Cork chairman gives update on Pat Ryan's future after ‘tremendously disappointing' All-Ireland final
Cork's season came to a disastrous close as
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Pat Ryan cut a helpless figure as the Rebels were destroyed
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It was their second successive All-Ireland final loss
The match marked the end of Ryan's three-year term as Cork boss where he said
Chairman Pat Horgan - not to be confused with corner-forward Patrick Horgan - has decided not to rush into any decision on Ryan's future just yet.
When talking to
'The executive will sit down and talk to all the people directly involved over the next couple of weeks.
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'The senior hurling is very simple. It is a time for reflection for a couple of weeks and then we'll sit down and talk to everybody concerned.
'In my few words at the banquet, what I said is 35 minutes should not define a team, or a group.'
The chairman also spoke on the controversial decision to
Many fans were disappointed they will not get the chance to welcome home and thank the players for their hard work throughout the year.
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The Midleton man commented: 'The thing about the homecoming is that we had never actually put it in place until we saw what the result was.
"We respected their wishes that they just didn't want to go through with it, and we said that is fine.
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'I think that is fair and reasonable. We had it last year, and I think they deserved a bit of space to themselves.
"I just think it was going to be so, so difficult for everybody involved. We understood. We respected it and we said fine."
It wasn't all doom and gloom for the Cork hurlers this year as they picked up a cup double.
A convincing league final win was followed up by an
Cork have lost just three times this season including a league loss to Tipperary, a Munster round-robin loss to Limerick and the Liam MacCarthy Cup decider disaster.
Another great achievement for the Rebels was that every one of their Championship games were played in front of a sold out crowd, a point Horgan wanted to celebrate.
He added: 'The one point I made at the banquet very forcibly was that Sunday was our seventh championship game and every single one of them were sold out.
"That is something the GAA and business community have benefited from considerably."
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