Derek McGrath: I was ‘too candid’ over issue of paying managers

“I knew leaving Croke Park that day — I wouldn’t say that I’d made a mistake, but I’d probably been too candid.”

Waterford hurling manager Derek McGrath was surprised by the debate he sparked a few weeks ago about intercounty management, writes Michael Moynihan.

Speaking in March, McGrath said he had taken parental leave from teaching to focus on management, and at yesterday’s Munster championship launch, he said he was taken aback by the reaction to his comments: “I was, I’d argue that I suppose I acted as a catalyst for a debate about paid managers but I didn’t actually say they should be paid. I said it might clear up ambiguity about it, I didn’t say they should be (paid).