Derry chief Cassidy looking to the future

DAMIEN CASSIDY says he doesn’t want to ‘feed into the myth’ of the Derry footballers not being able to translate success in the NFL into trophy wins in the championship.

Derry chief Cassidy looking to the future

However, he’s not attempting to re-write history, because he readily acknowledges the county has failed to deliver so often on early season form over the past 15 years.

His attitude is it’s history at this stage and he doesn’t want to delve into the performances of past teams (some of which he was associated with as a player). Nevertheless, in his first season in charge, he made it a priority to change the mind set of his players — to convince them they can emulate the achievement of Tyrone and Kerry and be winners in both competitions.

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