Cork great Stephen O'Brien accepts that "something has to change, radically" on the banks of the Lee.
In the wake of the Rebels' "unforgiveable" Munster SFC semi-final defeat to Tipperary, the 1989/90 All-Ireland winner told The Irish Times:
"Something has to change, radically, whether that's the mindset of the players and the management as much as the Cork county board. The finger is being pointed at everybody, although at the end of the day, this group of players have to put their hands up, and the management too, and say things have gone wrong.
"You can't concede 3-15 in your first game in the Munster championship, when you say you've trained exceptionally hard. I've no doubt they have trained hard, but that's unforgiveable, when you hear Tipp could have had a few more goals. That's the biggest stat that jumps out for me. The Dublins and Kerrys of this world just would not concede that score.
"And it's all very well that Cork came back in the second half, with a 10-minute spell, but they were playing with the wind in the first half, and went in at half time seven points down. There's something radically wrong there, and the players and management have to take a step back, recognise that, and get back to basics. Because that's certainly not acceptable in my mind."
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