Manager Pressure - Keep or Seek?

[dansultheman]

With the results and performances seeing a big dip in recent weeks, we have to believe that the hierarchy of the club are less than impressed and the pressure is mounting on Mcarthy!

With added investment in the team and staff, it would leave you wonder how patient the club can be. Need a Wexford or Athlone performance at least!!

With all that being said, who is out there who would fancy taking the reins? I think a new manager with some experience is exactly what the first team needs to save what is looking like a very gloomy season at this early stage!

[Zico]

It’s a tough one and probably if the club was more established then this decision would be made sooner.
There is a lot to it though. Who was in charge of recruitment (as this now looks a big part of the problem)?? Is there bad feeling between local based players and the club based on perceptions as to what the outsiders are getting paid? Whose decision was it to bring in Collopy as the assistant. Yes it’s chaos on the field for sure, but what control does McCarthy actually have??

If you look at things off the field there is a Chairman, a CEO, a General Manager and a COO… too many cooks spoil the broth???

One thing for sure though crowds are well up and so is sponsorship on the back of more ambition / investment from the club. This will dwindle away quickly if results don’t improve so the financial equation of bringing in a more experienced coach (who most likely would be full time) needs to be balanced.

[culloty82]

One wonders do McCarthy and Collopy have full agency, so to speak, when it comes to player recruitment, or does that fall under Dennehy's remit? As for a new coach, James Keddy was extremely competitive with similar resources at Wexford, so wouldn't cost the earth to bring in, you'd imagine. Otherwise, Stephen Henderson is in the MSL at the moment, so might be open to a senior return?

[legendz]

The talk of managerial pressure is good and welcome. There is an expectation of more. It is up to the management team to find solutions or else an inevitable decision will have to be made.

[dansultheman]

You would have the believe that Dennehy has a part to play in the player recruitment, but to what extent will probably be told in time!!

Fair play to the team last night, they seemed to battle all the way for the Manager. Looks like they may have bought Mcarthy a bit more time to get the consistency right. I am still not too convinced, with the resources put into the first team, the football being played is really poor and only for 2 PK saves and a point blank save, the writing would have been on the wall.

Henderson has been around the block and has the experience. Keddy is younger and would have the energy I think is better suited to get this team going. When they are motoring, they could be a formidable side in this division.

[legendz]

As I've just written on the main forum:

I've been of the opinion that the Kerry management team needed experience. I wasn't sure how that could unfold with Conor McCarthy being retained but seems that has been all arranged!
Conor McCarthy's role changed from Head Coach to manager during the off season. I thought that closed the door on an agreeable arrangement for a more experienced manager but evidently not!

https://m.independent.ie/regionals/kerry/sport/soccer/kerry-fc-confirm-colin-healy-appointment-with-conor-mccarthy-to-work-under-new-manager/a957422455.html
I had read a comment from Healy months back that he thought he could have been in the running for the Kerry FC role of the FAI weren't messing him around with false promises.
Billy Dennehy first club across the water was 2005 to 2008. Colin Healy was at the same club from 2003 to 2006. Possibly the early history between the two. Colin Healy was at Cork City from 2007 to 2009 and 2012 to 2017. Billy Dennehy was with Cork City from 2009 (one year) and 2014 to 2015.

[culloty82]

Not much between any of the sides in the bottom half, so all up for grabs if we can string a few results together for once.

[legendz]

Treaty at home, Wexford at home, Dundalk away and Longford at home. Three home games coming offer a reasonable chance for a positive start either side of a tough away game. The elusive stringing a few wins together is key to finally gaining some positive momentum.

[Zico]

This is a great move for the club. We are getting a young hungry manager who also has good experience to date winning a league etc, given his pedigree as a player this should also help attract good players (we will definitely rival Cobh now for the Cork City market). It’s also good from the club to retain McCarthy - I’d imagine the agreement is only until end of the season, with Healy then deciding his #2, either way Macca deserves to stay around and learn from a more experienced manager.

Hopefully a huge bounce for Friday night with 3 points in front of close to a sell out!!!