Who is the greatest GAA manager and why? Please try not to be biased, be honest. In no significant order: Sean Boylan, Mickey Harte, Mick O'Dwyer, Pete Mc Grath, Brian Cody, Kevin Heffernan. Who else lads?

TheGateKeeper (Tyrone) - Posts: 2843 - 28/07/2010 21:28:45    727710

what has harte done to be spoken in the same breath as cody hef and odwyer can we stop this tyrone sgo stroking

booboo (Cork) - Posts: 1382 - 28/07/2010 21:38:27    727726

he won three all irelands from a county that never won one before unlike odwyer and cody they already had the tradition

ochonlir (Cavan) - Posts: 4343 - 28/07/2010 21:41:41    727732

Eamon Coleman for definite

doirealltheway (Derry) - Posts: 142 - 28/07/2010 21:42:57    727737

This isn't even disputable. It's Séan Boylan by a country mile

Jimin10 (Meath) - Posts: 783 - 28/07/2010 21:45:29    727742

onchlir we all know your love is in ulster if not your own county but hes not in the league of hef dwyer or cody

booboo (Cork) - Posts: 1382 - 28/07/2010 21:46:30    727745

I am not saying that Mickey Harte is the best manager of all time, but to answer your question booboo here are what Tyrone has won while he has been in charge.

SENIORS:

3 All Ireland Titles
4 Ulster Titles
1 National League
4 Dr McKenna Cups

UNDER 21'S:

2 All Ireland Titles
3 Ulster Titles

MINORS:

1 All Ireland Title
3 Ulster Titles

So since he started with Tyrone minors in 1991 to this present day he has won 6 All Ireland Titles and 10 Ulster Titles.

tir_eoghain_abu (Tyrone) - Posts: 773 - 28/07/2010 21:53:12    727755

thats a great record but there are not just 1 but many managers through the years to equal and surpass that record .hes a good manager but for a tyrone lad to start a tread again tyrone related saying hes up there with the greats is crap

booboo (Cork) - Posts: 1382 - 28/07/2010 21:59:37    727771

Pat Gilroy after we beat the red hands on saturday and then beat the winners of cork v roscommon then who ever we meet in the final people will be amazed how we had a great national football league staggered threw the qualifiers then came good when needed the most in Q,F S,F ,FINAL. People will say how the hell did he pull that out of the bag.L.O.L

DUB1 (Dublin) - Posts: 5583 - 28/07/2010 22:01:47    727776

Either Sean Boylan or Mick O'Dwyer.

men_of_49 (Meath) - Posts: 2024 - 29/07/2010 08:08:07    727781

Jimin10
County: Meath
Posts: 116

727742 This isn't even disputable. It's Séan Boylan by a country mile

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I would say its very disputable!

Depends on what you class as success. If its All Irelands/longevity/success with various counties, it has to be Micko. Boylan, Harte, Herffernan etc up there....I wouldn't be able to comment on too far back.
Someone like O'Mahony deserves an honourable mention (even though he certainly is not the best ever, or close) for his work with Galway, and Leitrim - easy to forget what a monumental achievment that was.
In hurling.....Cody is the runaway leader. Nobody can touch him. Several other excellent managers, but he has won consistently, while keeping big stars happy, and changing the team on a consistent basis. My heart would nominate Cyril Farrell, who plucked us from the shadows after 57 years to win 3 All Irelands.

abhainn (Galway) - Posts: 1000 - 29/07/2010 09:22:10    727814

Charlie Mulgrew!

Coa_gael (Fermanagh) - Posts: 1189 - 29/07/2010 09:30:33    727821

Heffo........dident just revive Gaelic football in the Capital but brought the game to a new level for the country

Mollymalone (Dublin) - Posts: 1137 - 29/07/2010 09:46:42    727827

Brian Cody by a street. Think he will be happy at 5..... If anyone has the info I would love to see how many players has he used in the last 4 All Ireland Finals. Certain elements are constant but must be close to 30 different individuals who have played in those 4 finals.

getonwithit (Carlow) - Posts: 527 - 29/07/2010 09:51:19    727832

getonwithit
County: Carlow
Posts: 461

727832 Brian Cody by a street. Think he will be happy at 5..... If anyone has the info I would love to see how many players has he used in the last 4 All Ireland Finals. Certain elements are constant but must be close to 30 different individuals who have played in those 4 finals.


23 different players have played in the four finals, including subs like Fennelly, Richie Hogan, Rice and TJ so that's 19 core players and most of the 2006 team are still there. A truly remarkable achievement. I would say only the Kerry and Dublin footballers of the 70s retained the same basic line up over so many finals.

hurlingdub (Dublin) - Posts: 6978 - 29/07/2010 10:28:00    727863

booboo
County: Cork
Posts: 202

727771 thats a great record but there are not just 1 but many managers through the years to equal and surpass that record .hes a good manager but for a tyrone lad to start a tread again tyrone related saying hes up there with the greats is crap


Many???

doubt it

name 10 of them or 5 of them

ochonlir (Cavan) - Posts: 4343 - 29/07/2010 10:59:02    727902

Roy Hodgson

nok02 (USA) - Posts: 534 - 29/07/2010 11:03:32    727906

Sean Boylan

UpTheHoops_x (Meath) - Posts: 47 - 29/07/2010 11:08:00    727915

onchlair 1 hef 2 boylan 3 o dwyer 4cody 6 paudi ose 7 billy morgan and thats just the last 50 yrs

booboo (Cork) - Posts: 1382 - 29/07/2010 11:10:19    727917

What about Dr. Eamonn Fitzgerald, who was the Kerry 'manager' for a ridiculous amount of years before there was such a thing strictly speaking. He won a pile of AIs with Kerry.

Modern era, you would have to say that Harte is right up there with the best of them, even though I don't beleive he is half as 'nice' as he comes across, but that's another day's work ;-)

hurlingdub (Dublin) - Posts: 6978 - 29/07/2010 11:22:32    727932