Brendan Devenney giving the Tyrone Co Board both barrels
tyrone co boards response is a joke…
theres crap that goes on in every county, we just have to put up with it people say…well for me, not this time.the shit that young mick o carroll had to endure sickend me sunday and everyday since.mick grew up like me and like most young lads in our dads shadow,the strong man you look up to.francie o carroll rip represented gweedore and donegal with distinction.the shit that was thrown at his son needs to be addressed, not by naming the young lads involved but by the senior people around them getting to the bottom of their misguided actions and by addressing them. we all did stupid stuff when we were young, so they must get a pass, as long as they learn from this.there however is no pass for the actions of the tyrone co board and comments of senior tyrone men that have wrongly spoken on the subject.
in response to their comments and tyrone co boards statement i want to just put this issue to bed, the tyrone player has denied sayin it(and for the record there was two of them at it)…so what happend the captain of donegal minors who ended up in floods of tears and was distraught after a game his team had just won by 6pts made this up?? Declan bonner is a highly respected manager who has done everything in the game and given his life to the gaa, he came out in the paper in his own column and stated that he considerd walking away from the game after what went on…so what? this was done on a hunch, a maybe?? the column was written 3 days after the incident… so …let there be no question mark over what went on
the very least the tyrone statement should have read was that they are making enquires, and will take care of it in house with the group to sort this out and we apologise to the player in question for any hurt that was caused.sort it, move on…the lad deserved that as did all the good gaa people in tyrone.
i have been told that there was contact between the two co boards and when donegal co board sent through their version of the event that the tyrone co board e maild back and said sorry your 20min to late a statement is gone out regarding the issue already.
so here we are, our game was taken to an all time low for me and no one is standing up and doing the right thing, i pleaded with one of the minor managers in tyrone by txt yday to do the right thing…this has no place in sport, has nothing to do with the great competitive sportsmanship of the gaa that we all love, it has nothing to do with all the great people in tyrone and donegal that play and go to games
this has to do with morals and respect
