What sort of mad man are you Smurfy, maybe you are that mad man himself? We have all seen the antics of Poucher along the line for years now and you think that this is an acceptable way for a manager who is also a school teacher should behave? And you think that he should be in charge of St Colmans or Abbey or any other school for that matter, do you think that they would accept his behaviour along the line? His latest rant in the Gaelic Life is a total contradiction to his whole approach to football whether that be at club or school level. The first three things he mentions are
1. Be Supportive of the Children. Don't pressurise them into playing and support the decisions they make both on the field and off the field.
2. Give positive praise. Know when to show praise and when to keep quiet, and don't forget to praise other players on the team and also the opposition, show appreciation of good play.
and this one is the biggest joke
3. Be Calm and Composed. If your child gets tackled aggressively or is involved in something contentious, let the referee deal with it and keep control of your emotions.
Maybe we should put him in with the U.21's after the way they performed this year, ah shit that is right he has already been there with Neil Collins when I don't think they won a game in 3 years (Antrim doesn't count). Maybe he should be put in the development squads, ah shit he is in charge of the U.17's and he is what NP76 thinks of him and his approach
I was at the u 17 Dev squad game on sat it was an awful windy day and was really a tale of 2 halves. Down were leading 3-03 to 0-02 at Ht I think to end up getting beat by 2. If we are serious about developing lads I really fail to see how as per usual with Poucher he played 14 men behind the ball and invited a team on to him which they truly obliged. It was terrible to watch and I really felt for the lad left up on his own. If we think that this is development of young lads I despair how will these lads know any creative flair to win games in later life.
You mentioned many coaches in your first post on this topic and Poucher wouldn't lace their boots as a coach. You also fail to mention or are prepared to ignore the fact that the schools can only do so much and why do you think that the likes of Maghera are so strong, it is because of the work being done in the South Derry clubs like Glen, Slaughneil, Lavey etc. Apart from Burren, there is little evidence of any worthwhile coaching being done among clubs for the schools to pick from. You also seem to gloss over the fact that the recent winners of the (so easily won) MacRory Cup have no other schools in direct competition, Maghera, Cavan and Enniskillen. In the Newry area you have St Colmans, Abbey, St Marks, St Joseph's and now St Paul's who are all drawing from basically the same pool of players. Many of the other schools in Ulster Colleges have a 20/30 mile radius of clubs to draw from and could you imagine the team put together if all these schools were able to put 1 team together? You probably know this as you know everything else but now in Cavan and Monaghan schools it is the county coaches who train the teams, supported by the school coaches so is it any wonder many of these schools are doing so well compared to schools in the Newry area. There are many men giving up their time and doing a good job training teams before, during and after school and to say The secondary schools in Down need to take a hard long look at themselves regarding GAA being done in schools is bullshit.
Just wondering as well what is your fascination with Caolan Mooney and the fact that you only joined this board when he came back from Australia? Half of your posts contain his name, thats an unhealthy obsession
1. Be Supportive of the Children. Don't pressurise them into playing and support the decisions they make both on the field and off the field.
2. Give positive praise. Know when to show praise and when to keep quiet, and don't forget to praise other players on the team and also the opposition, show appreciation of good play.
and this one is the biggest joke
3. Be Calm and Composed. If your child gets tackled aggressively or is involved in something contentious, let the referee deal with it and keep control of your emotions.
Maybe we should put him in with the U.21's after the way they performed this year, ah shit that is right he has already been there with Neil Collins when I don't think they won a game in 3 years (Antrim doesn't count). Maybe he should be put in the development squads, ah shit he is in charge of the U.17's and he is what NP76 thinks of him and his approach
I was at the u 17 Dev squad game on sat it was an awful windy day and was really a tale of 2 halves. Down were leading 3-03 to 0-02 at Ht I think to end up getting beat by 2. If we are serious about developing lads I really fail to see how as per usual with Poucher he played 14 men behind the ball and invited a team on to him which they truly obliged. It was terrible to watch and I really felt for the lad left up on his own. If we think that this is development of young lads I despair how will these lads know any creative flair to win games in later life.
You mentioned many coaches in your first post on this topic and Poucher wouldn't lace their boots as a coach. You also fail to mention or are prepared to ignore the fact that the schools can only do so much and why do you think that the likes of Maghera are so strong, it is because of the work being done in the South Derry clubs like Glen, Slaughneil, Lavey etc. Apart from Burren, there is little evidence of any worthwhile coaching being done among clubs for the schools to pick from. You also seem to gloss over the fact that the recent winners of the (so easily won) MacRory Cup have no other schools in direct competition, Maghera, Cavan and Enniskillen. In the Newry area you have St Colmans, Abbey, St Marks, St Joseph's and now St Paul's who are all drawing from basically the same pool of players. Many of the other schools in Ulster Colleges have a 20/30 mile radius of clubs to draw from and could you imagine the team put together if all these schools were able to put 1 team together? You probably know this as you know everything else but now in Cavan and Monaghan schools it is the county coaches who train the teams, supported by the school coaches so is it any wonder many of these schools are doing so well compared to schools in the Newry area. There are many men giving up their time and doing a good job training teams before, during and after school and to say The secondary schools in Down need to take a hard long look at themselves regarding GAA being done in schools is bullshit.
Just wondering as well what is your fascination with Caolan Mooney and the fact that you only joined this board when he came back from Australia? Half of your posts contain his name, thats an unhealthy obsession