Ireland's ? might want to run that by her. as i said she got an oz passport so she could run for them. another fine cork traitor.
plus she was a joke at the olympics. cry me a river o sullivan. how many olympic medals has she got?
And the award for the most most ridiculous post of the year goes to....
GAA is a voluntary organisation. If these players dont like the management, then they dont have to play - nobody is forcing them.
Management is not the issue. Leadership is the issue. If the leadership was right, Cork GAA would not have the present manager.
In general terms, players in team sports, particularly amateur sports, picking their own coaches is a bad thing.
True, but again you are missing the point. These players do not want to pick the manager, they just won't play for this one. Like Waterford wouldn't for Justin McCarthy or Galway wouldn't for Ger Loughnane.
They also have to remember that this team belongs to all members of Cork GAA, not them.
True, and the vast majority of Cork GAA players won't play. Hense you have 5th string team at present.
The management should just get on with things and pick a team from those players who want to play.
They have, but the Cork supporters won't accept them. Dublin play Cork in Pairc Ui Chaomh on Sunday 8th Feb. Support will be thin on the ground.
the Cork County Board has been led and said by one man since 1973. This is the sickness they spoke about and anyone from Cork will know who is being spoken about.
Just hours after the hurlers’ press conference and statement, a 96FM poll has showed overwhelming support for the hurlers with 2,909 texts in favour of the players and 309 against.
Beir bua.
So youre saying they should be subservient? this isnt the 60's or 70s where you trained 2 nights a week and went to play in All Ireland finals after travelling to the game on a bus with supporters.
I say again, find out the level of commitment required with being an intercounty player, not just with a challenging county like Cork where the pressure is intensified as theres an expectation you will be challengin for honours.
Then see how youd react if you were part of a group that could challenge and you get landed with a manager who doesnt match your standards. What do you do, still give the same commitment? Theres no room for error at that level. If theres a weak link in the team be it on the pitch or at management level, you get axed or else you fail.
According to those players who have won All irelands, McArthy isnt up to it and they want someone in who is. Sounds fair enough to me.
(maybe its just that name that Cork sports people dont like).
The GAA is a voluntary members organisation.
If there is genuine unhappiness with the management of the team, then there are ways to address this. The actions of the players is the wrong way and, from an outsiders point of view, seems to be at odds with the wishes of their members. If the members genuinely wanted to change the management they can raise the issue in their clubs, the clubs can raise the issue to the county board etc. and ultimately the management would be changed.
I dont know anything about Cork GAA politics, but it does seem like the wishes of the players are at odds with the wishes of the members.
What a load of crap.
No players in any team in any sport in the world choose their own manager.
What you are saying is that players should be allowed to pick their own manager, why? Are Cork players somehow special?
The players do not want to appoint the manager..
Maybe I dont know the facts, or maybe the players are not getting their message across. Please explain so...
If then dont want to appoint the manager on one hand they can't then turn around and say they dont want this manager or that manager, because thats the same thing!
The footballers didn't want Teddy Holland, there's a trend emergingIts just mcarthy they dont want.
Because he has principle and backbone and will not be stared down by the people he's been given the duty of managingI cant understand why he doesnt stand down, he's on a hiding to nothing.
This is where you clearly don't know your hurling. The Cork hurlers had 4 very good years but the 2008 panel reached their peak in 2004 and 2005. They lost to kilkenny by 3 points in 2006. kilkenny have come on in leaps and bounds in the last two years and in 2008 Cork were their nearest rivals losing by 9 points. Cork also managed to beat Galway in 2008, a team with the potential to win this years all ireland. They've done quite well with an ageing squad.He's proved he's not good enough to win anything for last 2 years while he had an all ireland winning squad playing for him.
Under normal circumstances I would agree with you. However, the CCB is not run as a normal County Board is. Under normal circumstances the County Board Executive would be answerable to the delegates. In Cork the delegates are answerable to the executive and the executive answerable to one paid unelected official. It has been that way since 1973.
There is no such thing as an unaccountable unelected official in a voluntary members organisation. The paid unelected official is employed by the County Board and is ultimately answerable to his employers i.e. the membership?
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