Cork GAA Discussion Thread

He was the man in charge. Up to him to have the team ready for battle. They was no battle in the second half by that Cork team. He was partly responsible for that and his tactics in two All Irelands now have been very poor. The manager is very important in how a team performs on the day.

honestly not been smart.iv watched this cork team grow over the last 5 years or so.

They had been the only team good enough to serve it up to limerick when in there pomp.may be They should manage themselves.by all accounts pat Ryan is true cork hurling man and very well respected and I think his been landed under the bus with no choice but to leave.

Tactics are tactics but this cork team in my opinion never trusted the process never owned defeat.no manager Can breed that into a team it has to be led by the group end of. Pat Ryan will be missed and in years to come cork hurling gaa people will realise this.This team should be on the verge off 3 in a row.

Didn't get ye all the way but before he came in no one seemed to think Cork were going anywhere and won 2 trophies that looked unlikely only a few years ago when ye couldn't even get out of Munster.

His Cork have also been the making of the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh which seemed to be surrounded by nothing but negativity until that night Limerick were beaten down there. The later All Ireland semi was one of the most (if not the most) electric atmospheres I ever witnessed despite the result not going my way.

i feel sorry for pat , most hurling people will say unforgivingly that is the right thing to do , but he picked up cork off the ground after an ill fated championship a few years ago and probably had cork playing the best hurling in the country , i personally would have prefered to see him stay on because ye are not far away but its serious boots to fill now for whoever takes over

without a doubt the most likable man in gaa , i hope he enjoys the break away form the game

Agreed on that. Tactics or no tactics, to give a display like the Cork players did in that 2nd half was unacceptable. I find it hard to believe it’s a management thing because it’s more mental (I suppose there’s a couple of % of management in that).

Pat Ryan taking more than a slim blame wouldn’t be fair on it.

Donal og ?.

Maybe the board were upset that the sports psychologist was off in Australia which in hindsight looks terrible seeing as the final was lost seemingly due to a mental breakdown.

Haven't seen that interview, but, it's actually worse if there was no argument and they went out and performed like that, at least if there was any semblance of truth to the rumours it would go some way to explaining the second half performance.