Antrim Football Thread

[imtommygunn]

There will be the odd exception but I imagine most of the ones won't exactly have life changing experiences based on what they get... I suspect a lot of what managers get is very much embellished. I wouldn't believe the half of it lol.

[Cranfield]

 I doubt those type of figures are to be believed.

Genuine question are there any division 1 clubs in Antrim that haven't paid an outside manager or football coach in the last 5 years? Cargin Creggan LD St endas Aghagallon portglenone st galls
ahoghill gort ma Mona have been paying. Not sure about the johnnies.

Go into division 2 and off the top of my head ballymena Whitehill Moneyglass Aldergrove have all had outsiders. You'd think by the chat from some on here that only 2 or 3 clubs paid and the rest had homegrown volunteers. Fake news!

[Milltown Row2]

Rossa, Johnnies would have...

[Cranfield]

Full house then MR! Let he who is without sin..

[Milltown Row2]

Full house then MR! Let he who is without sin..

Sorry didn't finish that, they'd have home grown, we've also had home grown past 5 years

[Belfast GAA man]

St Johns, LD, Rossa, St Tereasas, Sarsfields, St Agnes, Eire Og havent I believe - less moNey in city swashing about

[Cranfield]

Are you sure about that?

LD had the big heavy fella from Tyrone
Aggies had tiffi quinn errigal Ciaran
Johnnies Marron from Moneyglass
Teresa's big lad from Ahoghill
Ardoyne Ross carr

But you carry on BGM

[Belfast GAA man]

Any LD match ive seen its been Lynch and Mccruddent
St Johns - JohN Kelly or Nugent
Club men hardly getting paiD?
were the other assistants?

[Cranfield]

Yes both had external memory doing the coaching

[paddyjohn]

Are you sure about that?

LD had the big heavy fella from Tyrone
Aggies had tiffi quinn errigal Ciaran
Johnnies Marron from Moneyglass
Teresa's big lad from Ahoghill
Ardoyne Ross carr

But you carry on BGM

What Marron? And what lad from Ahoghill?

What club hasn't had some form of outside management or coaching?

[Cranfield]

Fella that used to go goals for them. Think it's Benny but not certain.

Aghoghill fella with St T was a neeson

[imtommygunn]

Are you sure about that?

LD had the big heavy fella from Tyrone
Aggies had tiffi quinn errigal Ciaran
Johnnies Marron from Moneyglass
Teresa's big lad from Ahoghill
Ardoyne Ross carr

But you carry on BGM

What Marron? And what lad from Ahoghill?

What club hasn't had some form of outside management or coaching?

Whatever club Belfast Gaa Man is from wouldn't dare to have had...

[Belfast GAA man]

Are you sure about that?

LD had the big heavy fella from Tyrone
Aggies had tiffi quinn errigal Ciaran
Johnnies Marron from Moneyglass
Teresa's big lad from Ahoghill
Ardoyne Ross carr

But you carry on BGM

What Marron? And what lad from Ahoghill?

What club hasn't had some form of outside management or coaching?

Whatever club Belfast Gaa Man is from wouldn't dare to have had...

yip we struggle to pay the lEague fees nearly every year

[paddyjohn]

Are you sure about that?

LD had the big heavy fella from Tyrone
Aggies had tiffi quinn errigal Ciaran
Johnnies Marron from Moneyglass
Teresa's big lad from Ahoghill
Ardoyne Ross carr

But you carry on BGM

What Marron? And what lad from Ahoghill?

What club hasn't had some form of outside management or coaching?

Whatever club Belfast Gaa Man is from wouldn't dare to have had...

yip we struggle to pay the lEague fees nearly every year

About time you opened a social club then.. 🤷‍♂️

[BigBallWeeBall]

Payment of management has always been a thorny issue for us Gaels. Here are my thoughts.

I would not be in favour of it but I know it goes on, a bit like the parish priest and adultery.. Lol, but over time people have looked the other way at this practice.
I grew up in Belfast and now live in my country mansion and I feel there's generally a different stance on this topic between Belfast & SW with country clubs being more Liberal IMO.  There could be many reasons for this, the traditional and historic over reliance on social clubs in Belfast (I benefited as a youth player from this income), greater parochial pull in the country and this is a possibly discussion for a different day.
However for me there's an easy way to show why we should not pay.
The rumours are annual amounts £10 - £30 K for coaches, if £15 k is taken then that's roughly 250 size 5 O'Neills f/balls foregone  or a new kit for every team in the club every year or a new minibus every few years... Etc. It could even pay insurance costs and fees each year or reduce the cost of membership in difficult times. Everyone benefits.
For clubs that use in house coaches how would they feel or react if paid managers come in. It's hardly a vote of confidence in their ability and if clubs insist on paying then could they pay their own ex players first....reward them for the years of self sacrifice and service.
Clubs in the SW have supposedly paid top dollar for a good number of years but this has not paid dividends  with silverware. I think that only Cargin from SW have won senior championship with St Galls/Johns/Pauls Rossa and L D all wining fromn1990 to 2020.  My fear is that the chase success at all costs culture could in the near future result in outside minor coaches being paid. This would be a fatal blow to our organisation. I know this idea can be scoffed at but 30 years ago were we paying outside managers?