The Official Cavan GAA Discussion thread.

So which post are we going with - the first where you pointed to Castlerahan having a decent enough league like the league was a barometer or the second where you wouldn’t put much stock on Mullahoran’s league form?
You can’t have it both ways.

In my own opinion, I don’t read into the league much but I also wouldn’t read much into a first round game that means sweet fook all in the grand scheme of things where Ramor never really got out of second gear.

Tldr: calm down lad. Don’t get ahead of yourself.

Reading in Celt, the County Chairman is happy with the process that elected Dermot McCabe. He had 2 candidates and 1 pulled out the evening before the "interview". The winner had no backroom team to present. There was no head hunting. Cavan GAA has a big turnover and should be run as a business - professionally and with the best interest of the county setup at heart. As far as I can see the Chairman is running it like a circus and if it were my business he'd be collecting his P45 if he hired one of the most important roles in the county in that fashion. Such incompetence, on open display is hard to contemplate.

I don’t know why yas are wasting time and energy on this lads. From the moment he put his hand up, he had the job. As for players approaching him, that could have just been the Gowna lads for all we know.

It is what it is now. Job is filled. At least he controls the purse strings, like everything else in there, so he might manage to get them to spend a few euros on actual football related items.

I’m hearing backroom team will be Fintan Reilly and McCabe’s brother. You could t write it.

Yes he's in now. But that's twice in succession that the CB have forgone proper recruitment protocols. Another optical exercise for the clubs while the real business got done in a carpark months ago . It begs serious questions about governance and how things are run in Breffni park. People complain about underage success and development squads while this is taking place right under their noses.

Did they even look outside the County? Antrim who are in division 4 have various names from outside the county linked. Mark Doran who was coach with Derry and Down is one. Colin Kelly who is over kingscourt is another.

Not that they should throw money at a journey man manager, but at least see what options there was.

If it's as bad as that then the responsibility lies with the clubs of Cavan to grow some balls and put more progressive and sensible people in charge. Doing nothing makes clubs implicit in this farce. I assume there will be a county board meeting to rarity the appointment, wouldn't that be an opportunity for clubs to attack the process rather than the man being proposed?

Val Andrews was decent in his first spell. Eamon Coleman was doing ok before the illness.

McGleenan never applied for the Cavan job and seemed to be in shock that he was in the job anytime he was interviewed.

It's not at all like complaining about referees. It's about the running of an organisation in which 1000's of hours are volunteered each month. If the clubs are unwilling to challenge another farcical appointment process for the manager of our premier team then maybe we should collectively lower our aspirations. And stop being disappointed when we're not spoken about with the same fear and admiration as other Ulster counties.

Fair on Coleman alright. He had a very good squad, was such a pity he never got a right crack at leading the team. He could have done well with what he had. Overall though, outside managers don't seem to work well. Coleman fairly well knew the landscape too. So if it has to be from outside, best if someone knows inside the county at least

Where was I crying? I was the one telling others why clubs won’t raise their heads and why there is a lack of understanding about it on here.

I must have missed where you even grew the balls to say who your club were?
Can you confirm you have mandated your own club to challenge this?

I await the eerie silence or political avoidance of the question asked.

Ah it's a select list to be fair. McGee and O'Mahony are still the only outside managers to win an All Ireland. Yes, we've provincial examples, but we've many many more that didn't work either. Of all the ones we had, just McHugh won an Ulster

I certainly know plenty about the host of outside managers Mullahoran have had. McNulty delivered the SFC in 06 alright, but we've paid a lot of money out (that at times couldn't be afforded) to high profile guys and got little out of it. We've won 4 Championships since 98. Of the managers 2 men from inside the club, 1 from Cavan, and McNulty. Many couldn't get us over the line with a very strong team in the 00s in particular

Who is in contention for the u20 job? Mark McHugh possibly will be part of the senior backroom team. He is hard enough to listen too but seems to be a decent coach. Was with roscommon for a year before westmeath.

Heard he would part of cavan set up but maybe not. He was coaching moycullen in Galway last year, while coaching roscommon. Enjoys the gravy train.

Killeshandra, was never a secret.

You've repeatedly said the county board have too much power to do anything about it, sounds to me like a lad who has given up, conceded defeat and is satisfied to bemoan the state of affairs on boards.ie while you are one of the people who could actually do something about it.