A new book out claims to have interviewed the top 10 managers in the GAA.
http://www.corkindependent.com/local-news/local-news/bainisteoir-finbarr-launches-gaa-book/
I could agree with most of them but a few are debateable.
From the book top 10
Mick O'Dwyer,
Brian Cody,
Kevin Heffernan,
Billy Morgan,
Ger Loughnane,
Sean Boylan,
Páidí Ó Sé,
Mickey Harte,
Jimmy Barry-Murphy,
Joe Kernan.
A few debateable ones
Páidí Ó Sé,
Jimmy Barry-Murphy,
Joe Kernan
Joe Kernan won a lot of Ulster titles as well as an AI and won 3 AI club with Crossmaglen so he could sneak onto the list. Paidi won a couple of AI's but he had a lot of good players to choose from so it is hard to have him above someone like John O'Mahony with what he did with Galway, Mayo, Sligo etc. I don't think Jimmy Barry Murphy managed long enough to be mentioned as 1 of the greatest managers ever (one of the greatest players maybe). Other managers who could have been near a top 10 list Jack O'Connor, Pete McGrath, Eugene McGee.
http://www.corkindependent.com/local-news/local-news/bainisteoir-finbarr-launches-gaa-book/
I could agree with most of them but a few are debateable.
From the book top 10
Mick O'Dwyer,
Brian Cody,
Kevin Heffernan,
Billy Morgan,
Ger Loughnane,
Sean Boylan,
Páidí Ó Sé,
Mickey Harte,
Jimmy Barry-Murphy,
Joe Kernan.
A few debateable ones
Páidí Ó Sé,
Jimmy Barry-Murphy,
Joe Kernan
Joe Kernan won a lot of Ulster titles as well as an AI and won 3 AI club with Crossmaglen so he could sneak onto the list. Paidi won a couple of AI's but he had a lot of good players to choose from so it is hard to have him above someone like John O'Mahony with what he did with Galway, Mayo, Sligo etc. I don't think Jimmy Barry Murphy managed long enough to be mentioned as 1 of the greatest managers ever (one of the greatest players maybe). Other managers who could have been near a top 10 list Jack O'Connor, Pete McGrath, Eugene McGee.