Mickey Whelan: Time to ban football handpass

Former Dublin coach Mickey Whelan is in favour of abolishing the handpass in Gaelic football.

Whelan, who was field coach to the Pat Gilroy-managed team that won the 2011 All-Ireland, has been a hugely influential if underplayed figure in Dublin football circles in recent years, both among coaches operating within the county and with the core of the current Dublin team that have won four All-Irelands and four NFL titles in this decade.

An All-Ireland-winning player back in 1963, and at 77 still an adjunct lecturer in DCU, Whelan is considered one of the leading coaching minds in the country.