Oisín McConville believes that Mayo have a three-year window in which to win an All-Ireland.
McConville was appointed Wicklow manager earlier this month having become available after Ray Dempsey missed out on the Mayo job, with the former Armagh star having been part of his proposed management team.
He said that the appeal of working with “the absolute best in the country” drew him to the Mayo role.
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“I’ve been covering football up and down the country here, there and everywhere but I would say there’s very few people have seen as much of Mayo over the last 10-odd years than I have,” McConville told RTE’s Sunday sport.
“I suppose in my own head, whether it be right or wrong, I thought that I could make a huge difference going in there and that’s why, after a lot of thought around logistics and everything else, I thought that it was a good fit for me. It just didn’t work out in the end but that was the appeal.
“The appeal was to work at that high level under somebody who I respect as a manager. I respect his honesty and the way he’s gone about things, the success that he’s had. It would have been good to work under Ray but that wasn’t to be and it’s on to a new and different challenge.”
McConville believes that James Horan, who stepped down as Mayo boss this summer, has essentially seen the team through a transitional phase already.
“There’s probably another three years of a window there to win an All-Ireland with what they have as far as experience, the hurt that they’ve experienced but also the young lads who are coming up who haven’t really experienced that huge hurt.
“They’re used to winning and have a winning mentality so when people talk about Mayo rebuilding - a lot of rebuilding is done. It’s time for actions now again so that’s why they’d be such an interesting team to work with.”
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