Is it time Cork looked outside for direction?

Nothing sparks a bout of self- examination like a 10-point defeat in an All-Ireland semi-final.

Is it time Cork looked outside for direction?

Cork took the field last Sunday for their encounter with Tipperary as slight favourites, but were hardly competitive after the opening quarter. Their manager, Jimmy Barry-Murphy, admitted the men in red were flattered by a two-point deficit at half-time; the final winning margin was a fair reflection of Tipperary’s superiority.

Later that evening, on The Sunday Game, former Cork keeper Dónal Óg Cusack questioned the coaching structures in Cork and the plans for a centre of excellence within the county, referring also to Cork’s lack of underage success over the past decade and a half.

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