Speaking to the Irish Examiner, Maher related his belief that GAA could take lessons from cricket. A professional sport, players still enjoy a laugh at training, something the Borris-Ileigh clubman feels is nearly taboo at GAA training.
His temporary teammates were also amazed at the commitment of GAA players. The aspect which most astonished them was abstention from the consumption of alcohol.
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I said, ‘there’s no way we’d do this in the GAA. If you even had a beer two or three months before a game you’d nearly be lambasted for it’.
They were like, ‘what?!’ They were saying, ‘would you really not take a drink after games?’ I said, ‘only after Championship games maybe or something like that’. I was telling them that’s the norm back home and they couldn’t believe the dedication that’s given and how much we train. I was going through my typical week and they were saying, ‘you train that much!
The thing with drinking bans is that teams generally have a match or training on Sundays so it’s fair enough that you shouldn’t drink the night before a match or training. A few pints on a Friday night or lads in college going out during the week shouldn’t be banned though
Funnily enough his own club are the very definition of a superclub. Albeit in football only as they let hurling fall to shite in the place. I heard a story recently about them having close to 100 kids lined out for nursery hurling one morning, and only 3 coaches there to handle them.
The Portlaoise hurling lads wouldn’t be the worst. The footballers are generally a shower of cunts. Ergo, Cahir is half alright, and verging more on the 65% alright given his preference to hurling. Portlaoise GAA will be keeping their heads down anyway of late I’d imagine.
