John Mullane wonders did the architects of the bitter Cork hurling strikes in the 'noughties rule themselves out of future involvement?

With Cork hurling on a downward trajectory, the former Waterford ace says men like Donal Óg Cusack, Seán Óg Ó hAilpín and John Gardiner seem to have been lost to the Leesiders:

"Are the players who were driving the team forward then, the likes of Donal Óg, Seán Óg Ó hAilpín and John Gardiner, now paying a price for the strikes that followed?" he asks in The Irish Independent.

"These guys are at an age now where they could be getting involved with development and underage squads but they may be prevented from doing so because of their stringent views back then.

"Those strikes had the knock-on effect of putting an awful lot of people off Cork hurling, and preventing those who were at the heart of them from getting involved in managerial and advisory roles.

"That's a shame because men like Donal Óg, Seán Óg and Gardiner have so much to offer in terms of passing on their knowledge of the game and instilling the winning mentality they possessed into the minds of young players."

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