Lets start at the top.
Plain of the Herbs wrote:hurling has become more a team game now.
Kilkenny are the team to look at over the last 20 years of hurling and over the last 10 as well. So Kilkenny players are set so there forwards can win there only ball. Its the easy way to describe the Kilkenny game plan. With Defender that can deliver ball that isolate a forward one on one with a defender. The forward win the ball(or breaks it) and one midfield and the other forwards try to break on to into space around the ball winner. If be able to win your own ball is now a team game when Kilkenny play a team game.
It is the least completed game plan is hurling and by far the most successful over the last 20 years.
Plain of the Herbs wrote:Football involves more thinking, more guarding of possession. Hurling has gone this way in recent years and I think Tullamore, Brosna Gaels, Ballinamere and Shamrocks are better able to adapt to hurling becoming a team game.
One county title between the clubs in the last 10 years, Again Kilkenny don't know what a football is. Cork have brought 4 footballer into there hurling squad over the last 3 years and it hasn't help them. So back up your statement with something.
Plain of the Herbs wrote:The kind of hurling that is not being coached to the youth in Offaly's traditional hurling areas. The kind of hurling Francis Forde is promoting with St Rynagh's but they don't seem to get the hang of it. So an Offaly Senior team travels to face a Division 2A team and is completely bamboozled by an opposing forward line that moves around quite alot and is well able to pick short and medium range passes.
Francis forde is an excellent coach but as a manager has made the same mistake in the last 2 years. He picking team that carry the ball the problem is when they get turn over they get hammered. why because there defence is in midfield not in the defence.
The idea that a divison 1b team send it defence out to allow itself to be drag out of position so easily is a huge issue. Players not been give the responsible to make to decision to hold there position like the westmeath centre back did on sunday. The day of following your corner back following his man 100 yards out the field was done in the 70's.
But Offaly haven't figured that out.
Managing a team is like when Koopp said last night. "my job is to play as system to get the best out of every player"
Plain of the Herbs wrote:Those of older school persuasion bemoan the loss of spontaneity. But what Westmeath did last Sunday, or what the four dual clubs named above do IS spontaneous. And that nettle needs to be grasped and the penny needs to drop, and any other metaphor you like needs to be utilised in Offaly hurling.
Which is where outside help is needed as the expertise is not currently within the county.
well maybe the penny will drop for yourself. when Westmeath County board cross the boarder to pick up Danny Owens to manage then minor team. why. cause they felt the work he had done with Kilcormac Killoughey was of the higher order.
POTH you take every chance to have a cut at every club in the traditional hurling areas. The club you hold up as the example of excellent has won nothing in the last 20 years.
The progress team game you talk come from progress training. Some thing you showing that you don't anything about. runnung in a gym in athlone is the same as running in a gym in tullamore, Fitness test to make sure players are improving is progress.
as Alex Ferguson one said after a hammer "show me a losing team with team spirit and i should you a pack of lossers."
Again you use the example of Clare and Waterford as mordern hurling. The two county have one All ireland in the last 10 years.
the other 9 all Ireland have gone to teams playing the
True Version Of Successful Modern Hurling
The idea that Clare and Waterford are the example and Kilkenny are not, The idea that Francis Forde is a better coach than Martin Forghty is pure tunnel vision to try to support your and some other journalist distorted view of hurling.
You came up with the term "Kilcormacology" to insult one of the best club in offaly at the moment. It was an attempt to belittle the club achievement over the last 5 years. its was sad attempt.
If Kilcormacology is a term some people use for there view on hurling in offaly. I got one for your view that insults every club hurler and manager in Offaly.
"Plainshit"