Quote from: under the bar on September 15, 2019, 02:49:17 PMQuote from: BarryBreensBandage on September 15, 2019, 12:04:38 PMQuote from: under the bar on September 15, 2019, 12:55:13 AMQuote from: BarryBreensBandage on September 15, 2019, 12:28:05 AM
Yeah I think he is up there with the greats.
His job is like no other in gaelic management, past or present, if you take into account the money, players at his disposal, keeping near professional players happy, keeping the production line going (latest example, Murchan), and what is expected from the largest county population in the country.
Looking at the scenes after the match, there was a gra there between him and the players that would suggest great respect between the two.
For me, it is all about the manager in any team. A bit like an intellectual teacher with a class full of pupils, you could have the best manager in the country looking after a team of good players, but if the team don't get or buy in to what the manager and his team are trying to do, and both will gain nothing out of it.
I don't think anyone will ever hear the goings-on, fall-outs etc. that have happened in that Dublin team over the past few years, which were bound to have happened.
And by looking at the likes of Bernard Brogan celebrating as much as the next man tonight, it doesn't seem to affect the squad either - they have got their 5 in a row.
And that has to be down to Gavin and his management team.
I would be interested to hear the esteem that BrokenCrossbar and the Crossmaglen lads hold Joe Kernan in, because they were exactly the same in being serial winners.
Exactly the opposite more like. Cross won their AIs in the face of adversity. Gavin won his with the benefit of financial support most professional teams never see.
Gavin might be a good manager but there's little doubt Mickey Harte or Joe Kernan could easily have equalled or even bettered his record given the chance. Not sure Gavin would have won 3 X AIs with Tyrone tho!
Alright, i will put it another way, would that particular Dublin team win five in a row with someone else managing them?
Of course
Fair Enough