Shocked at the announcement of his retirement and you’re 100% right on this. The Gallagher and Bonner tenures were dire and failed to get the most out of Murphy, McBrearty and McHugh.
There’s still a good squad of players so it’ll be interesting to see how they step up to fill this massive void.
The new management team doesn’t look any better, it looks worse. It looks like a club management ticket to be honest. If Donegal had got Malachy O’Rourke, Murphy surely wouldn’t be retiring.