Joe Brolly: Jim McGuinness winning matches, and loyalty, with core GAA values
Donegal manger’s shrewdness and humility stand in stark contrast to some...
Jim McGuinness has guided Donegal to the Ulster final. Photo: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy
Mickey Harte’s coach, Gavin Devlin, was spied in Celtic Park last Sunday in a TV gantry on top of the stand watching Donegal as they eventually wore down Tyrone. Fergal McCusker texted me: “A week too late.” Gavin must be the first Ardboe man who doesn’t despise Derry.
Tyrone set up the right way against Donegal. A week did not give them much time, so they mirrored Jim McGuinness’s back-to-the-future blanket defence. They just didn’t have Donegal’s sense of purpose. Put another way, they didn’t have Jimmy McGuinness.
