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Who will this job go to? Even rumours are sparse at this stage

JimBob your views on potential coaches is very funny

Tmacmahon wrote: ↑Thu Aug 13, 2026 2:56 pm Who will this job go to? Even rumours are sparse at this stage

Stephen Wallace anyone?
We got glimpses of 'sexy football" in 2018 and I believe as a county we are ready for it again.

God only knows but you need someone in before the colleges ect go back
Ect
Lads could decide to go travelling..
Maybe the county board know that

Heard yesterday that Colm Collins has been approached

would be a good choice done very well with clare.

frankthetank wrote: ↑Thu Jul 09, 2026 1:02 pm Colm Colins would be a very worthwhile person to interview I feel. His track record with Clare with their similiar geographical divide to Offaly regarding hurling and football would be a valuable asset.

CB clearly fans of what I have to say!!

Must give them a shout regarding Brian Carroll!!

Trevor Giles? Heard him interviewed after Meath minors game this year. Comes across very well as a manager and for the players. Very well educated and knows how the new game is to be played

Or maybe John Giles and eamonn Dunphy.

On giles , we are hardly going to hire a manager who's most recent position was not winning leinster at u17 with meath........if giles had maybe won an all Ireland but to go from not even winning a leinster at underage to managing our senior team would be some jump....

Manager - Anthony Cunningham

Coach - Kevin Walsh

Selectors - Niall Stack Paschsal Kellaghan Ger Rafferty.

Some variation of this is what I’d like to see. An experienced manager who has worked at the top level in this rare case both codes. Went up against Cody’s Kilkenny has seen it all managed some of the best ever Joe Canning etc. won Connacht and had Roscommon In Div 1. Brigids to within inches of all Ireland club title. Huge experience has seen it all while at the same time recent county experience and still in touch with modern game new rules etc from brigids.

Kevin Walsh is a top coach and renowned for getting a tune out of teams particularly defensively which we desperately need. Managed Sligo so knows the craic with lower tier counties. 5 years with Galway won Connachts had them in all Ireland semi final lost to Dublin best team of all time. Has been with Cork recently and they have beaten some of the best teams in the country albeit they are still inconsistent.


Selectors it’s quite simple get the best people from the club scene involved. Stack transformed Tullamore end of. Paschal has been around it for donkeys years at this stage and still proves his worth his passion for it is unbelievable and Rafferty has the link with younger players and had Ferbane within inches of a county title. These 3 men know the club scene in Offaly inside out pair that with the knowledge and experience of the two other men and all of a sudden you have a nice cocktail of smart men in the same room

Cunningham would be a good appointment.

Don't know if Kevin walsh would be good enough.

Good idea to have offaly selectors in with them.

Cian o'Neill, gone from Kerry apparently has been 'connected with a predominantly hurling county'...very good coach. A lot of recent experience, coached some of the best players of the past few seasons. Knows Leinster thru his time east of the Boyne Bridge.

REDBIFFO1972 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2026 12:21 am Cian o'Neill, gone from Kerry apparently has been 'connected with a predominantly hurling county'...very good coach. A lot of recent experience, coached some of the best players of the past few seasons. Knows Leinster thru his time east of the Boyne Bridge.

Connected with a predominantly hurling county - that surely means Limerick, Clare, Wexford, Cork, Tipp or Waterford?
And a look at the relative strength of those teams would quickly whittle down the next step for him to 2 or 3.

REDBIFFO1972 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 19, 2026 12:21 am Cian o'Neill, gone from Kerry apparently has been 'connected with a predominantly hurling county'...very good coach. A lot of recent experience, coached some of the best players of the past few seasons. Knows Leinster thru his time east of the Boyne Bridge.

Cian O'Neill would be my no.1 choice.

He may not want to travel as far as Offaly or go back into senior management but we should at least be having a conversation with him.