Armagh management :Paddy O'Rourke!!!

[armaghniac]

A minor title 18 years ago is feck all use in determining your prospects for the future.

[Armamike]

The old chestnut thrown at Armagh supporters a couple of years back was the lack of new talent coming through. Since 2004 Armagh underage teams (minor and under 21) have been very competitive:

2004 Under 21 Ulster and AI winners
2005 Minor Ulster winners
2007 Under 21 Ulster winners (beat by Cork, AI winners by a point in the semis)
2009 Under 21 Ulster finalists; Under 18 Ulster winners and AI finalist

Reasons to be positive.

one underage all Ireland title in 50 yrs is hardly a sign of new talent coming through. You Armagh lads need to get real. What you're listing might win a provincial title or two but no more.
Look north to Tyrone where there are 8 minor/u 21 all irelands in the last 18 years  to deliver 3 sams. A minor win this year would be a step in the right direction but only a step.

Aye and if you know your football history as well as you make out you'd also be keenly aware that Armagh's AI win and other many successes over a decade was based on a lot slimmer pickings from underage success than that list i've given above.  We tend to make the most of what underage talent there is available to us.

[Logan]

The old chestnut thrown at Armagh supporters a couple of years back was the lack of new talent coming through. Since 2004 Armagh underage teams (minor and under 21) have been very competitive:

2004 Under 21 Ulster and AI winners
2005 Minor Ulster winners
2007 Under 21 Ulster winners (beat by Cork, AI winners by a point in the semis)
2009 Under 21 Ulster finalists; Under 18 Ulster winners and AI finalist

Reasons to be positive.

one underage all Ireland title in 50 yrs is hardly a sign of new talent coming through. You Armagh lads need to get real. What you're listing might win a provincial title or two but no more.
Look north to Tyrone where there are 8 minor/u 21 all irelands in the last 18 years  to deliver 3 sams. A minor win this year would be a step in the right direction but only a step.

Aye and if you know your football history as well as you make out you'd also be keenly aware that Armagh's AI win and other many successes over a decade was based on a lot slimmer pickings from underage success than that list i've given above.  We tend to make the most of what underage talent there is available to us.

Correct

[Rawhide]

I think Justy might be a decent choice, however it'll be important that he gets the right people around him!

I think he would be an excellent choice also. A lad that couldnt play football put in charge of a county going nowhere fast. A marriage made in heaven.

Sounds like Micky Harte and Tyrone in 2002.

Very badly misinformed. Harte got a team that had just won a National League, and much more importantly the Ulster Championship under Mc Rory and Mc Kenna. They were hardly going no where

[lowball]

Any word on who the 5 are?

[DuffleKing]

5?

[Brick Tamlin]

My Money is on wee james and Paddy O Rourke team.

[naka]

My Money is on wee james and Paddy O Rourke team.

who was your source

[qz]

The old chestnut thrown at Armagh supporters a couple of years back was the lack of new talent coming through. Since 2004 Armagh underage teams (minor and under 21) have been very competitive:

2004 Under 21 Ulster and AI winners
2005 Minor Ulster winners
2007 Under 21 Ulster winners (beat by Cork, AI winners by a point in the semis)
2009 Under 21 Ulster finalists; Under 18 Ulster winners and AI finalist

Reasons to be positive.

one underage all Ireland title in 50 yrs is hardly a sign of new talent coming through. You Armagh lads need to get real. What you're listing might win a provincial title or two but no more.
Look north to Tyrone where there are 8 minor/u 21 all irelands in the last 18 years  to deliver 3 sams. A minor win this year would be a step in the right direction but only a step.

Aye and if you know your football history as well as you make out you'd also be keenly aware that Armagh's AI win and other many successes over a decade was based on a lot slimmer pickings from underage success than that list i've given above.  We tend to make the most of what underage talent there is available to us.

Correct

Sam Maguire wins is the only measure of success for the top counties these days. armagh have made the most of their slim pickings only once in history .We outside the county await to see if the latest underage teams will be made the most of. The right choice in manager will also be critical.  Could anyone suggest any collective reasons why Grimley, Kernan & mcGeeny are all avoiding this opportunity then given the reasons to be positive?

[naka]

The old chestnut thrown at Armagh supporters a couple of years back was the lack of new talent coming through. Since 2004 Armagh underage teams (minor and under 21) have been very competitive:

2004 Under 21 Ulster and AI winners
2005 Minor Ulster winners
2007 Under 21 Ulster winners (beat by Cork, AI winners by a point in the semis)
2009 Under 21 Ulster finalists; Under 18 Ulster winners and AI finalist

Reasons to be positive.

one underage all Ireland title in 50 yrs is hardly a sign of new talent coming through. You Armagh lads need to get real. What you're listing might win a provincial title or two but no more.
Look north to Tyrone where there are 8 minor/u 21 all irelands in the last 18 years  to deliver 3 sams. A minor win this year would be a step in the right direction but only a step.

Aye and if you know your football history as well as you make out you'd also be keenly aware that Armagh's AI win and other many successes over a decade was based on a lot slimmer pickings from underage success than that list i've given above.  We tend to make the most of what underage talent there is available to us.

Correct

Sam Maguire wins is the only measure of success for the top counties these days. armagh have made the most of their slim pickings only once in history .We outside the county await to see if the latest underage teams will be made the most of. The right choice in manager will also be critical.  Could anyone suggest any collective reasons why Grimley, Kernan & mcGeeny are all avoiding this opportunity then given the reasons to be positive?

EXPENSES

[Real1995]

Could anyone suggest any collective reasons why Grimley, Kernan & mcGeeny are all avoiding this opportunity then given the reasons to be positive?

With the exception of Big Joe...The other two boys will not touch the Armagh job until certain members of the CB leave...its as simple as that...

[under the bar]

Any word on an outcome to this GAA comedy side-show?

[Armamike]

I think Justy might be a decent choice, however it'll be important that he gets the right people around him!

I think he would be an excellent choice also. A lad that couldnt play football put in charge of a county going nowhere fast. A marriage made in heaven.

Sounds like Micky Harte and Tyrone in 2002.

Very badly misinformed. Harte got a team that had just won a National League, and much more importantly the Ulster Championship under Mc Rory and Mc Kenna. They were hardly going no where

Anyone who watched Tyrone's comical performance against Sligo in 2002 could see that that team were going nowhere fast under Art and Eugene.  The powers that be in Tyrone knew that, that's why they shafted the two lads and brought in Harte. It was brought into sharp focus round about late September that year.

[The Pundit]

Inside info that Grimbo is back in the frame for the armagh job!

[Karl Kennedy]

Inside info that Grimbo is back in the frame for the armagh job!

Watching UTV Pundit were ya?