John O’Mahony saddened at Connacht’s player rows

John O’Mahony says that it is sad that the rows which developed between players and management in Mayo football and Galway hurling could not be sorted out inside the confines of the dressing rooms.

But he said the player heaves showed the level of tension now involved in inter-county management and admitted that the job of a manager was now unrecognisable from when he first entered the fray with his native Mayo over a quarter of a century ago.

O’Mahony, speaking as his autobiography ‘Keeping The Faith’ was launched in Ballaghderreen last night, said that being an inter-county manager was a demanding role now.