O’Shea: game needs ‘hurling directors’

FORMER Tipperary hurling selector Eamonn O’Shea has called for a director of hurling to be appointed in each county to safeguard the skills of the game.

O’Shea, regarded as one of the top hurling coaches in the country, said that such directors would have more of an overview than intercounty managers, who were sometimes under too much pressure to achieve success.

“Something we need to ensure is that the game is healthy, we need to examine what skills are going out of the game and so on. That’s too important to ignore for the health of the game.