Donal O'Grady says he was "appalled" by the behaviour of Limerick County Board.

Clarifying why he decided to resign as co-manager of the Treaty County senior hurlers, the All-Ireland winning coach again referred to the County Board's role in issuing an apology "for the abysmal displays of the team" during the league and attributing that apology to O'Grady and fellow mentor TJ Ryan.

Ultimately, the Board's failure to retract that comment led to O'Grady stepping down on Sunday night:

"I was appalled to hear about this in the first place," O'Grady states in The Irish Examiner. "The most important element in this is the players. That's the important thing - everything is geared towards improving them and supporting them, or it should be.

"When allegations like this are made, and when they're not withdrawn - as we were promised they would be - then it undermines all the work that's done to support players and to develop them.

"I felt the Limerick officers lacked perspective when it came to the performances in the league, that they rushed to judgement.

"If you look around for comparisons, other counties had their problems during the league. Dublin lost heavily to Tipp last year in the hurling semi final. Cork lost to Dublin recently in the NFL semi-final by seven points having been ahead by ten; Kerry lost their opening games in the NFL and were under severe pressure.

"In last year's championship, even, Tyrone were well beaten by Kerry down in Killarney.

"In all those cases you didn't have County Board officers coming out and undermining players in public. In those instances the boards supported the players and management." Tweet

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