County Manager Merry go round

[Aaron Boone]

3 years as a joint manager to a guy he probably doesn't know well.

Mickey a strong personality so will be a test for him.

[twohands!!!]

3 years as a joint manager to a guy he probably doesn't know well.

Mickey a strong personality so will be a test for him.

Will Harte be handling media duties as joint manager.

[Blowitupref]

3 years as a joint manager to a guy he probably doesn't know well.

Mickey a strong personality so will be a test for him.

A joint manager with Declan Kelly who was Offaly's manager this year who I'm surprised was kept on after getting knocked out of the Tailteann cup group stage with a game to play and two heavy defeats to Limerick,London.  It was first championship win in 11 years for London and won in O'Connor Park scoring 2-20.

[Bord na Mona man]

Nobody in Offaly expected the Harte appointment.
How it washes with Declan Kelly is a big question mark. He has a reputation for being somewhat dogmatic and inflexible. This led to some disgruntlement this year in the camp and may explain why some players downed tools in the Tailteann.

Which is why I'd be surprised if both Declan Kelly and Mickey are still joint managers in a year's time.
It is a punt in that regard. A lot can go wrong, mainly around personalities and allocation of duties.
In the heat of a match and Mickey thinks a player should be subbed off and Declan Kelly wants him left on...

Michael Duignan, who has appointed Harte, wrote about the time he came in to work alongside Mike McNamara in 2004. In the Leinster final that year, they were arguing over their headsets about a switch and Mike Mc turned his off, so the change never happened.

In the broader scheme, Offaly currently look like a permanent Division 3 team with no obvious prospect of shooting up.
There is a sprinkling of talent there, including some of the 2021 U20 All-Ireland winners. However something needs to happen to elevate the county up a notch.

Will the Mickey factor give Offaly the short term boost to get out of Division 3? It could do, yes.

[marty34]

Mickey 'Big Sam' Harte.

[Norm-Peterson]

I was reading interesting information about the ancient kingdom of Offaly (Uibh Fhaili)
Much of County Offaly wasn't in the kingdom. The kingdom consisted of East Offaly, West Kildare and parts of Laois.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_U%C3%AD_Failghe

[sensethetone]

I was reading interesting information about the ancient kingdom of Offaly (Uibh Fhaili)
Much of County Offaly wasn't in the kingdom. The kingdom consisted of East Offaly, West Kildare and parts of Laois.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_U%C3%AD_Failghe

Mickey will look at those players too as they are eligible..

[Armamike]

Still holding on to the hope that one of his teams will one day play Tyrone in the championship.  That would be good craic.

[Armagh18]

Still holding on to the hope that one of his teams will one day play Tyrone in the championship.  That would be good craic.

Well if he keeps going through teams like this odds are he'll meet a former one eventuall.

[Blowitupref]

Offaly veteran Nigel Dunne insists that the addition of Mickey Harte as joint-manager of the Faithful footballers for 2025 will "light a fire under everybody straight away".


"It has been a mad few hours since the appointment of Mickey, there's been an unbelievable buzz, it's actually ridiculous,"

"We're a GAA-mad county at the best of times but now it's through the roof. A bolt from the blue for everyone but a welcome bolt from the blue.

"What it's going to do and what we badly need as a footballing county, it's going to light a fire under everybody straight away. Mickey is a hall of famer, you can't get a bigger name in GAA really and he's in now.

"Straight away you're going to have 100pc buy-in from every player in the county, every player is going to be dying to be in there and be around greatness as such.


"Without him doing anything and just being appointed, I think it's going to add a lot to the Offaly senior footballers for next year."

[lenny]

Heard from a good source yesterday that Gallagher has been approached by at least 2 Ulster counties,(heard it was Monaghan and Tyrone), to join their backroom teams. He's considering the offers but he's also waiting on Derry to make their minds up.

[An Watcher]

Lol, think Tyrone have a wee bit more about them than having a boy like that on board.  He wouldn't have been a popular appt before all the allegations and he most definitely wouldn't be one after them

[RedHand88]

Heard from a good source yesterday that Gallagher has been approached by at least 2 Ulster counties,(heard it was Monaghan and Tyrone), to join their backroom teams. He's considering the offers but he's also waiting on Derry to make their minds up.

[JoG2]

Can we add a poll now re Gallagher's potential appointment as Tyrone / Monaghan coach?

[Rossfan]

Mayowestros having a "review" of their Senior County management set up.
Is that code for "we can't afford Kevin's massive backroom"