Quote from: Sandstorm on March 17, 2024, 10:08:04 AMI am not big into hurling but love Splash's posts. Very informative and no resorting to abusing anyone.
Great to see the hurlers making the league semi finals. Let's have an update on yesterday's game Splash and keep up the good work.
Quote from: ardtole on March 17, 2024, 11:48:52 AMSplash has certainly been a welcome addition to the Down forum. I enjoy the coverage of the ihc and jhc during the summer, games you would generally hear little about. It's encouraging to hear of progress at underage particularly at clubs like Castlewellan and CPN, where you would associate them more as football clubs.
Quote from: onefineday on Today at 12:30:04 AMDon't entirely disagree with canavan's sentiment, but you'd have to say that without a league final, there'd be far less likelihood of games having anything on the line and most games would likely be dead rubbers.
No need for d.2, d.3 or d.4 finals - pointless.
Re div 1, be nice to have some incentive that'd really make it worth winning - guaranteed top seed in Sam groups or something?
Or, something I proposed before, get rid of the neutral game (which is stupid anyway) and have the provincial winners and 4 second seeds (determined by league placings) get 2 home games.
To make the league final count - we could make League winners the top seed, the remaining 3 top seeds could be the winners of the strongest 3 provinces - determined by average league placings of participants.
That'd maybe put the warm weather training out of Kerry!!!
Quote from: thewobbler on March 18, 2024, 10:10:23 PMThe 6N isn't a European championship. It's a private members competition. And an extremely successful one at that.
What could any of its members possibly gain from changing things up? I can't think is a single thing.
This concept of it growing the game is nonsense. Sports do not grow in popularity by providing a showcase for mismatches.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 18, 2024, 10:20:51 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on March 18, 2024, 09:56:01 PMShe didn't kill herself because of an inspection. She killed herself because she had problems with her mental health, exacerbated by the outcome of an inspection.Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 18, 2024, 08:46:03 PMQuote from: JimStynes on March 18, 2024, 05:23:25 PMWhat's the fear teachers have of being inspected? My wife is yapping about it and she hasn't been inspected in 14 years! Maybe if inspections were more frequent e.g. annually, there would be less fuss about it.Quote from: Duine Inteacht Eile on March 18, 2024, 04:44:30 PMTo a point but this deal (~13% and no workload agreement) is going to fly over the finishing line without a bother.
I don't think, say, 4% and an agreed workload solution would.
Money talks.
The younger teachers are blinded by the money and haven't ever went through the unrealistic inspection show/game/charade or whatever you'd like to call it.
A principal killed herself recently in England after an inspection based on the results given afterwards
Inspections do bring a level of pressure on the school and teachers.
Inspections though need to be look at in how they are conducted.
And no issues with regular 'pop in' day inspections. Having been through a few back in the day you'll never be perfect to what they are looking but providing you're not some clampit you'll get through it
Many jobs have some form of inspections or audits but you usually know well in advance
But I don't think inspections are a major issue when talking to teachers
We have some form of audit almost weekly and regulatory inspections every couple of years. The latter aren't for the faint-hearted but they are important.
Quote from: Ciarrai_thuaidh on March 18, 2024, 11:09:19 PMHe has a point at this stage you'd have to say. League finals are a hindrance for a lot of county teams and many actively avoid them. It's a consequence of the new structure.
Look at Cavan - they 100% wanted avoid a Div 2 league final on Easter weekend as they are out a week later in a huge game against Monaghan in Ulster championship. Mayo similar in Div 1 - and they learned from their mistake last year.
So when you get the above happening it's time for a change. Unless they move the calendar and the All Ireland finals back a couple of weeks.