Next Laois Senior Hurling Manager for 2025

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Any thoughts on who will get the appointment lads?

With Darren Gleeson finishing up after 5 years in Antrim, will he be approached by Laois?
Portroe to Portlaoise is certainly a shorter road than Portroe to Portrush!

[Zooming around]

Any thoughts on who will get the appointment lads?

With Darren Gleeson finishing up after 5 years in Antrim, will he be approached by Laois?
Portroe to Portlaoise is certainly a shorter road than Portroe to Portrush!

Plenty of Ports there.

[Galtee1]

Declan Laffan would be a great option but hard to know would he be interested in vacating his Tipperary selectors role. He knows the club scene as good as anyone and had great success with Ballacolla.

[Laois man]

Any word on our minor/u20 or senior hurling managers for next year yet?

[mcwregor]

Any word on the new potential manager?
Tommy Fitz is the one being spoken about a lot. Questions are does he want it? Is he waiting until Portlaoise are finished this year before deciding? Can the Co board wait that long and potentially miss out on other candidates?

Darren Gleeson has also been mentioned for the job.
Id be happy enough with either of those if they had a good backroom team in with them.

Not sure if there are too many more obvious ones that might want it and that would be good enough?? Chance of winning the Joe mC in first year would have to be a bit of a draw.

[Ballygowen]

Hopefully they appoint someone soon and not leave it late, panic and appoint any Joe Soap.

Tommy Fitz, Declan Laffan or Darren Gleeson, any of them imo would be decent appointments. Both Tommy and Declan know the Laois Hurling scene, if it were to be Glkeason he would want to be appointed soon so he could see some championship games.

If they can get Lucasz Kirszenstein as their S&C coach (wishful thinking) he seems to win all irelands wherever he goes, one can dream though.!

[les Antiques]

David Herity is a strong contender .

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Davy Fitz is gone to Antrim - an interesting one! Hopefully it will work out better than the Camogie in Cork!

[Laois man]

Gleeson is the front runner I hear.

[Verbal]

I know it's a bit bad minded. But I wouldn't like to see Laois associated with Darren Gleeson.
I don't actively wish him badness but I also don't want money I'm contributing going to him.
Not popular to say it out loud perhaps, but that's my feelings on the matter.

Watching the Camogie at the weekend.
I wonder could the likes of Cathal Murray (Galway Camogie manager) be tempted?

Maybe that's a crazy shout.
Used to high performance environment.
Has managed his club to a county title.
I didn't know this until a newspaper on Sunday.


Is there anywhere else slightly left of field we could look.
We will end up with an Eamon Kelly if we aren't careful.

[clonadmad]

I know it's a bit bad minded. But I wouldn't like to see Laois associated with Darren Gleeson.
I don't actively wish him badness but I also don't want money I'm contributing going to him.
Not popular to say it out loud perhaps, but that's my feelings on the matter.

Watching the Camogie at the weekend.
I wonder could the likes of Cathal Murray (Galway Camogie manager) be tempted?

Maybe that's a crazy shout.
Used to high performance environment.
Has managed his club to a county title.
I didn't know this until a newspaper on Sunday.


Is there anywhere else slightly left of field we could look.
We will end up with an Eamon Kelly if we aren't careful.

Highly unlikely Gleeson would go from managing a Liam McCarthy County to one who isn't

Best to recruit internally

We have 2/3 excellent candidates who bleed Laois and deserve an opportunity

[Verbal]

I don't think moving from Antrim to Laois is anything but a sideways move. In either direction.

Do you think he is in line for any other Liam McCarthy role? He isn't.

Internal would be great.
But worth remembering there is a significant difference between being a contender and being interested in taking the jobs

[clonadmad]

I don't think moving from Antrim to Laois is anything but a sideways move. In either direction.

Do you think he is in line for any other Liam McCarthy role? He isn't.

Antrim to Laois is a sideways move

Give over

If it was

We would have been in line to complete for Davy Fitzgerald and the extravagant "expenses" demands he would have looked for

Internal would be great.
But worth remembering there is a significant difference between being a contender and being interested in taking the jobs

"Antrim to Laois is a sideways move"

Give over

If it was

We would have been in line to complete for Davy Fitzgerald and the extravagant "expenses" demands he would have looked for

Recruit internally that's what all the successful counties do

[Verbal]

So. You're going to argue that Antrim & Laois are not essentially on a par in hurling terms?

They have been for about 40 years at least.

Is your argument that they are Liam McCarthy or that they have more money?
Make up your mind!

Do you reckon Darren  Gleeson is currently being considered by any county ranked higher than Laois?

It's a fairly well known fact that Davy attracts a certain level of commercial interest.
Antrim is a far more commercialized area than Laois.

Recruit internally- so just go with anyone inside who will take it ?
Flawed logic.
Cork, Kilkenny, Tipp and Galway are not successful because they appoint internally.

I would prefer a small number of Laois men.
If none of them want it, we have to go outside.

And Antrim are welcome to D Fitzgerald!

[clonadmad]

So. You're going to argue that Antrim & Laois are not essentially on a par in hurling terms?

They have been for about 40 years at least.

Is your argument that they are Liam McCarthy or that they have more money?
Make up your mind!

Do you reckon Darren  Gleeson is currently being considered by any county ranked higher than Laois?

It's a fairly well known fact that Davy attracts a certain level of commercial interest.
Antrim is a far more commercialized area than Laois.

Recruit internally- so just go with anyone inside who will take it ?
Flawed logic.
Cork, Kilkenny, Tipp and Galway are not successful because they appoint internally.

I would prefer a small number of Laois men.
If none of them want it, we have to go outside.

And Antrim are welcome to D Fitzgerald!

I'll make it as simple as I can for you

Antrim are above Laois on any number of levels

Close to 3 times the number of registered adult hurling players being one for starters

Liam McCarthy side

Much stronger club scene

And when they get Casement online a much wider playing base in Irelands second largest city

They also have the financial
Wherewithal to attract Davy fitz and his circus, Laois never will be in the frame to attract All Ireland winning managers,the county is just not on their radar.

So yes

They are a level above Laois and going in the opposite direction

As for Darren Gleesons options,I don't know who could come in for him

But neither do You

There's only ever been one external All Ireland winning hurling manager

So when the likes of Cork Kk Tipp and Galway do appoint internally they do know what they are at