A few things about Colm O'Rourkes tenure.
Even after winning the TC his coaching team walked away. Apparently because they weren't being listened to. A handful of good young players walked away too.
Colm by some accounts I've heard didn't believe in modern coaching or "systems". His approach was to let the players figure it out themselves. Dublin league match comes to mind where this approach was badly found out and Colm denied that he was even taking that approach to the game no matter how obvious it was.
At the end of his 2 years the players were asked if they would support extending his contract and the answer was a resounding'No'.
Even after winning the TC his coaching team walked away. Apparently because they weren't being listened to. A handful of good young players walked away too.
Colm by some accounts I've heard didn't believe in modern coaching or "systems". His approach was to let the players figure it out themselves. Dublin league match comes to mind where this approach was badly found out and Colm denied that he was even taking that approach to the game no matter how obvious it was.
At the end of his 2 years the players were asked if they would support extending his contract and the answer was a resounding'No'.