Former Donegal manager Declan Bonner is currently riding the crest of a wave with Erne Gaels in County Fermanagh.
The club had not won a senior championship title in over 40 years, but Bonner managed to get them over the line against Enniskillen Gaels, although they needed a replay to do it.
The ex-county boss guided Donegal to two Ulster titles and has a great track record of success, so it is almost to be expected that he will be linked with vacant jobs.
Whenever Leitrim manager Andy Moran departed in the summer, Bonner was linked with the job, and when speaking to Donegal Live, he admits that they did approach him.
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“I did receive an approach about the Leitrim job. But I was committed to Erne Gaels to the end of the championship campaign whenever that might be.
“I felt it would have been very disrespectful to the Erne Gaels players given the effort they were putting in in pursuit of their goal, to have word of me chatting to Leitrim going on in the background.”
As it stands, Derry are the only county team without a manager in place, and the list of those linked with the job is never-ending.
At first it seemed likely that Rory Gallagher would be re-appointed, then it appeared that James Horan was taking the job, but now neither of them are in the running.
Karl Lacey, Peter Keane, and Mark Doran have all also been strongly linked with the role, but they have since distanced or removed themselves entirely as potential contenders.
What is interesting though, is that when Bonner was asked about being a candidate to take over the Oakleaf county, he wasn't as dismissive of the idea as the aforementioned names.
“My total focus this week is on Erne Gaels Ulster quarter- final meeting with Scotstown, Monaghan, in Brewster Park on Sunday.
"And if we beat Scotstown the focus will turn to the Ulster semi-final. My commitment remains with Erne Gaels until the championship run comes to an end.
"And sure who knows what will happen after that.”
Interestingly, it was Bonner who actually replaced Gallagher at Donegal back in 2017, and the success was imminent as he guided the county to back to back ulster titles in '18 and '19.
The Erne Gaels boss has also won a Donegal club championship in all three divisions, Junior, intermediate and Senior, and picked up Ulster titles whilst in charge of his county's minor and u21 teams.
The 1992 All-Ireland winner is now immortalised in Beelleck as the man who finally brought them their first senior championship after more than four decades, so he certainly has an impressive CV.
