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You have completely lost me Gael. Stay off the weed man 

Gaelforce

Judging by the names mentioned above u have assumed incorrectly that I am a from carey! I am merely a disgruntled McQuillans supporter who has made my various points about Ballycastle's previous management being unfairly treated. Two of whom are now over the mountain and its a pity they weren't still in the town setup.

Listen the whole thing is a disaster - we either got relegated with wats were going or drastic measure of getting rid of manager gave us a glimmer of hope. Raymond got a bad deal but again the majority of it lies at lack of leadership in club that allowed the appointment in first place.
We might avoid relegation we might not - but either way big changes needed at our place which I'm not sure will happen. Players must deliver their side of deal now

Raymond certainly got a bad deal.  I'd go further.  He was stabbed in the back.  The reason nobody wanted the job was because everybody knew it would be a tough season with so many absentees, compounded by absence of county players and others who chose to stay away from training.  Relegation was always going to be between  us, Cloughmills, Rossa and possibly Ballygalget.  The vital games were coming up and as always when the going gets tough the tough get going - except in Ballycastle where they throw the rattles and blame the manager.

But it's OK now.  The new management, a Dunloy man (Dunloy men know how to win championships - they've racked up 11 since we last got one) and a local lad -(who was rejected as senior manager a couple of years ago) have  in just a day or two turned everything round. The players have picked up their rattles.   Relegation will now be avoided and another championship in the Town by the next AGM

MacUilin Abu

Rattles 

He put name into empty hat and club AGM appointed him. He had went for minor job but lost it on a vote. My point is that our club should be actively looking for a manger not leaving it to anyone that puts name in hat following an ad in our local GAA bulletin that is read by 30-40 people max

Would agree. Raymond's a good lad so it shouldn't reflect poorly on him but if the town want to build on good work of the previous few years they need to put the best people in place. Some may argue that they let a better coaching team go across the mountain.

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Did part of said "better" coaching team not already have a crack at the whip with Ballycastle recently? and it didnt seem to work?

Maybe the money over the mountain was a better draw.

What money

Not the first ex ballycastle manager to follow the money, that's at least 3 now? By all accounts it's not just for the money but respect.

Whether Raymond was the only eejit who put his name forward or not massive respect for the hard work and hours put in over the last 6 months with half the team.

Two men for £15K and should win the intermediate. Shrewd business by the men over the mountain 

Same two men would have done a brilliant job in town for nothing, fair play to them.

He put name into empty hat and club AGM appointed him. He had went for minor job but lost it on a vote. My point is that our club should be actively looking for a manger not leaving it to anyone that puts name in hat following an ad in our local GAA bulletin that is read by 30-40 people max

Would agree. Raymond's a good lad so it shouldn't reflect poorly on him but if the town want to build on good work of the previous few years they need to put the best people in place. Some may argue that they let a better coaching team go across the mountain.

Did part of said "better" coaching team not already have a crack at the whip with Ballycastle recently? and it didnt seem to work?

Maybe the money over the mountain was a better draw.

What money

Who is taking Ballycastle now then?

Bamba & Gabriel Crawford

Dunloy Gabriel Crawford?

Yes

Who is taking Ballycastle now then?

Bamba & Gabriel Crawford

Why are Antrim not good enough in both football and hurling? Does anyone actually know? Massive population but they've been shite in both codes for years and years. Is it the county board? Schools? Clubs? Gaelic games culture? or is it everything?

Fish Suppers and Ulster Scots genes

Haha! You might have finally cracked it there lad!

How much progress is achievable at senior intercounty level when there hasn't been even one minor squad in the last 10 years that were capable of competing at a high level?

An excellent point and one which everyone should bear in mind. People who say we have the players to compete at the top level are deluded. Club all Ireland success does not equal inter county success.

I can't think of too many hurlers in Antrim who would make the Tipp/Galway/Cork/Waterford squads. Simply not good enough. Its not nice to hear but there's no harm in saying it. We need to focus on making the underage structures better and grow the talent there. Liam sheedy, Brian Cody and Davy Fitz together wouldn't make a blind bit of difference to our current pool of players.

What the hell is happening in Ballycastle yet another manager pushed out? Ridiculous to see the club fall to these depths!

Heard this yesterday. Unbelievable and really silly to sh*t on two good clubmen at this stage of the year. That's how to drive people out of a club. Poisoned chalice that job.

Not one easy match ... could go either way

Intermediate championship again going to be the most entertaining and evenly contested cship this year. Great for the neutral. No obvious winners here.

Great to hear a bit of honesty from someone for a change:

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/faithful-hero-joe-dooley-fears-its-a-long-road-back-for-current-crop-35949558.html

Antrim very similar. In a valley and not coming out anytime soon.

Unfortunately for those young men and the managers last nite they were let down by the Antrim
board.  No one wanted that job and it was never going to be any better than it was last nite.  The Derry senior hurling manager was on the Derry sideline giving encouragement and support and I would say they had been training a lot longer than the Antrim squad. And we wonder why Antrim is the way it is.  If no-one wanted to coach you (and everyone was aware of that via social media) how else did we expect those kids to play.  The people that should have helped and didn't stood by and watched one of Antrims worst performances that Iv seen.  The talent is there but nobody wanted to give their time. IMO

I agree with this. If you aren't prepared/can't put the effort into a team then in future I would like to see us pull out of this competition. That may seem drastic but it may give everyone a kick in the right direction.

[I know who I'd take back to manage the mess!]

Over the past 12 months we have the following players not playing/available for a host of reasons;

Fergus Donnelly, Eoin MAlonan, Saul MCaughan, stoogie Mcafee, Shane Jennings, loaf McCaughan, TT Butler, Paddy Joe Graham, Diarmuid McShane, Dermot Donnelly, Stevie McGarry, Conal Brown,

And that's just off the top of my head.

Again although current management are not ideal, I certainly wouldn't blame them for the current mess. Players don't have the pride in their club that other clubs do and as I said earlier our leadership within club is pathetic and ultimately are probably the main reason this current mess have arrived at.

Div 2 is probably our best option as things stand and allow us to sort out everything within club.

I know who I'd take back to manage the mess!

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Did Ronan not walk himself!!

He may well have but what was it that made him walk? I think there were one or two getting very vocal towards him. Anyway, the club as a whole from top down need to sort their sh*t out