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fromIndependent
2 days ago

Martin Breheny: Bosses in strong counties get all the credit, but are they better than the rest? It's players who make them

All-Ireland-winning GAA managers are widely assumed to be exceptionally skilled in assembling staff, evaluating players, devising tactics, and handling in-game challenges.
fromIndependent
4 months ago

Ranking the greats, part one: The top 30 football and hurling managers of the last 50 years (numbers 30 to 26

Martin Breheny begins his countdown of the best men in charge since the modern age of the county boss began back in the 1970s. They didn't enter the GAA lexicon until the mid-seventies, they aren't mentioned in the rule-book and, unlike players, they don't have their own union. They wear gaudy bibs, emblazoned with 'Bainisteoir', surround themselves with multiple assistants, say they never criticise referees before proceeding to lambast them and keep their players well clear of the media.
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