Quote from: nrico2006 on October 12, 2012, 02:14:50 PMQuote from: endk17 on October 12, 2012, 01:44:33 PMQuote from: ck on October 11, 2012, 11:48:39 PM
So is it true that Jim McGuinness is pulling out of the McKenna cup and Donegal will enter their u.21s?
Well, if you think about, putting in the DL U21's wouldn't mean that Donegal are pulling out of the competition. The main issue is the relevance of the competition in relation to the preparation of the Donegal team and in my view he has point. He felt that is was extremely hard to prepare the "team" when the majority of his players were heavily involved with their respective 3rd level teams (College / University Vs County), thus development of the squad was almost non-existent.
Here's an article that should explain his views with a bit more clarity than maybe I am making:
http://donegalnews.com/2012/07/07/mcguinness-set-to-assess-mckenna-cup-entry/
They are not the only County with a lot of college players, he needs to wind his neck in a bit.
Absolutely, I agree with you on that he's not the only county manager affected by this nor is he the only county manger to voice his concern about these competitions. However, winding ones neck in would probably be a different matter all together.
John Maughan, of Mayo, who managed NUI Galway is another county manger who voiced his concerns about the inter provincial leagues in 2012 and he is in the privileged position of having managed inter-county and 3rd level teams.