'Underachievers': Skibb out to make amends to past failings, says O'Donovan

Evidence of such underachievingis wrapped up in the stat showing their recent quarter-final win over Dohenys to be the club’s first in a knockout championship fixture since 2015.

Sat, 01 Oct, 2022 - 06:04

Eoghan Cormican

Gene O’Donovan doesn’t tiptoe around the truth with his Skibbereen players. Nothing gets swept under the carpet, all unpleasant realities are met head on.

O’Donovan is in his first season as O’Donovan Rossa senior manager. One of his first actions after being handed the reigns last winter was to write each of his players a letter. In it, O’Donovan made clear that players would only ever get “the real truth” from him. There’d be no washing down or sugar coating the hard facts that needed airing and addressing.