ryan (Donegal) - Posts: 748 - 22/03/2023 16:07:56    2465851

This is just wrong on so many levels, Paddy Carr deserved a proper chance. He should have been allowed to pick his own backroom team for a start. It's very worrying to hear that the players may have pushed him. I was really hoping Paddy would be a success, a very likeable man caught in a **** storm. I'm not sure where we go from here, we start the ulster championship at the end of April so a new manager would have no time.

Green_Gold (Donegal) - Posts: 1906 - 22/03/2023 16:08:32    2465852

A likeable man , but no credentials at the top level, let's be honest!

veterngaa (Monaghan) - Posts: 752 - 22/03/2023 16:14:25    2465855

I hope the clubs and the delegates at tomorrow night's meeting show some leadership and stand up and be counted. The executive have to resign or be removed. All our problems are stemming from an executive with no vision, no leadership and constantly throwing other people under the bus to protect themselves. We need to re-boot and start again. Things can't get much worse than this mess.

ryan (Donegal) - Posts: 748 - 22/03/2023 16:21:10    2465858

This is an unholy mess, took months to choose Paddy and he quits !!!
County Board need to go as well and elect candidates that have no baggage
5 weeks to go til championship v Down
McGuinness for me to steady the ship,
Could Murphy return as player/manager?
Division 3 beckons if our insipid displays continue

thereporter (Donegal) - Posts: 38 - 22/03/2023 16:28:29    2465861

Things can - and probably will - get worse. Who in their right mind would take on any of these roles now.

MickyMick (Donegal) - Posts: 11 - 22/03/2023 16:31:12    2465864

I wonder who will take the team now for the championship? McLoone maybe as he is already u20 manager, I can't see too many people putting their hands up.

joeteor (Donegal) - Posts: 229 - 22/03/2023 16:39:11    2465870

I feel really sorry for Paddy Carr and I would like to thank him for his efforts,I have no doubt he has done his best and in resigning now he is doing what he thinks is best for the county team, I never knew much about him but in the few interviews I have heard him speak he came across as a very nice genuine man with the a great love for this county.
Where do we go from here? the county board obviously needs to be weeded out and some of you fellas here know a lot more than me on the ins and outs of it.
I hope O'Rourke and Bradley are also gone now, last thing we want is them stepping in to finish out this season,
I'd like to see McGuinness, or Murphy to come in as player manager, Lacey as well on the management team if he's interested,
it may only be a month till the Down game but if we hear that Murphy is back in as player manager with Lacey as no 2, or we get Jim back in whatever combination it is then that will give the fans a real lift and renew hope in our chances this season,
dropping to div 2 then wouldn't be so bad because if we had fellas like that to lead us I have no doubt we'd be back to winning ways before too long.
Mc Hugh used to say there's one thing about Donegal, when we go down we go down in flames.

Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 3186 - 22/03/2023 16:40:52    2465871

Breffni1969 (Cavan) - Posts: 510 - 22/03/2023 16:47:43    2465872

He was probably a disaster on the training field and tactically all over the place. Standards were probably so low and players had enough and felt they deserved better. No doubt its a player power oust and at the end of the day they are the ones giving their time up, fundamentally its county board fault for employing someone who is sub standard and dont have the qualifications for a div 1 county level management gig.

monaghanmad (Monaghan) - Posts: 411 - 22/03/2023 16:51:23    2465874

ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3841 - 22/03/2023 16:57:12    2465877

Back to the days of old with Donegal. McGuiness and Murphy to steady the ship. Mcguiness performed miracles before but almost ruined football along the way. I am not looking forward to seeing him back to do it again.

muckla (UK) - Posts: 370 - 22/03/2023 17:01:37    2465878

I wouldn't be surprised if some of the lads end up stateside for the summer. A god awful mess. This board will know by now that the people of the county want them out and they'll be trying any fanciful trick to leave them in their positions so no doubt they'll try and throw some lackey under the bus. Bless Paddy Carr, he walked into a manufactured mess. I wish him well. I think we need to write off our championship, say sayonara to the interim management team as soon as our participation ends and have a qualified and suitable board in place to manage a quality incoming ticket and have our academy, lacey and his coaches reinstalled.

StockholmGael (Donegal) - Posts: 143 - 22/03/2023 17:09:31    2465880

If they get a new man in quickly there is plenty of time especially for the group stages if not for Ulster.After all Premier League clubs often change their managers well into the season.

gunman (Donegal) - Posts: 1149 - 22/03/2023 17:16:16    2465881

Thanks to Paddy Carr for being brave enough to throw his name forward in the first place. A passionate Donegal man as evident after his interview with Kerry. Feel for him how it ended. Let's hope as another poster said that the self appointment backroom team members don't find themselves in charge of the team now.

On a side note if anyone thinks Lacey or Jim go near this mess, it's not going to happen. Who would rush into a team without Murphy, MC Brearty, O Donnells etc. Hope I'm wrong.

TheRock2121 (Donegal) - Posts: 1208 - 22/03/2023 18:15:46    2465899

totalrecall (Leitrim) - Posts: 1060 - 22/03/2023 18:23:49    2465901

Those calling on executive to resign should be cognisant of the fact that these voluntary positions at county board level are practically a full time job with zero remuneration and less thanks. I'm not au fait with the internal wranglings in Donegal but replacing 6-7 or more of the executive seems drastic and not easily achieved.

Claretandblue (Westmeath) - Posts: 2152 - 22/03/2023 18:38:27    2465905

Scenicparish (Donegal) - Posts: 486 - 22/03/2023 19:14:34    2465911

10DLSAM (Derry) - Posts: 266 - 22/03/2023 19:17:20    2465912

Where to start. First off all Paddy Carr appeared to be a decent man unfortunately his coaching credentials along with his backroom team left a lot to be desired. I've seen messages that mc Guinness' time is done more or less he was a one trick pony that all the team have copped on to his style. The fact is that most teams are mirroring his style of packing defense and breaking at speed. Nothing brought me more joy than watching his team from 2012 to he left. We had some fantastic days out to croke park. Watching his teams doing then what most teams are doing now. I've also seen posts that the players aren't good enough now. I'm my opinion Patton is in the top 3 keepers in the country. I think Mark Curran is one hell of a player and has the potential to be the new Paddy Mc Grath. Brendan Mc Cole will be a top class full back given time. Stephen Mc Menamin is a tough as teak defender, Eoghan Ban, Ryan Mc Hugh, Mc Fadden Ferry are as good defenders as on any other team not forgetting young mc Colgan. Big Hugh Caolan Mc Gonagle are as hard working as you get and Jason Mc Gee will hold his own with anyone. Thompson, Langan and Mogan would walk on any county panel. Conor O Donnell the two St Eunan O Donnell's and Dara O Boail are fairly handy along with Brennan and Mc Brearty hopefully Gallen can overcome his injuries because I think there is a decent footballer in there. No doubt there is a few I forgot. In relation to the county board in my opinion Mc Gonigle was the best man for the job however the fact he is from Inishowen (soccer country) is the reason he wasn't voted in.

red1980 (Donegal) - Posts: 106 - 22/03/2023 20:21:25    2465926