Tag: 1995
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Evidently nothing learned since 2010
It may be time for the GAA to go and learn from other sports again. Recently, this corner learned that both American Football and Basketball have in their arsenal a transgression called ‘Delay Of Game’. It means exactly what it says on the tin. Penalty for which, in the latter at least, means free throws […]
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Get the tiers in quick to avoid more tears
At some point during Pat Comer’s excellent video diary of Galway’s 1998 All Ireland SFC win – A Year ‘Til Sunday, then Tribesman wing forward Shay Walsh said that the season was going “A whole lot better than being beaten by crap teams in Tuam”. Now read on… A few people who were very dear […]
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The debate is part of the attraction
If you click into the ‘Categories’ tab, head for GAA and go through my Football Team of the Year (posted December 26th) there’s not a whole pile of differences between what appeared here and the ‘official’ lineup announced on Friday. But differences there were. In the old world, where we had at least some control […]