Carr unsure of Cavan future despite vote win

TOMMY CARR may not continue as Cavan football manager, despite surviving a vote of no confidence at a county board meeting on Tuesday.

Delegates voted 30-23 in favour of retaining the services of the former Dublin and Roscommon boss, with one abstention and one spoilt vote.

But given the closeness of the vote and the fact that he was asked to step down last week by members of the county executive, Carr’s Cavan future remains very much in the balance.

“I’m just meeting the rest of the management team today and we’ll have a chat about it,” he said.

“The vote isn’t just a matter of 30 to 23. The executive members would have been mandated to vote for me. So it would suggest that the majority of clubs are against it.

“The primary thing here is – can you operate in an environment and can the players operate in an environment if there’s unwarranted and unnecessary pressure on them? That’s certainly my concern.”

Mick O’Dwyer says he will decide on his managerial future before the end of October.

“I haven’t made up my mind yet. I’m considering it, I have to think a bit about it. It’s a big commitment. If you’re involved in something you have to give it a total commitment. We’ll give it five or six weeks. There’s plenty of time.

“It was a marvellous year. To play six championship games with Wicklow was great. One year (1975) I won an All-Ireland with Kerry playing three games. We got a bye into the Munster final against Cork, beat Sligo in the All-Ireland semi-final and beat Dublin and won an All-Ireland title.”

His subsequent admission that “you can’t top it” might be an indication that O’Dwyer feels he has achieved all he can with the Garden County, but ace marksman Tony Hannon certainly hopes that is not the case.

“Ask any one involved in Wicklow or any of the players and they’ll tell you they’d be only delighted if he stayed on. It’s probably crucial that he does.

“Take a look at him. There’s no shortage of life in that fella. He’s full of enthusiasm. That’s the number one thing I’d put down to his success. He’s full of life and he can’t get enough football.

“Micko’s a fantastic manager. He’s definitely the best football manager to take charge of a team in the history of Gaelic football.”