National Forum

Next Leitrim Manager.

(Oldest Posts First) - Go To The Latest Post


Replying To joeman123:  "This is all speculation. All we can do is wait. Perhaps one of the local managers could do the job."
Who are these local managers? What is their pedigree? Will they inspire all the best players in the county to commit. It would be great if they are there, I'd love to have a Leitrim man managing Leitrim.

3rdmidfielder (Australia) - Posts: 411 - 24/09/2021 13:21:49    2382743

Link

Replying To 3rdmidfielder:  "I agree with gaelsboy. It will come down to money. Zero ambition. We have appointed Hagan, Ward, Reynolds, Guckian over the years and no disrespect to these guys they are glorified club managers who have done nothing since. It can't just come down to money they need to show some ambition."
excellent point 3rdmidfielder, I am not advocating a blank cheque policy just a manager willing to get the best men to commit and also blood young lads and get them to the required standard to at least get out of div 4 and compete in the 2nd tier championship, forget about putting it up to teams in connacht if you cant put away fellow div 4 teams.
would i be right in saying none of the above men got another intercounty job after, bar Guckian?

gaelsboy (Leitrim) - Posts: 624 - 24/09/2021 13:36:38    2382746

Link

Replying To gaelsboy:  "excellent point 3rdmidfielder, I am not advocating a blank cheque policy just a manager willing to get the best men to commit and also blood young lads and get them to the required standard to at least get out of div 4 and compete in the 2nd tier championship, forget about putting it up to teams in connacht if you cant put away fellow div 4 teams.
would i be right in saying none of the above men got another intercounty job after, bar Guckian?"
I am certainly not trying to put down local leitrim managers and sometimes you can find a diamond in the rough. However, as some of the posters have already eluded too.. what is their pedigree?

We have tried and failed for years to appoint managers from either under age county or club managers and it simply has not worked.

I personally would like to see a big name in just to entice the lads in that are sitting on the fence. To motivate lads that have left long before their retiring age to come back. It pains me to say, but young lads coming through have nothing to inspire them at the moment.. there's no I want to be the next Seamus Quinn, Michael McGuinness etc. Young lads coming through need that to aspire to.

And just a question, what other county team has Guckian managed?

leitrimlad15 (Leitrim) - Posts: 108 - 24/09/2021 14:16:32    2382752

Link

Replying To gaelsboy:  "excellent point 3rdmidfielder, I am not advocating a blank cheque policy just a manager willing to get the best men to commit and also blood young lads and get them to the required standard to at least get out of div 4 and compete in the 2nd tier championship, forget about putting it up to teams in connacht if you cant put away fellow div 4 teams.
would i be right in saying none of the above men got another intercounty job after, bar Guckian?"
You would be right and the inter county job that Guckin got was back with Leitrim.

Champotime18 (Leitrim) - Posts: 442 - 24/09/2021 15:31:26    2382765

Link

Replying To Bogger100:  "Within my own club we have oceans of coaches with all the paperwork with them and tbh it's horrendous to watch.
Football people needed to be brought back into clubs.
Have seen some underage stuff within the county and it's poor
I said it some years back why can't leitrim get these successful club people into county set ups
Kelly glencar manor .mc Brien's aughvas gilmartin Melvin gaels davitt drumkeerin o Rourke fenagh.all these lads have produced well drilled underage club teams.also Mary's had serious minor teams as well as ballinamore.put football people back into dev squads"
Agree on your first point. I know plenty of lads who havnt an effing breeze about football but have all the stupid courses done that do eff all to anyone who played the game to any level. Half the lads that do these courses unless pressured into it for a certain job do so because they havnt a clue.
One of the very few GPO's in Roscommon basically making a living out of it never kicked a ball in his life amd despite all the ridiculous paperwork for courses he wouldn't have a notion. Anyway saw red when I seen you half allude to it as its a thing that annoys me as you can gather. Best of luck finding a manager I genuinely hope ye can get a bit of buzz going in the county. Just during the week on YouTube I somehow came across the drawn game highlights in early mid nawties between us. Was nothing between our counties for years. Hope ye can get to that level soon

sourmilk93 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1205 - 24/09/2021 21:52:43    2382823

Link

Davey Burke Is another name I'd throw into the mix as a potential manager if he doesn't get the Kildare job. Seems the supporters in Kildare really want him but the county board want Tom cribbin.

Champotime18 (Leitrim) - Posts: 442 - 25/09/2021 10:03:31    2382831

Link

Replying To Champotime18:  "Davey Burke Is another name I'd throw into the mix as a potential manager if he doesn't get the Kildare job. Seems the supporters in Kildare really want him but the county board want Tom cribbin."
Good pedigree and did a great job with Wicklow. Big disappointment in Wicklow when he stepped away.
Worth contacting.!

joeman123 (Leitrim) - Posts: 558 - 25/09/2021 13:02:35    2382853

Link

Replying To Champotime18:  "Davey Burke Is another name I'd throw into the mix as a potential manager if he doesn't get the Kildare job. Seems the supporters in Kildare really want him but the county board want Tom cribbin."
Good pedigree and did a great job with Wicklow. Big disappointment in Wicklow when he stepped away.
Worth contacting.!

joeman123 (Leitrim) - Posts: 558 - 25/09/2021 13:02:44    2382854

Link

Replying To sourmilk93:  "Agree on your first point. I know plenty of lads who havnt an effing breeze about football but have all the stupid courses done that do eff all to anyone who played the game to any level. Half the lads that do these courses unless pressured into it for a certain job do so because they havnt a clue.
One of the very few GPO's in Roscommon basically making a living out of it never kicked a ball in his life amd despite all the ridiculous paperwork for courses he wouldn't have a notion. Anyway saw red when I seen you half allude to it as its a thing that annoys me as you can gather. Best of luck finding a manager I genuinely hope ye can get a bit of buzz going in the county. Just during the week on YouTube I somehow came across the drawn game highlights in early mid nawties between us. Was nothing between our counties for years. Hope ye can get to that level soon"
Yes I agree with you and Leitrim isn't the only county hoping to get to that level. It will take years for the rest of Connacht to catch up with Mayo and Galway who are way ahead of the pack including Roscommon.

Buzzcagney62 (Leitrim) - Posts: 217 - 26/09/2021 09:21:53    2382942

Link

Replying To Buzzcagney62:  "Yes I agree with you and Leitrim isn't the only county hoping to get to that level. It will take years for the rest of Connacht to catch up with Mayo and Galway who are way ahead of the pack including Roscommon."
In fairness, Roscommon are notfar off Galway, whatever about Galway. There u20 team was very unlucky to lose the All Ireland final against Offaly. Sligo too are making progress with their minors and improved coaching structures.

joeman123 (Leitrim) - Posts: 558 - 26/09/2021 11:14:20    2382957

Link

Replying To joeman123:  "In fairness, Roscommon are notfar off Galway, whatever about Galway. There u20 team was very unlucky to lose the All Ireland final against Offaly. Sligo too are making progress with their minors and improved coaching structures."
Whatever about Mayo I meant. I suggest Roscommon have moved on beyond anthing Leitrim could even dream of.

However we live in hope .

joeman123 (Leitrim) - Posts: 558 - 26/09/2021 12:08:29    2382965

Link

Replying To sourmilk93:  "Agree on your first point. I know plenty of lads who havnt an effing breeze about football but have all the stupid courses done that do eff all to anyone who played the game to any level. Half the lads that do these courses unless pressured into it for a certain job do so because they havnt a clue.
One of the very few GPO's in Roscommon basically making a living out of it never kicked a ball in his life amd despite all the ridiculous paperwork for courses he wouldn't have a notion. Anyway saw red when I seen you half allude to it as its a thing that annoys me as you can gather. Best of luck finding a manager I genuinely hope ye can get a bit of buzz going in the county. Just during the week on YouTube I somehow came across the drawn game highlights in early mid nawties between us. Was nothing between our counties for years. Hope ye can get to that level soon"
Not much use to us getting relegated every second year like Roscommon does I think. We need better achievable goals than that outlook although it might suit yourselves to aim for that.

marmalade_farmer (Leitrim) - Posts: 94 - 26/09/2021 13:13:01    2382977

Link

Replying To joeman123:  "In fairness, Roscommon are notfar off Galway, whatever about Galway. There u20 team was very unlucky to lose the All Ireland final against Offaly. Sligo too are making progress with their minors and improved coaching structures."
Offaly were easy victors over them, don't cod yourself. They won pulling up. Roscommon are miles away from the big two in Connacht

marmalade_farmer (Leitrim) - Posts: 94 - 26/09/2021 13:18:33    2382981

Link

Replying To marmalade_farmer:  "Offaly were easy victors over them, don't cod yourself. They won pulling up. Roscommon are miles away from the big two in Connacht"
Wishful begrudgery I am afraid.
Anyway we need to focus on ourselves and get some modicum of success going.

joeman123 (Leitrim) - Posts: 558 - 26/09/2021 14:39:01    2383000

Link

Replying To joeman123:  "Wishful begrudgery I am afraid.
Anyway we need to focus on ourselves and get some modicum of success going."
What do you mean by wishful begrudgery, I don't get it? We could focus more on ourselves if posters from other counties stopped telling us here how good their county is even though it isn't true, in fact it's delusion.

marmalade_farmer (Leitrim) - Posts: 94 - 26/09/2021 15:41:36    2383019

Link

Replying To marmalade_farmer:  "What do you mean by wishful begrudgery, I don't get it? We could focus more on ourselves if posters from other counties stopped telling us here how good their county is even though it isn't true, in fact it's delusion."
The sourmilk comment was fair.
Your response is childish and not based on reality.
Come on Leitrim

joeman123 (Leitrim) - Posts: 558 - 26/09/2021 16:22:58    2383023

Link

Replying To joeman123:  "The sourmilk comment was fair.
Your response is childish and not based on reality.
Come on Leitrim"
Oh of course it was yeh, yours is a much more mature thought . So you think we should aim to copy Roscommon? A team haunted by relegation constantly? Fair play to you. I say we aim for different goals but your view is maybe why we are where we are at the minute.

marmalade_farmer (Leitrim) - Posts: 94 - 26/09/2021 17:09:07    2383034

Link

Replying To marmalade_farmer:  "Oh of course it was yeh, yours is a much more mature thought . So you think we should aim to copy Roscommon? A team haunted by relegation constantly? Fair play to you. I say we aim for different goals but your view is maybe why we are where we are at the minute."
I would love if we were yo yoing constantly between Division 1 and 2 rather then having spent only 1 of the 13 years out of division 4. Or are you saying we're in a better place cause we've only been relegated once in that time?

SeanMacDiarmada (Leitrim) - Posts: 418 - 27/09/2021 08:19:23    2383103

Link

Replying To SeanMacDiarmada:  "I would love if we were yo yoing constantly between Division 1 and 2 rather then having spent only 1 of the 13 years out of division 4. Or are you saying we're in a better place cause we've only been relegated once in that time?"
You would love to be dead certs for relegation every time you got a promotion? Okay, if that suits you then fair enough. My point is a team should develop as a unit for four or five years in div two to be ready for life in div one or any upper div. What good is it to Roscormen to be promoted and drop down immediately isn't it? To me it just is a pointless endeavour. And it hasn't done anything for them in real terms. The real top teams mark them off as a dead cert two points when they get them. The proof is in the pie.

marmalade_farmer (Leitrim) - Posts: 94 - 27/09/2021 10:43:35    2383128

Link

Anyway back to the topic at hand which is of course Leitrim, we are at the business end of the championship and not a sign of a manager being appointed, what's going on. Why is this please? Is there a dearth of managers out there looking for postings. Will we have to reappoint an old manager at this stage. It's slightly worrying

marmalade_farmer (Leitrim) - Posts: 94 - 27/09/2021 10:50:52    2383130

Link