see his barley concealed barbs at buckley and McEntee and there is a a raher dubious movement going on at coaching level in the county / academy level called the 'MAYO WAY' based on some notion of how some old Farts see the tradition of mayo football ie. the glorious 52 to 89 era when most of them grew up.
Horan should be able to manage him but if doesn't hang around too long I know the first place I'd look
This is such a backward sentiment its mind boggling.
If you look at any of the progressive soccer clubs in England they have a strategy for how the club as a whole should played and then they employ coaches who will follow that strategy, City being the most obvious example. Obviously they have bags load of cash so they can afford to do whatever they like but the principle is is so obvious it should be used throughout every GAA club in the country.
You have a manager who manages the U-12 team, he's like a kicking game, so they young lads are trained at that, lots of kicking drills. They move to U-14, different manager, he favours a running game, so lots of hand passing drills, U-16 lad has a different view on the game. Its a mess.
One club, one strategy. From the day you enter the club you learn how to play one style, it can be tweaked based on whatever is flavour of the month but the basic concept stays the same. It means when you get to senior you're ready to fit into the team. It takes a lot of getting rid of egos but it also means that its a lot easier to promote managers from within.
Ciaran Mac is heavily involved in this from what I hear with Mayo. This kind of strategy will really benefit the county long term
