Donegal football fans will hope Jim McGuinness' return will again see him dramatically restoring the county's fortunes.
Michael Murphy was Jim McGuinness' All-Ireland winning captain in 2012 but retired from inter-county duty last year
The transformation was almost instant as Donegal were promoted back to Division One by the following April. McGuinness described the negative coverage of his team's All-Ireland semi-final performance as "disrespectful", claiming pundits "want us to play football that, in my view, is fantasy football".
Donegal's scoring average up was from 13.66 points a game in 2011 to 17.7 in 2012 and the team, while still founded on defence, had certainly been a better watch year two, with skipper Murphy leading from the front as he kicked vital scores in addition to giving midfield a dig out when needed. But Cassidy seemed an afterthought to the people of Donegal as the county joyously celebrated a second Sam Maguire Cup triumph exactly 20 years after McGuinness had been an unused substitute in the All-Ireland Final win over Dublin.
Donegal stunned Dublin in the 2014 All-Ireland semi-finals but then were surprised themselves by Kerry in the decider which proved the final match of Jim McGuinness's first reign After that performance, even the Kingdom were not expected to deny the Tir Conaill men a second All-Ireland title in three years but Donegal produced a strangely inhibited display to lose 2-9 to 0-12 with Kieran Donaghy's 52nd-minute goal, after intercepting a misdirected Paul Durcan kickout, the key moment of the game.
Since returning to Ireland, he has had a soccer coaching role with Derry City's under-19 team in addition to dipping back into the GAA by taking occasional training sessions with inter-county teams along with regular media punditry work. McGuinness will surely hope that Ryan McHugh returns to the Donegal squad in 2024 alongside his Kilcar club-mate Patrick McBrearty
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