After a disastrous championship run and high-profile managerial exits, Derry finds itself one of only three counties without an inter-county football manager. The article explores the reasons behind potential candidates' reluctance to take the Derry job, highlighting the rapid turnover of managers and questions surrounding the county board's handling of previous appointments.
Anyone considering taking the Derry job will have looked very closely at the entirety of events of the past 15 months.
Derry’s failure to land O’Rourke twice will have any top manager asking serious questions about what went on there and how they conducted their business. Once the players were exposed to the level of coaching and tactical detail which Gallagher brought to the table, and with the success the group enjoyed, it was always going to be a tough gig for the next man in.Some will say Derry hit the wall this year by going too hard, too early. Or that a sorry injury list was their undoing - it certainly exposed the fallacy that they had suddenly developed a deep squad in the space of five months.
If the players were divided on the subject of Gallagher returning - and the same with the County Board - a top coach will find out about it and it will be a very quick, ‘thanks, but no thanks.’There are other factors too. For all Derry have got right at underage level, winning three of the last five All-Ireland minor titles, there is no well of high end coaches ready to step into the senior job in the county.
They also have the shrewdness to come up with individual tactics to defeat a specific opponent on a particular day, and ultimately to outwit the finest minds in the game.
GAA Derry Football Managerial Vacancy Rory Gallagher Malachy O’Rourke
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