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Its not good at all. O'Rourkes name was mentioned straight away after Declan resigned, despite the fact that his CV is nowhere near the standard required. And because of the supposed secrecy of the selection process, we dont have sight of who actually nominated O'Rourke. Was it a club? Or was it just one of the Selection committee who proposed him? In my eyes he was only in the equation due to a close working relationship with the former chairmans son. O'Rourke was his No 2 at Queens. When Paddy Carr was offered the job, it appears it was conditional on him taking O'Rourke as his head coach. It was in the publicised that be was to be appointed as Roscommon manager back im 2018, with Karl Lacey on his ticket. However, Roscommom pulled the pin when they done their due diligence, withdrew their offer, and instead appointed Anthony Cunningham. In 2013 O'Rourke got the Louth job after being linked to the Monaghan job. This is when Monaghan got Malachy O'Rourke. He was never ever in the frame, because the senior Monaghan players of the time, Dick Clerkin, Paul Finlay and others said that they would not work with him. My info is that this was due to outrageously disgusting comments to Monaghan players during his playing days. Hopefully, in fullness of time, we will learn the truth of Paddy Carr's resignation, did he jump, was he pushed, and who was pulling the strings. SouthOfTheGap (Donegal) - Posts: 777 - 01/04/2023 16:33:33 2468153 Link 1 |
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The former chairman doesn't have a son, certainly not one involved in the GAA, so that blows your nonsense theory out of the water. Agree that O'Rourke is not of the required standard to be Donegal Manager but you would be best served not to be making stuff up. PeterQ92 (Donegal) - Posts: 154 - 01/04/2023 19:46:02 2468182 Link 0 |
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https://www.donegallive.ie/news/gaelic-games/43341/Queens-manager-Anthony-McGrath-will-be.html Is that clear enough? SouthOfTheGap (Donegal) - Posts: 777 - 01/04/2023 20:02:43 2468188 Link 1 |
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No harm to O'Rourke but having him stay on was the least creative, least inspiring move the board could have made after Carr walked. It would be very much in keeping with their mediocre, unambitious approach really.
Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1409 - 01/04/2023 20:55:55 2468199 Link 3 |
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highdropingball (Donegal) - Posts: 111 - 02/04/2023 15:55:45 2468280 Link 0 |
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Said this before, but you could pay two bright IT students to work on a retainer and make a great job of the website but the layers of incompetence know no bounds it seems.
Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1409 - 02/04/2023 16:20:43 2468286 Link 0 |
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Couldn't agree more, we need to get a few basics sorted out before down game. Free kicks. Who will be taking them. I assume langan on the left. Jamie brannon took a few early in the league but his technique is awful. Have we anyone on the right side in the absence of mcbrearty??? 45's, not sure patton is consistent enough, do we have any other options. Even Murphy failed to convert 3 from good positions in ulster final last year, looking at the likes of began and reape who seem to have a high conversion rate it needs to be addressed. Basic fitness is appalling, given that we havevthe same coaching set up as Carr,'s, what is going to change?? Players attitude, we were relegated under bonner and mcguinness, but we weren't getting tanked by teams, that's the difference, getting relegated isn't the end of the world and supporters recognise that, but the performances in omagh, clones, roscommon and at home to mayo were ad poor from a donegal team as I can remember. Time for Players to man up. totalrecall (Leitrim) - Posts: 1060 - 02/04/2023 16:55:10 2468299 Link 1 |
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Who else wants the job ?
TheRock2121 (Donegal) - Posts: 1208 - 02/04/2023 18:10:19 2468328 Link 0 |
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They can't force people to take the job.
greenfan (Donegal) - Posts: 633 - 02/04/2023 18:35:45 2468341 Link 0 |
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Okay, do you think they asked other people?
Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1409 - 02/04/2023 19:50:08 2468382 Link 0 |
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As soon as Paddy Carr stood down they should have pulled the best coaches in the county together and got them to come up with a plan to take over the reigns for the remainder of the season. This will have brought a new energy and a freshness to training and the possibility of an Ulster Championship. Instead they appear to have taken the lazy option and just offered it to O'Rourke and Bradley, who were clearly a large part of the problem in the first place. Training and tactics will be the same, I suspect the results will too. Well done County Board. Another fine mess. PeterQ92 (Donegal) - Posts: 154 - 02/04/2023 20:45:26 2468402 Link 2 |
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Probably not because they probably knew nobody would touch it at the minute.
greenfan (Donegal) - Posts: 633 - 02/04/2023 20:52:36 2468405 Link 0 |
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I've looked at your link and am none the wiser as to the point you are trying to make. This is not the son of the former county chairman, as you have claimed. May I suggest that you check facts before making up theories. The coach in this link was with Bonner for minors, u21s and senior and was top class by all accounts. The fact that he happened to coach a college team with O'Rourke means nothing. You are adding 2+2 and reaching 10. We are now stuck with O'Rourke and Bradley and for me that is a very unsatisfactory situation. There were so many better options that our county board could have gone after. PeterQ92 (Donegal) - Posts: 154 - 02/04/2023 21:23:43 2468417 Link 0 |
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They have already got rid of 40 of the best coaches,!
totalrecall (Leitrim) - Posts: 1060 - 02/04/2023 21:27:24 2468418 Link 0 |
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I mean exactly, that's pretty obviously what happened aye and as you say, hardly an inspiring move in any shape or form. I suppose we are in the midst of chaos currently and that's where it's at.
Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1409 - 02/04/2023 21:29:19 2468421 Link 0 |
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Yeah it's a sad reality when they have made the job so unattractive for candidates, who would want to operate under their 'leadership.'
Donegal_abroad (Donegal) - Posts: 1409 - 02/04/2023 21:31:25 2468422 Link 0 |
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Looks like Four Masters and Milford are coming to Co Committee meeting looking for heads to roll tonight. Their correspondence pretty much signals that they'll be proposing a vote of no confidence. SignTheContract (Donegal) - Posts: 197 - 03/04/2023 08:41:32 2468441 Link 2 |
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Some top quality predictions here
Gaelbomber (Donegal) - Posts: 32 - 03/04/2023 12:09:43 2468492 Link 0 |
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He also has the euro millions numbers...
totalrecall (Leitrim) - Posts: 1060 - 03/04/2023 12:38:46 2468502 Link 0 |
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Good. The first step to getting ourselves out of the current mess.
himachechy (Donegal) - Posts: 293 - 03/04/2023 14:16:55 2468554 Link 0 |