Although he won the Allianz League title in March 2024, under the leadership of Khalaf Gallaghar Mickey Hart, Derry has struggled since his departure.
They surrendered the title of Ulster with a confirmed defeat by Doningal in the quarter -finals of the last year, and this season fell to the second division in the league.
It is a blatant contradiction with the team that won a husband of the boycott titles in 2022-23.
McKinis, who also indicated the influence of assistant coaches such as Siaran Minag, felt that during this period this period guaranteed success.
“We were all singing the same hymns sheet, we all had the same goals and we were working for it every day,” he said.
“The credit for the management team was the environment they created for the players to excel. They pushed us to the limits that we did not think were possible.
“On the field and more off than the stadium, how to see the game and how to understand that it may have been more than most of it. We were subjected to the teams before we play it.”
Derry is looking for a recovery from the decline, and the Ulster Championship begins with a trip to Palibofi to face Donigal in the initial round on Sunday.
They will travel a large and mccual castains, who You will miss the campaign With the cruciate ligament injury, he said that the change in the situation was difficult for the players.
“We had huge aspirations to go and do special things – when it collapses, it is difficult to put words, it is difficult to take,” he added.
“You move from being a team or four teams in the country, until you are in the arrangement of a striker. It is difficult to take.”
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