Former Cork star and mentor Diarmuid O'Sullivan says hurlers should not be forced to move home championship games from Páirc Uí Chaoimh
O’Sullivan, who was part of the management team, is a strong advocate of other sports and events taking place at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, but he hopes the temporary removal of county teams to accommodate concerts does not become a bad habit. And he certainly feels any future arrangements should come with a proviso that Cork would not be forced to cede home advantage again.
“Travelling to Thurles was a bit different obviously, the crowd wasn’t there. It is definitely a motivating factor, you want to win your home games, you want to have your games at home and I think we did fall foul of that over the course of the year.” Cork’s championship ambitions came to an end at the All-Ireland quarter-final stages, losing to Galway by a single point. It was a frustrating year for the Rebels, as their form fluctuated over the course of the season.
“Twenty-one out of 58 opportunities. Unfortunately, that’s not good enough,” stated O’Sullivan. “It’s no slight on the guys who took to the field on the day. There are plenty of other sports teams who have gone out throughout the years and not converted their chances and have suffered the price for it, similar to us this year. But it was no fault of their efforts on the day.”
“Would we change it? Unfortunately, you can’t change it, there’s no changing it. You could ask the same question about Alan Cadogan, should we have started Alan Cadogan? He came into the game and did really well, other guys we introduced into the game did really well, so I don’t think you just have to pick it as one individual and Patrick.
Pat Ryan has taken the reins in Cork and one of his first tasks will be to assemble a plan for the national league. The current league structure has created a generally lacklustre competition and O’Sullivan questions the benefit Cork got from getting to the final of it this season.
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