The Gaelic Football Thread

[Jukka]

I think that's perfectly reasonable to be honest. This GAA culture of supposed part time coaches travelling across the country 3 times a week is fucking ridiculous.

 

[junior footballer]

I think that's perfectly reasonable to be honest. This GAA culture of supposed part time coaches travelling across the country 3 times a week is fucking ridiculous.

There is no other serious county with their main coach acting part time and missing the majority of the sessions, no wonder the team hasn’t developed

 

[Banofie Magpie]

Sure isn’t Walsh also coaching a club in Galway?
What did our Cork gurus expect hiring a fella whose books is titled “The Invisible Game”
Looks like he is good at playing it!! ?

 

[Banofie Magpie]

There was a comment on here saying how well the Irish lads did at the NFL combine. Rory Beggan is one. The comment has been deleted.
I think the lads will be slightly disappointed in their performances. Missing 25-30% of your kicks won’t cut the mustard in the NFL with kickers in the 80-95% range for the season. Hopefully the lads will have impressed enough to show they have lots of potential to get there.

 

[jams]

Clarke in line for shock Down return as a goalkeeper

Down coach Marty Clarke is in line to make his return to the inter-county playing fold 13 years after his last appearance for the Mournemen, with the forward being recreated as a goalkeeper.

www.rte.ie

jesus.. Sweeper keepers - not the future surely.

remember when Counihan decided Noel O'Leary was the man for Marty in an AIF,




and was right?

 

[greengrass]

Jeez, did he retire at 23 or go back to Oz?

 

[dahayeser]

Jeez, did he retire at 23 or go back to Oz?

Went back for another 2 or 3 but didn't make any great impact. He was diagnosed with Addison's Disease and retired form all sport I thought, maybe he was still playing for his club though. Don't know a lot about Addison's but is causes fatigue and I think needs to be managed with medication on going. You'd wonder would he be able for the rigors of county football at 36 with if it was debilitating at 26. Hopefully he has got on top of it.

Interesting to see if it works out, very clever player with great vision and ball skills.

 

[El Guapo]

There was a comment on here saying how well the Irish lads did at the NFL combine. Rory Beggan is one. The comment has been deleted.
I think the lads will be slightly disappointed in their performances. Missing 25-30% of your kicks won’t cut the mustard in the NFL with kickers in the 80-95% range for the season. Hopefully the lads will have impressed enough to show they have lots of potential to get there.

‘Interest in the Irish guys started straight after interviews’ – confidence grows that GAA stars can earn NFL contracts

The opportunity for Irishmen Rory Beggan, Mark Jackson, Charlie Smyth and Darragh Leader to go from relative unknowns to hot topics in NFL circles was what made last week’s Scouting Combine so crucial for their hopes of playing in the league. And based on reports from the Irish camp, their stars...

www.independent.ie

Tadhg Leader sounding bullish. There is an extra roster spot and teams are mandased to have an IPP in their training camp so competence with some versatility could well get them in the door. after that its down to performance

 

[El Guapo]

https://steelersirishkicking.com/ Coaching Clinic in Cork next week. Get yer cleats on lads. The gridiron awaits

 

[Banofie Magpie]

‘Interest in the Irish guys started straight after interviews’ – confidence grows that GAA stars can earn NFL contracts

The opportunity for Irishmen Rory Beggan, Mark Jackson, Charlie Smyth and Darragh Leader to go from relative unknowns to hot topics in NFL circles was what made last week’s Scouting Combine so crucial for their hopes of playing in the league. And based on reports from the Irish camp, their stars...

www.independent.ie

Tadhg Leader sounding bullish. There is an extra roster spot and teams are mandased to have an IPP in their training camp so competence with some versatility could well get them in the door. after that its down to performance

I hope he is right. I’d love to see Rory Beggan in the NFL. But, Leader has to talk it up I guess.. It’s not a spot on the playing roster that’s up for the grabs… it’s a the IPP spot on the training roster (B team) only.
There isn’t even 32 players in the IPP so you’d imagine everyone should get a gig but there is no guarantee that every franchise will fill this new IPP slot in their training squads.
From what I’ve read there is no special slot on the playing roster for IPP. If IPP player is called up to the playing roster then he takes up a normal slot in the 52. The franchise then also loses that extra IPP slot in the training team.