The county board that took almost 100 days to appoint a manager last year now must find one with only a month until their Ulster Championship opener against Down.
A SPECIAL MEETING of Donegal GAA had been scheduled to take place tonight with one item on the agenda: focusing on the void left by Karl Lacey’s departure as head of the county academy.With their underage players without coaches after they walked out en masse in support of Lacey, the county’s senior footballers are now, separately, also without a permanent coaching structure.
CLG Dhún na nGall thank Paddy Carr for his commitment as Senior Team manager and wish him well in the future. Aidan O’Rourke and Paddy Bradley will take charge of the squad for Sunday’s Allianz League fixture with Roscommon in Hyde Park. pic.twitter.com/QjvhttqpAYIt was a bitter twist for all parties that Carr’s 149-day reign was just 50% longer than the time it took to make that appointment.Last year, Donegal had four All-Stars remaining from their golden days of the past decade.
Their 1-64 total is the lowest across all four divisions with the sole exception of Waterford, averaging a shade under 11 scores a game. The team that has contested 10 of the last 12 Ulster finals and 10 of the last 12 Division 1 campaigns won’t settle for less than a fighting chance of reaching their own standards while other counties overtake them.Jim McGuinness was the man who guided Donegal through its greatest successes and his shadow looms over every appointment process.
Carr and O’Rourke, who had been nominated separately for the top job, were combined into the winning ticket.
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