For McGeeney staying
- Players buy into what McGeeney is selling. Grimley was there to set things in motion, O'Rourke was not there for the betterment of Armagh football, McDonnell after 2008 was not on my Christmas list.
- Knows Armagh football - likely yo be going to most if not all games. Brought in a nice attacking brand of football that we needed to persist with.
- Can build a team and there seems to be a rebuild on the horizon.
- I would think he likes players to dedicate themselves to achieving success and is happy to turn away those who are not willing - despite having county level attributes.
- As an Armagh man he has Armagh's best interests at heart. Regardless of the comments about his wage, he put a lot of time and effort into Armagh as a player and experienced a lot of heartache. Wouldn't dare question his commitment to Armagh.
- This could be at a stretch but would anyone on here be in favour of him managing some of the underage teams? I think this would be where he would excel. He knows what is expected at county level, prepare them earlier and get that extra 5/10% later on.
- I would cautiously state that we have progressed under McGeeney but I question why the likes of Derry have surpassed us so quickly. Cork are not far off and these are two teams that have literally been to the bottom. There have been posts on here in the past that state we simply do not have the players and McGeeney is getting the best out of the team.
- If McGeeney left the team would fall apart.
Against McGeeney staying
- His reputation whether it is deserved or not, is working against us and will continue to do so. I think this costs us at least 3 points per game.
- Tactically there are too many occasions where we have not done the job. Sometimes this falls on the players but the management bear the responsibility of deploying tactics that are not to our strengths.
- Too long in charge and still a long way off an AI - especially after last year.
- Some do not realise this but there will be a swath of players leaving soon Campbell, Murnin, Morgan, Forker, Grugan. Naturally teams need to change but these are key players and I don't think the existing players that are in their 4th/5th seasons are stepping up in the same way, despite having the talent.
- A frustration about who is played. I have read that McGeeney does not like playing players unless they have been on the panel for at least 2 years. I get the logic as to why this rule is in place but it is silly. If we have a player that is at the same level or better than Rian do they have to sit on the bench for 2 years? No. Why have the dam rule.
- In the early years I don't think he got the right people in for coaching roles. Perhaps they were good for the level we were at but never got the impression we would do much.
- Other than Donaghy I don't think he has the right coaches in place - this might be an unpopular opinion. I would love to see Paul Grimley back in some capacity.