Harte was appointed joint-manager alongside Declan Kelly in a surprise appointment.
New Offaly joint-manager Mickey Harte says that he will embrace the expectation that comes with his surprise appointment. Harte’s arrival in the Faithful County was announced last week and he will work alongside incumbent Declan Kelly in an eyebrow-raising development on the back of a difficult season as Offaly narrowly avoided relegation from Division Three and suffered a disastrous Tailteann Cup campaign.
READ MORE: Pat Nolan: Mickey Harte-Declan Kelly arrangement the ultimate fudge by Offaly county boardJust over a week ago, rumours were flying around the county about which 2024 panellists weren’t going to make themselves available for selection. Now there will be a clamour for inclusion, as everyone wants to be part of the setup that will be overseen by the joint ticket of current senior manager Declan Kelly, and the man who guided Tyrone to three of their four All-Ireland senior titles.
“It’s refreshing, it’s a different scene, different people. I enjoyed the Offaly victories back in the 70s and 80s, I was at those games and you always associated Offaly with a serious edge. There was a drive in them, a competitive edge, something about them that you’d have to be on your game to beat them. That’s good, maybe we could hope to harness that again and put some more stuff to it.
For many years, it’s been said in Offaly that public expectations have been out of kilter with the side’s humble underage track record since the turn of the millenium. But when a team packed with All-Ireland U-20 medalists from three years ago fell to a double digit home defeat to London in this year’s Tailteann Cup, there could be no denying that something was askew at senior level.
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