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Post by Corner Back on Oct 20, 2016 15:39:52 GMT
Kerry manager Eamonn Fitzmaurice has confirmed that Diarmuid Murphy has stepped down as a Selector with the Kerry Senior Football team.
The Dingle native, made 41 senior championship appearances with Kerry despite not making his championship debut until 2004 against Clare having served in the shadows of Declan O’Keeffe for many years. A Kerry Minor in 1992, he is the holder of 2 All Ireland Under 21 medals, 1995 when he captained the side, and 1996. His period as custodian of the Kerry net coincided with one of the most successful eras for Kerry football and he has 4 All Ireland titles, 3 NFL titles and 3 All Stars to show for his endeavours. He retired from playing in 2009 having picked up a 3rd All Star and in 2011 he joined Jack O’Connor’s backroom team as a selector, a position he retained when Eamonn Fitzmaurice came on board in 2013.
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Post by Corner Back on Oct 20, 2016 15:42:30 GMT
A gentleman that has given many years of service to Kerry. Some in the limelight, other years in the background as either understudy to Declan O'Keeffe or as a selector.
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Post by Jigz84 on Oct 20, 2016 15:59:38 GMT
Probably too much of a gentleman for the job and I'd say things weren't too rosy in the garden if the antics on the line in Sept 2015 are anything to go by.
I didn't like Billy O'Shea's criticism of him today.
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Post by fitz on Oct 20, 2016 19:20:46 GMT
Probably too much of a gentleman for the job and I'd say things weren't too rosy in the garden if the antics on the line in Sept 2015 are anything to go by. I didn't like Billy O'Shea's criticism of him today. Where that Jig?
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Post by fitz on Oct 20, 2016 19:26:28 GMT
It's not as if we have everything nailed down in the goalkeeping department either. Serious keeper Diarmuid. If he hadn't point blank bomb blocked from Goulding in 09 second half well, it could have been a different outcome.
If the 2015 incident was symbolic of a major friction between himself and Fitz, likely he wouldn't have committed for 2016.
Maybe he's just had enough, re:time commitment etc..
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Post by Attacking Wing Back on Oct 20, 2016 20:14:12 GMT
Hes been at it a long time now with 5 years as a selector and all the playing time before that. No offense intended but, it might be no harm as we have no kickout strategy for ages and both keepers leave a lot to be desired in this regard. Dont know will he be replaced with another Keeper either as a selector.
I wonder who will replace him? I suppose another one of the lads Eamonn played with at some stage maybe?
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Post by misteallaigh abú on Oct 20, 2016 20:51:01 GMT
I wonder if Marc O Sé would step in as a selector? Would certainly be an asset. Will Mikey stay on at this stage? It will be interesting to see how it pans out. Diarmuid certainly has given so much to his county, fair play to him.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2016 22:18:29 GMT
Declan would be an interesting choice imo.
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Post by keane on Oct 21, 2016 7:08:00 GMT
Are any of the players wives or girlfriends available? They must be in a position to make nearly as unbiased decisions as Marc and Declan.
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Post by taggert on Oct 21, 2016 7:12:24 GMT
Great call Keane....
Jesus wept, in any walk of life, people need to earn their stripes. We saw what happened Darragh with the u21s.
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Post by Jigz84 on Oct 21, 2016 7:56:16 GMT
Probably too much of a gentleman for the job and I'd say things weren't too rosy in the garden if the antics on the line in Sept 2015 are anything to go by. I didn't like Billy O'Shea's criticism of him today. Where that Jig? On the radio, more or less said why was Pat O'Shea able to go out and find a keeper like Shane Murphy and Diarmuid Murphy couldn't for Kerry.
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Post by Ballyfireside on Oct 21, 2016 8:19:17 GMT
We are way of the mark here, Kerry has enough talent to manage 10 teams but the issue is assembling a team that collectively tick all the boxes, bearing in mind that knowing the boxes is an issue in itself. Ah maybe I'm being a bit scientific here and maybe it is more an art but we need to make sure there aren't any gaps.
The acid test is, did we lose games because of management slip ups, I think we won more than we lost with the '14 final being Éamonn's most major achievement along with delivering on the accelerated 'transition.' Maybe we need to look at decisions late on in games, well they need to, maybe - I wouldn't want to be talking above my station and while I don't think much notice is taking of what is said on here one still wouldn't want to be saying the wrong thing. Management have enough to contend with.
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Post by Ballyfireside on Oct 21, 2016 8:21:24 GMT
We are way of the mark here, Kerry has enough talent to manage 10 teams but the issue is assembling a team that collectively tick all the boxes, bearing in mind that knowing the boxes is an issue in itself. Ah maybe I'm being a bit scientific here and maybe it is more an art but we need to make sure there aren't any gaps.
The acid test is, did we lose games because of management slip ups, I think we won more than we lost with the '14 final being Éamonn's most major achievement along with delivering on the accelerated 'transition.' Maybe we need to look at decisions late on in games, well they need to, maybe - I wouldn't want to be talking above my station and while I don't think much notice is taking of what is said on here one still wouldn't want to be saying the wrong thing. Management have enough to contend with.
I notice Seamus Moynihan and Maurice Fitz are mentioned, the finest of players of pedigree vocation, would the collective be ballsie enough?
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Post by buck02 on Oct 21, 2016 8:29:56 GMT
On the radio, more or less said why was Pat O'Shea able to go out and find a keeper like Shane Murphy and Diarmuid Murphy couldn't for Kerry. I wouldn't pay much heed to what Billy says. He makes Eamon Dunphy look like a genius. Murphy has given massive service to the county. I doubt the incident in the 2015 final had any bearing whatsoever in this decision.
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Post by kerrygold on Oct 21, 2016 8:44:19 GMT
Would be surprised to see Maurice going on board. Declan will must likely come up through the ranks with Jack.
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Post by fitz on Oct 21, 2016 15:40:59 GMT
Eamonn needs to venture no further than this forum to find the minds he really needs by his side for 2017, the type of guys who can deliver the truth when needed
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Post by glengael on Oct 23, 2016 10:57:15 GMT
As far as I know, every year that he was first choice for Kerry, Diarmuid Murphy played in an All Ireland Final. 6 of them in a row winning 4 of them.
Surprised nobody mentioned that save from David Kelly in Tralee. My entire life flashed before my eyes in the moments before that kick.
With his years as a selector added on, Diarmuid has given years of service to Kerry and for that he deserves gratitude.
I expect any new appointment might be out 'left field' as they say in the trendy papers. Watch this space.
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Post by Mickmack on Oct 23, 2016 13:01:09 GMT
As far as I know, every year that he was first choice for Kerry, Diarmuid Murphy played in an All Ireland Final. 6 of them in a row winning 4 of them. Surprised nobody mentioned that save from David Kelly in Tralee. My entire life flashed before my eyes in the moments before that kick.
With his years as a selector added on, Diarmuid has given years of service to Kerry and for that he deserves gratitude. I expect any new appointment might be out 'left field' as they say in the trendy papers. Watch this space. Full game here. Diarmaid was a great keeper. He gave great service to Kerry.
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Post by abù on Oct 23, 2016 18:15:35 GMT
Donie Buckley.. Or has he committed to Mayo for next year? While Declan and Marc have been mentioned, Seamus Moynihan crossed my mind. Did he venture into the coaching scene at any level since retirement?
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Post by givehimaball on Oct 23, 2016 19:22:59 GMT
Donie Buckley.. Or has he committed to Mayo for next year? While Declan and Marc have been mentioned, Seamus Moynihan crossed my mind. Did he venture into the coaching scene at any level since retirement?Seamus was in charge of the East Kerry minor team that won the minor title earlier today. Sean O'Sullivan was in charge of Mid Kerry who they beat. Fair few of the Kerry lads involved at different levels.
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Post by kerrybhoy06 on Oct 23, 2016 19:35:25 GMT
Donie Buckley.. Or has he committed to Mayo for next year? While Declan and Marc have been mentioned, Seamus Moynihan crossed my mind. Did he venture into the coaching scene at any level since retirement?Seamus was in charge of the East Kerry minor team that won the minor title earlier today. Sean O'Sullivan was in charge of Mid Kerry who they beat. Fair few of the Kerry lads involved at different levels. In fairness a cat with no legs would have won the championship with that EK team- maybe give him a bit more time before we judge him as this one season is nowhere near enough. He may be a good coach but the sample size is too small and extremely biased
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Post by fivenarow on Oct 23, 2016 20:26:41 GMT
Seamus was in charge of the East Kerry minor team that won the minor title earlier today. Sean O'Sullivan was in charge of Mid Kerry who they beat. Fair few of the Kerry lads involved at different levels. In fairness a cat with no legs would have won the championship with that EK team- maybe give him a bit more time before we judge him as this one season is nowhere near enough. He may be a good coach but the sample size is too small and extremely biased It was just a matter of that east Kerry team showing up & playing the games - I doubt they needed much steering. People forget that he was involved with Dara in the u21 setup last year & that didn't end well. I think Seamus has a lot of quality advice to give if he has the right team so maybe replacing Diarmuid may be the right move as he would be dealing with quality who understand his way of thinking.
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Post by Jigz84 on Oct 24, 2016 10:32:37 GMT
On the radio, more or less said why was Pat O'Shea able to go out and find a keeper like Shane Murphy and Diarmuid Murphy couldn't for Kerry. I wouldn't pay much heed to what Billy says. He makes Eamon Dunphy look like a genius. Murphy has given massive service to the county. I doubt the incident in the 2015 final had any bearing whatsoever in this decision. Maybe not but the awful decision to take off his club mate v the Dubs didn't help I'd say.
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Post by kerrygold on Oct 24, 2016 18:12:43 GMT
Diarmuid would have gone last year if they was any residue from the 2015 final. Just taking a well earned break from the treadmill I'd imagine.
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Post by brigid on Oct 24, 2016 18:13:14 GMT
Donie Buckley.. Or has he committed to Mayo for next year? While Declan and Marc have been mentioned, Seamus Moynihan crossed my mind. Did he venture into the coaching scene at any level since retirement? I wouldn't be surprised if Donie Buckley was not being retained by Mayo. Did you see that Donie was No 3 for the Mayo management team with McEntee in 2nd place. Perhaps he might go to Dublin!!! When I saw how O'Brien, Kerry minor centre back, dealt with those high balls coming into the Kerry square in the game V Kildare I thought it was quite brilliant. I said this to a Dub friend and he just looked at the program and saw that O'Brien was from Glenflesk he said, little wonder as that is Seamus Moynihan country. Seamus would be a great addition to any management team. Paul Galvin failed to get any of the present Kerry team to get breaking ball like he could. Marc O'Shea could also show some of the Kerry panel (include forwards) on how to tackle without fouling and especially around midfield, to prevent quality ball going into the Kerry full back line.
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Post by givehimaball on Oct 25, 2016 13:50:59 GMT
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