Rebel casualties

WELL that was a costly one. Cork GAA Board’s decision to remove the right of a manager to pick his own selectors has ensured one thing — it won’t be repeated elsewhere without paralysing consultation with everybody involved.

In fact, let’s revisit that sentence. It won’t be repeated again. Ever.

Other issues will also take time to settle. If we’re going to start handing out blame vouchers and revisiting decisions made and not made (we’re not), there’s plenty to go around.