For anyone taking the Laois job it's quiet a tricky task, they over achieved last year and possibly are favorites for relegation from Div 2. This could lead to unrest in what will be a relatively new camp.
To be honest I am very disappointed Sugrue( I regard him as a Laois based coach) has left, my genuine belief is that the players should have a meeting and see if there is an appetite to go persuade Sugrue back. My hope is that there would be, genuinely I think we were only going to see Sugrue get better. I think there was plenty of mistakes on his part but the end result was two promotions. He was relatively new in the job so has a lot of learning to do, but surely would have kept improving. But for the good of Laois Football we should try persuade him to have a rethink. He is the outstanding candidate.
If Sugrue were not to return my choice would be to go with his back room that is a Cotter/Kearns joint management. They are young and hungry. They are both Laois men and what the best for the county, I realize there will be mistakes and all may not go well. But the promotion of Laois based coaches should be top of the agenda in the County Board. This merry go ground of what are largely journey men coming and going has never served us well. I don't see Kilkenny, Kerry or Dublin going outside of the county. It is a real bug bear of mine why we have continually promoted those outside of the county above our own.