The Dublin county board has offered its support to hurling manager Anthony Daly and says it would welcome him staying on at the helm for the last year of his term.
Daly and the Dubs were cock-a-hoop after beating Clare in the championship but came unstuck in the next roiund, suffering a shock loss to Antrim. It was a major setback to the Daly project in the capital but county board bigwigs are keen for him to stay on.
"I have spoken with Anthony and he has asked for some time to consider his position," said chairman Gerry Harrington.
"Certainly, the county board will give him all the time he needs. The Dublin county board would welcome Anthony to continue with open arms. There's no question of that whatsoever.
"Anthony has all the time in the world to make up his mind but please God, his response will be positive. The county board have no problem with Anthony staying on. We granted him an extension to his original two-year agreement up until after 2011 and we would be doing everything in our power to convince him to stay."
Daly is himself biding his time after the bitterness of the loss to Antrim.
"I haven't seen devastation like it in a dressing room since Ciaran Carey scored his famous fantastic late score (for Limerick against Clare) in 1996," he wrote in a newspaper column.
"If anything consoles me a little bit this week it is that the real pain of defeat is now being felt by the boys. I thought last year we didn't hurt enough after defeat. For now, it's not a time for any emotionally driven decisions by anyone involved."