Joint-management teams have a chequered history in the GAA, particularly at the very top level
A leadership group of experienced players was summoned to a 5.15pm meeting and informed that the three-time All-Ireland winning Tyrone manager, fresh off an incident-littered season with Derry,
“Everyone is going to be dying to be in there, to just be around greatness as such,” predicted the Offaly forward. “Without him doing anything, just by being appointed, I think it’s going to add a lot to the Offaly senior footballers next year.” Harte could also point to his native Tyrone’s most recent All-Ireland win in 2021 when Brian Dooher and Feargal Logan were both in charge, though six wins from 15 championship games in the meantime has taken some of the gloss off that partnership.
Another neighbour, Leitrim, opted for joint managers in 2012 and 2013 when George Dugdale and Barney Breen, part of the county’s landmark 1994 Connacht title success, co-managed the senior footballers. The summer of 2013 began with a big Connacht championship win over New York but dropping four players for disciplinary reasons ahead of their provincial semi-final loss to London was a bleak period. They were heavily defeated by Armagh in a subsequent qualifier, their last match in charge.
“It ultimately boils down to the two individuals, that they’re both working in the same direction and both have the same level of honesty with each other and that there’s no behind the scenes agendas,” said Dugdale. “Once that transparency and openness and honesty is there, then it can work by all means.
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