A member of Tyrone's senior hurling panel has blasted the county board over the current state of affairs with the team.

The Red Hands are currently managerless with a month to go before their National League campaign commences, with Dominic Kearns having stepped down after taking two training sessions with the squad.

Speaking with the Gaelic Life, ace attacker Sean Og Grogan said that the players feel they've been let down hugely by the board, whom he says have been unable to properly replace former boss Mattie Lennon, who guided Tyrone to National League and Nicky Rackard Cup success in the past.

"It's the worst state of affairs that I've seen in my time with the squad. We've just a month to go to the start of the league and there's no manager, no team and no training," said the Carrickmore Eire Ogs clubman. 

"We are feeling massively let down by the County Board. It was hoped that they would have realised that our progress and success in the past couple of years meant that a manager with a proven track record at inter-county level was needed.

"Somebody of the calibre of Mattie Lennon or Tom McGill is required to maintain and build on the progress that has been made. But the danger now is that the failure to appoint someone is completely undermining the success that we've had in the past four or five years.

"Unfortunately, they (the Tyrone county board) picked the first and only person to have applied for the post. No disrespect to the man, but he didn't fit the requirements of the team at this time."

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