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Why no women senior county football managers

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Tomsmith Cavan here I just wonder why we do not have woman managing senior mens football and hurling teams at inter County level. Was it ever know for a senior County mens team (to be manager by a woman sorry lady) to be managed by a female Mrs T posed the question on the pillow last night after the Sunday game and I did not have an answer for her tomsmith (Cavan) - Posts: 3857 - 25/07/2016 11:35:17 1889598 Link
What an outrage....Lets bring in gender quotas...! yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11230 - 25/07/2016 12:18:28 1889625 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "What an outrage....Lets bring in gender quotas...!" Well if you are going to start bringing in gender quota's it might be a good idea to start with Camogie and Ladies football - shocking the amount of men coaching those two codes. arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4896 - 25/07/2016 14:14:12 1889731 Link
what shocks me is that there is a "Mrs T" s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 25/07/2016 16:22:06 1889849 Link
Replying To s goldrick: "what shocks me is that there is a "Mrs T"" I'm picturing lots of gold chains - a Mohican and a retro Cavan Jersey ruanua (Donegal) - Posts: 4966 - 25/07/2016 16:48:19 1889875 Link
Replying To s goldrick: "what shocks me is that there is a "Mrs T"" Mr Goldrick Tomsmith Cavan Yes indeed the great Mrs T does exist and is indeed a formidable person in her own right from a great GAA family . Very knowledgeable person who poses many different questions concerning football. It makes for some very interesting/veryintellegent conversations. In relation to the question posed about Ladies managing teams now one came up with an answer as to why females do not manage teams Has anyone an answer for my question tomsmith (Cavan) - Posts: 3857 - 26/07/2016 16:32:16 1890502 Link
Replying To tomsmith: "Mr Goldrick Tomsmith Cavan Yes indeed the great Mrs T does exist and is indeed a formidable person in her own right from a great GAA family . Very knowledgeable person who poses many different questions concerning football. It makes for some very interesting/veryintellegent conversations. In relation to the question posed about Ladies managing teams now one came up with an answer as to why females do not manage teams Has anyone an answer for my question" Because women know nothing about Football, whoops, did I say that out loud. Royalace (Meath) - Posts: 121 - 26/07/2016 17:02:11 1890527 Link
Jimmy McGuinness is a man?? liner (Mayo) - Posts: 756 - 26/07/2016 17:10:58 1890539 Link
Cos who will make the sandwiches otherwise? It is a good question though there are male managers in camogie. But I think a female manager would have had to have had a great county career and be a legend otherwise the men would not listen to a word she said. The fact is the GAA is very traditional and slow to change. If they cannot organise the fixture list and championship structure a gaa club/county is hardly going to take the risk of ridicule of appointing a female manager. gormdubhgorm (Dublin) - Posts: 990 - 26/07/2016 17:15:57 1890544 Link
Sure by the time they'd decide if they want to make a switch or not you'd be bate out the gate. mike03 (Limerick) - Posts: 2000 - 26/07/2016 18:15:35 1890577 Link
Replying To gormdubhgorm: "Cos who will make the sandwiches otherwise? It is a good question though there are male managers in camogie. But I think a female manager would have had to have had a great county career and be a legend otherwise the men would not listen to a word she said. The fact is the GAA is very traditional and slow to change. If they cannot organise the fixture list and championship structure a gaa club/county is hardly going to take the risk of ridicule of appointing a female manager." God help the players that wouldn't listen to either of the Wexford camogie lasses - Mags D'Arcy or Ursula Jacob they would be getting a severe crew cut - with a burl. Need more like them. arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4896 - 26/07/2016 18:19:59 1890581 Link
a few simple reasons women havent as much interest in sport. women wouldnt hold the same attention in a male dressing room like a man would in a female dressing room. a lot of traditional values still hold true in that women when retired from sport would be seen as mothers first and foremost and therefore time would be very limited compared to a male. hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 26/07/2016 18:20:56 1890582 Link
Replying To hill16no1man: "a few simple reasons women havent as much interest in sport. women wouldnt hold the same attention in a male dressing room like a man would in a female dressing room. a lot of traditional values still hold true in that women when retired from sport would be seen as mothers first and foremost and therefore time would be very limited compared to a male." Hill 16 is right; it's all Freudian. liner (Mayo) - Posts: 756 - 26/07/2016 22:50:07 1890705 Link
why doesn't the great Mrs T manage a team ? surely if a woman can run a country she can manage a team ? s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 26/07/2016 23:23:02 1890720 Link
Replying To s goldrick: "why doesn't the great Mrs T manage a team ? surely if a woman can run a country she can manage a team ?" Mr Goldrick de In Cavan as you would know most Chapels have a womans side and the men in the other side. That is the way where the great Mrs T was born bred and reared.As she is from that background she feels that to mix it with men would not be right. Hence she choose me as a Husband and she is a house wife tomsmith (Cavan) - Posts: 3857 - 27/07/2016 01:25:09 1890746 Link
Think about the game as a whole. How many club managers are women. Or Referees for that matter. Until women are prominent in these roles they wont make the step up to Inter county. The club I play with has a player manager for the second team so one of the supporters (a women that attends every club match she can) steps in each match and calls the shots during the game. Doesn't do much team talks though. dstuction (Donegal) - Posts: 1209 - 27/07/2016 08:27:53 1890759 Link
Replying To Royalace: "Because women know nothing about Football, whoops, did I say that out loud." Yeah you did. Not too many Meath many knowledgeable on the game either if your record of late is anything to go by hey?! CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 27/07/2016 08:33:45 1890762 Link
Replying To Royalace: "Because women know nothing about Football, whoops, did I say that out loud." Yeah you did. Not too many Meath men knowledgeable on the game themselves if your record of late is anything to go by hey?! CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 27/07/2016 09:32:35 1890796 Link
And when the lads are stripping should same lady coach be barred from the dressing room ? or give her full access ? Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 27/07/2016 09:44:04 1890800 Link
Replying To Damothedub: "And when the lads are stripping should same lady coach be barred from the dressing room ? or give her full access ?" Mrs T might like to answer that question . moc.dna (Galway) - Posts: 1212 - 27/07/2016 10:01:19 1890811 Link