Yes, he was the Minor coach in 2016. Funny that he likes to mention this quite a lot in the media, while at the same time neglecting to mention his part in the decision to use a sweeper with the wind against Tipperary in the Munster Final, without any real practice using one, refusing to alter it when it clearly wasn’t working. Yeah he leaves that episode out.
As I said, Daly is a nice man and a good guy but he should give the drum he’s beating in the media about the Limerick Academy a break for a while. He was there a wet week in the grand scheme of things and in general his term is viewed as a disaster and a bit of a running joke in that set up
Now there you go, there’s a revolutionary idea that ye can implement which costs no money. All underage teams organised and ran by a focused group of people, not the Senior Board or Bord na nÓg who have plenty of other things to be running. Ye can even call it an Academy if ye like. And you don’t need any JP to do that.
You’re suggesting that Gerry and Joe had to go through the county convention floor to set up the academy? That it had nothing to do with JP’s largesse?
Stop now with the fantasy
That is exactly what happened. Control of the underage teams was handed over to a ‘steering committee’ attached to the county board and was headed up by Joe McKenna. circa 2009/2010. It was not a peaceful transition of power and there are still little politics that continue to be played out all of the time between the Academy, Bord na nÓg and the County Board, but in general it works well for everyone.
The setting up of the Academy cost nothing. As I said, most of what Limerick are doing right which is having the biggest impact is costing very very little.
The fact it was headed by Joe and backed by JP might have swung a few votes?
If there was a similar backer here delegates would think about going against the top table but they won’t in the absence of one.
You’re completely over egging the JP angle regarding the Academy. Obviously Joe was a driving force along with a few others and JP has always been a financial supporter but that is not how the Academy came into being.
In fact, the JP angle is vastly over egged anyway. Limerick Gaa raised 50k this year on a Golf Classic, another 75k raffling a car, broke their holes during Covid to push both. 125k raised themselves. There’s no blank cheque and never has been. He is a superb man and generous sponsor yes, but he’s not a fool!
Whether it’s right or wrong without Jp mcmanus handouts limerick hurlers would be struggling to beat Offaly. Infairness though All the other major counties get huge funding one way or the other but it obviously isn’t easy for some counties.
