Media black-outs a nonsense

Only the GAA could get away with doing the whole media black out thing.
Monaghan became the latest team to take the vow of silence and go all monastic on the media.
My view on all of this is that it's nonsense building up the so-called siege mentality and inculcating a belief among players that everyone's out to get them and as long as they hold firm together they will reach the Promised Land.
I don't think so!
Monaghan won't win the All-Ireland title this season not because there may be elements within the media who are hostile to them or that their players became a victim of the hype surrounding them before their league campaign crashed down to earth with a bump.
They won't win because they are not good enough and being silent about it ain't going to make any difference on the field of play.
Monaghan are a good side, they could go far in Ulster this year, and fifteen against 15 they are one of the best sides in the country.
But it's not a 15-man game any more and Monaghan just don't have the players on the bench to match Kerry and others on the big day.
The one thing I have noticed over the years about managers who have attacked the media is that none of them have written to them to complain when the same media are praising either them or their players for playing well.
There does need to be a balance in media coverage and over exposure will wear players out but we're either promoting our games or we're not and if we are serious we need as much media coverage as we can get.