Move that has shocked the GAA world shows how Harte, at 69, is still a born competitor who wants the top honours.
Part-dignified, part-news statement, a smidgen of ‘turned the kids against us’ and a trace of inverted Dear John letter. You can parse through the lines to get a sense of real hurt experienced by those pushing Louth ahead, only to find their most prized asset pinched in broad daylight.
Still and all, Harte is going to be ratified tonight; 30 years to the day that Derry won their sole All-Ireland.When did it last happen that a sitting manager, content with the role and with a happy county board, should up and leave their post to take another county?In recent years, Jack O’Connor left the Kildare job. Liam Cahill left his post in Waterford. But both men were ‘going home’ to manage their own in Kerry footballers and Tipperary hurlers. Nobody sensible could begrudge that.
Louth rallied thereafter to beat Limerick, Meath, Kildare and Cork with their final game against Dublin being a shootout for promotion. They lost by seven points. Nobody is questioning Harte now. He and Devlin went into Louth and breathed life into it. One of the first actions they did was to convince the county board to redevelop their Darver training base.They knocked down walls to make a huge dressing room for everyone to fit in. They decorated walls leading out to the pitch with imagery of great Louth players and teams of yore. They tossed more walls to create a convivial area where all the team and management could eat together.
“He told me that they were resigning as manager and selector of the Louth senior football team. They’d been in negotiations with Derry and were offered a three-year term. I was completely taken by surprise but thanked them for the fantastic effort they put in.
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