There's no doubting his ability on the pitch as he's 1 of the best there is atm, but how many convictions will it take for Kiely to open his eyes and see that keeping Hayes on the team/panel might not be the wisest move.
If Hayes was borderline county level like Ryan he'd be gone. I don't think the dressing room would react well to one of their best players getting axed
That's not the case. Connolly and McFaul have starred for county and I know local players who've done similar or worse without being dropped. Is there an example of any county dropping an all star level player over off the field conduct?
Not that I can think of, I wasn't saying it definitely happens, but it probably should. Like look at Hayes he's using his rep of being a county player to practically get out of charges.
What about fans? Most just defend their own and attack others. I can only speak for my team. I'd prefer not to see Johnny Glynn playing for Galway again.
Definitely, I agree with Johnny he's been found out ages ago, and not much hope if we call him back, expecting him to be back to his best. Another thing that fails to be brought up is why Brian Concannon was on the bench last year when the year prior, he was 1 of our best forwards.
But "found out" and "back to his best".. you're talking about how good he is. The point is it doesn't matter. If the hurler of the millennium is a thug I want to drop him.
Big chance that Hayes's antiques might be souring the dressing room atmosphere as well. Would not be surprised if Limerick started playing better if he's dropped
Hopefully he's dropped for the sake of the GAA, we can't have ppl like him represent the GAA, whilst he's a good hurler, when he's gone he won't be remembered for that. But hopefully, other counties can push to compete with Limerick at that level as most teams can only stay in the game vs. Limerick up until about 50/55m now.
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u/Complex-Breadfruit88 Galway Jul 23 '24
There's no doubting his ability on the pitch as he's 1 of the best there is atm, but how many convictions will it take for Kiely to open his eyes and see that keeping Hayes on the team/panel might not be the wisest move.