The former Down star is in charge of Queen's University Belfast for the upcoming Sigerson Cup.
Former Down star Conor Deegan has suggested that the new ‘three up’ rule may be the most difficult for players to adjust to.
Deegan explained: “The one we found probably most difficult was keeping three up, for the very simple reason that players are now preconditioned to track back – you are sort of standing at the halfway line shouting at them not to go back over the halfway line and they were still doing it. It will take a while for it to bed in and that’s why they will be running countless games among themselves to get up to speed.
“A corner-back comes out with the ball, he charges up the pitch, what do you do? Do you just stop running after him? Yep, that’s what you have to do, you have to actually stop, so it is a seismic shift in how you think and you have to be exceptionally smart and sharp about how you are going to do this.
“From what we saw, moving the ball quicker, absolutely, through the boot, 100%. But the work that you have to do off the ball is absolutely huge because if you kick the ball and you're trying to give support runs, you know, you're kicking it 40 or 50 metres, maybe more, if you're trying to make that yardage up, how often can you do that over the course of a game? It's going to be very, very physically demanding on players. That's the slight concern.
Down GAA Sigerson Cup Jim Gavin
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