaster of a management team. I was willing to give Baker the benefit of the doubt but his choice of selectors, Mulhare in particular, have ended that. Conservative, archaic, old fashioned fantasists with nothing in common with the modern player, their time has come an...

So thats that so. A complete disaster of a management team. I was willing to give Baker the benefit of the doubt but his choice of selectors, Mulhare in particular, have ended that. Conservative, archaic, old fashioned fantasists with nothing in common with the modern player, their time has come and...

GreatDayForTheParish wrote:

Plain of the Herbs wrote:Radio3 have just tweeted to announce that Mark Corigan and Paudie Mulhare have been ratified as Ollie Baker's selectors.

The same Paudie that was part of the 90's Offaly panel?

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As in Paudge that's been there so many times before?

Plain of the Herbs wrote:Radio3 have just tweeted to announce that Mark Corigan and Paudie Mulhare have been ratified as Ollie Baker's selectors.

The same Paudie that was part of the 90's Offaly panel?

'The Club' was some read. A book about death told through sport - fantastic.

It never fails to strike me how poor games of generations past look in comparison to today's fare. For that reason it's usually best to take a skeptical view of any crys of falling standards compared to the magic of 'back in the day'. To quote Christy Ring: 'Let no one say the best hurlers belong to...

A couple of points: Firstly: There are many ways to judge potential managers. Career as a player, career as a manager, titles won, style of tactics, personality etc. None one facet is above the rest and none are a guarantee of success. Experience in particular, is held as the holy grail of what an i...

This is disappointing news. Sad really. Whats done is done however, so we can but see.

Anybody know anything about Alan Cunningham, the coach? Anybody any info on the selectors?

Bord na Mona man wrote:

GreatDayForTheParish wrote:Pat Spillane has 8 All-Ireland medals. He'd be the right man for the job.

Now ye have it lads!
Keep those great suggestions coming.

I mean think about it, whatever Ollie Baker would know with his 2 All-Ireland medals, Pat would have to know four times as much. Simple.

Pat Spillane has 8 All-Ireland medals. He'd be the right man for the job.

He managed Roscrea in 2010 and 2011.
They haven't made any strides.

kinnittyman wrote:I heard it's a done deal that ollie baker will be appointed.
So we aren't actually straying too far away from the Paddy Kirwan model!!

That is truly, truly awful.

OverTheBlackSpot put it well in his opening paragraph - for a variety of reasons yesterday had a depressing feel about it. No atmosphere, although each game being over at half time certainly didn't help. This along with the poor standard of hurling made for an extremely disappointing and underwhelmi...

Lads, if we were to go through all if Paddy Kirwans mishaps and deficiencies as a manager, we could be here all day. From this year alone we have the abject organisation and performance of the County U-21's along with the 'pull hard' techniques he instilled in Drumcullen (and not much else). All I h...

I doubt the validity of the above statement BUT if it was true, the panel should just strike. Such a course of action should never be suggested lightly but that's how strongly I, and I believe many others, would feel on the issue. The future of Offaly Hurling is at stake, we are one more bad appoint...