Kildare manager 2016

[lawnseed]

Anyone who thinks McGeeney would contemplate returning to kildare at this stage obviously dont knoe much about the man

Thats a fact

[Hardy]

8 county board officers including the chairman, vice-chairman and PRO voted for the motion, 4 county board officers voted against.

Was the motion to retain or remove McGeeney? I heard some Co. board spokesman on the Radio 1 sports news saying he thought it was the wrong decision. I thought it was either the chairman or the PRO.

[Donnellys Hollow]

8 county board officers including the chairman, vice-chairman and PRO voted for the motion, 4 county board officers voted against.

Was the motion to retain or remove McGeeney? I heard some Co. board spokesman on the Radio 1 sports news saying he thought it was the wrong decision. I thought it was either the chairman or the PRO.

Retain.

[INDIANA]

Based on the posts would he not be employed better as a development officer for the county.

My view is after 6 years I'm not sure how much more knowledge you can impart to players with no silverware to show for it.

[Hardy]

8 county board officers including the chairman, vice-chairman and PRO voted for the motion, 4 county board officers voted against.

Was the motion to retain or remove McGeeney? I heard some Co. board spokesman on the Radio 1 sports news saying he thought it was the wrong decision. I thought it was either the chairman or the PRO.

Retain.

OK. Makes sense. Thanks.

[CD]

Putting aside whether or not Geezer will return for a moment, do any fans think the negative press that Ulster football tactics has had, has influenced the thinking of the Co Board delegates who voted against McGeeney? His Armagh team were among the very first to withdraw the wing half forwards and play a supposedly negative brand of football and there has been a general backlash against this this season - particularly when we see Mayo and Dublin play with such abandon.

Or was it purely for football reasons - have Kildare and McGeeney gone as far as they can?

The players seem to feel that they were on a journey with McGeeney that would lead to success and they seemed to have really trusted what he was doing.

Thoughts please

[Dont Matter]

Why is there 11 pages on who'll be the manager in 2014 for this nothing county?

[Dinny Breen]

Why is there 11 pages on who'll be the manager in 2014 for this nothing county?

[Crete Boom]

Why is there 11 pages on who'll be the manager in 2014 for this nothing county?

The ignore function is a beautiful thing Dinny.

[heffo]

It seems very ham fisted by the KCB that they lost the vote on such a margin, especially when some officers voted against the motion - did they really want to win it?

Whether McGeeney should've been reappointed is a funny one imo. The majority of Kildare people seem to want him retained, the players clearly did but his perceived running of Kildare GAA seems to have gone against him by some clubs.

Undoubtedly as a whole he did a good job over his term but has he raised expectations to such a level that the stakeholders involved wanted him to take Kildare to the next level? Did many Hurling clubs vote against him after the SJ farce?

Do the KCB want a cheap internal 'yes' man who'll do as he's told on a much smaller budget?

[Rossfan]

Do the KCB want a cheap internal 'yes' man who'll do as he's told on a much smaller budget?

That is one type of appointment which will end in tears - as we ( and one or two others) found out last year.

[From the Bunker]

Why is there 11 pages on who'll be the manager in 2014 for this nothing county?

There is no such thing as a nothing county!   

[Donnellys Hollow]

It seems very ham fisted by the KCB that they lost the vote on such a margin, especially when some officers voted against the motion - did they really want to win it?

Whether McGeeney should've been reappointed is a funny one imo. The majority of Kildare people seem to want him retained, the players clearly did but his perceived running of Kildare GAA seems to have gone against him by some clubs.

Undoubtedly as a whole he did a good job over his term but has he raised expectations to such a level that the stakeholders involved wanted him to take Kildare to the next level? Did many Hurling clubs vote against him after the SJ farce?

Do the KCB want a cheap internal 'yes' man who'll do as he's told on a much smaller budget?

Four of the hurling clubs voted for him to stay on - Broadford, Coill Dubh, Éire Óg and Naas. The chairman of the hurling board and the St Laurence's club voted against. Ardclough abstained. Kill and Ros Glas were absent on the night.

The breakdown of the votes suggests that player availability was a big sticking point for the clubs. 11 of the 16 senior clubs voted against. Of the Kildare team that played in the last championship match only four of the clubs represented - Allenwood, Carbury, Johnstownbridge and Naas voted for the motion.

[Dinny Breen]

Of the 11 clubs represented by Kildare's starting 15 in their All-Ireland qualifier defeat to Tyrone this summer, six (St Laurence's, Athy, Two Mile House, Celbridge, Eadestown, Clane) voted against McGeeney while four (Naas, Carbury, Johnstownbridge, Allenwood) voted in favour.

FOR

Clubs – Allenwood, Ballykelly, Broadford, Carbury, Castledermot, Clogherinkoe, Coill Dubh, Eire Og, Ellistown, Johnstownbridge, Kilcock, Kilcullen, Kill, Milltown, Naas, Naas Hurling, Nurney, Rheban, Robertstown, St Kevin's; County Board Officers – John McMahon (Chairman), Ger Donnelly (Vice-Chairman), Henry Barrett (PRO), Colm Farrell (Development Officer), Alan Dunney (Coaching Officer), Ella Doran (Youth Officer), Syl Merrins (Leinster Council delegate), Peadar O Murchu (Irish Officer).

TOTAL: 28

AGAINST

Clubs - Athy, Athgarvan, Ballymore, Ballyteague, Caragh, Castlemitchell, Celbridge, Clane, Confey, Eadestown, Grange, Kildangan, Leixlip, Maynooth, Monasterevin, Rathangan, Raheens, Rathcoffey, Round Towers, Sarsfields, St Laurence's, St Laurence's Hurling, Straffan, Suncroft, Two Mile House; County Board Officers – Martin Whyte (Treasurer), John Joe Walsh (Central Council delegate), Mick Gorman (Leinster Council delegate), Eddie Lawlor (Hurling Board Chairman).

TOTAL: 29

ABSTENTIONS

Moorefield, Ardclough Hurling, Sallins, Handball

ABSENTEES

Pat Dunney (Bord na nOg), Tommy O'Rourke (Referees), Cumann na mBunscol, Ros Glas, Cappagh, Kill Hurling

[lawnseed]

Of the 11 clubs represented by Kildare's starting 15 in their All-Ireland qualifier defeat to Tyrone this summer, six (St Laurence's, Athy, Two Mile House, Celbridge, Eadestown, Clane) voted against McGeeney while four (Naas, Carbury, Johnstownbridge, Allenwood) voted in favour.

FOR

Clubs – Allenwood, Ballykelly, Broadford, Carbury, Castledermot, Clogherinkoe, Coill Dubh, Eire Og, Ellistown, Johnstownbridge, Kilcock, Kilcullen, Kill, Milltown, Naas, Naas Hurling, Nurney, Rheban, Robertstown, St Kevin's; County Board Officers – John McMahon (Chairman), Ger Donnelly (Vice-Chairman), Henry Barrett (PRO), Colm Farrell (Development Officer), Alan Dunney (Coaching Officer), Ella Doran (Youth Officer), Syl Merrins (Leinster Council delegate), Peadar O Murchu (Irish Officer).

TOTAL: 28

AGAINST

Clubs - Athy, Athgarvan, Ballymore, Ballyteague, Caragh, Castlemitchell, Celbridge, Clane, Confey, Eadestown, Grange, Kildangan, Leixlip, Maynooth, Monasterevin, Rathangan, Raheens, Rathcoffey, Round Towers, Sarsfields, St Laurence's, St Laurence's Hurling, Straffan, Suncroft, Two Mile House; County Board Officers – Martin Whyte (Treasurer), John Joe Walsh (Central Council delegate), Mick Gorman (Leinster Council delegate), Eddie Lawlor (Hurling Board Chairman).

TOTAL: 29

ABSTENTIONS

Moorefield, Ardclough Hurling, Sallins, Handball

ABSENTEES

Pat Dunney (Bord na nOg), Tommy O'Rourke (Referees), Cumann na mBunscol, Ros Glas, Cappagh, Kill Hurling

whats all this voting stuff.. in Armagh the secretary says what he wants and the clubs vote accordingly.. far too much democracy in kildare