Neither Colm Cooper nor Ciarán Whelan were impressed with how Donegal boss Declan Bonner employed star man Michael Murphy in their Ulster final defeat to Derry.
Despite going in as favourites, they were eventually toppled after extra-time in a raucous Clones.
It continues a pattern of provincial letdowns since they have now gone three seasons without lifting the Anglo-Celt Cup despite being almost everyone's pick alongside Tyrone at the start of each of those campaigns.
