GAA is a voluntary organisation. If these players dont like the management, then they dont have to play - nobody is forcing them.
Management is not the issue. Leadership is the issue. If the leadership was right, Cork GAA would not have the present manager.
In general terms, players in team sports, particularly amateur sports, picking their own coaches is a bad thing.
True, but again you are missing the point. These players do not want to pick the manager, they just won't play for this one. Like Waterford wouldn't for Justin McCarthy or Galway wouldn't for Ger Loughnane.
They also have to remember that this team belongs to all members of Cork GAA, not them.
True, and the vast majority of Cork GAA players won't play. Hense you have 5th string team at present.
The management should just get on with things and pick a team from those players who want to play.
They have, but the Cork supporters won't accept them. Dublin play Cork in Pairc Ui Chaomh on Sunday 8th Feb. Support will be thin on the ground.