The fact that Armagh PRO Claire Shields did all the talking after the Donegal game probably tells you everything you need to know about how Kieran McGeeney, his management team and his players felt in the aftermath of their opening championship game defeat.
There would be no interviews.
This result will hurt Armagh – perhaps more than in any other season.
There was bound to be an expectation from within and outside the camp of success based on this seasons performances thus far.
I have been there, wore the t-shirt and at times almost fallen into a temporary depression when experiencing similar types of results.
In such times, sitting in the changing room, unable to speak and articulate the hurt, you want to get out of 'Dodge' as quickly as possible, in fact, you don't even want to travel on the bus home with your team-mates.
If you had a choice, the boot of a car would even seem appealing.
I always felt at such times a huge sense of embarrassment when seeing the passing supporters.
You feel you have let them down.
There is no doubt that the best team won and that will probably be the most disappointing aspect from an Armagh perspective.
The tactics have been well enough dissected at this stage.
Kick-out retention was poor from Armagh's perspective and Donegal's 'zonal' press went extremely well, except in the first ten minutes of the second half.
In this period, Armagh dominated, however only scored a miserly point – a poor return given the percentage of possession enjoyed.
The goal was a marginal call.
I have seen them given and equally, not given, over the years.
To hang your hat on this decision to explain away the final outcome, would be to unfairly contextualise Donegal's performance.
Rian O'Neill would have been better to punch the ball to the net rather than catch it anyway (he was too close to goal) – had he done that, it was a certain goal.
Armagh could also have bombarded the Donegal square with more of the same – O'Neill could have wreaked havoc if successful.
Again, this didn't happen again until the very end, when the game was well and truly gone.
Rory Grugan has been Armagh's best forward for a number of years now and when The Orchard run the ball, it suits players of Grugan's ilk coming off the shoulder.
Armagh are too one dimensional and lack the ability to play short and go long and interchange these styles.
After strong showings in the league, you feel the management tried to get the best players on the wider panel into the first fifteen.
Jarlath Og Burns, a top midfielder, playing at wing-back.
Niall Grimley the same.
However, it is hard to argue against any of these players lining up as they did, when it worked well in the National league.
Forwards will win you games, but defences win your championships is a long held philosophy in soccer.
It is no different in Gaelic Football and Hurling.
Armagh's defence, collectively anyway, cannot be trusted to do their job.
Notably though James Morgan had a very strong game in an individual capacity.
A player who has been guilty of overly robust tackling in the past was their strongest player.
Others had their moments.
Based on my own time playing and competing against the best teams, we had players like Conor Garvey, Declan Rooney and Damien Rafferty marshalling the opposition's best players.
You may have not seen the aforementioned names during a game but neither did you see the players they were marking either.
There was a definite 'cut' with my colleagues, they were willing to play on the edge, even go over it if it meant winning their own battle.
I am not sure if that can be trained or coached into someone.
On too many occasions, Donegal broke through a tackle and created overlaps and uncontested shooting opportunities.
That is a major flaw of a zonal defensive system.
It is a major flaw in Armagh.
Armagh had an initial screen of players in defensive positions from the half-way line and '40' at times, however, when this was breached, there was nothing stopping Donegal breaking through.
Players were being drawn to the ball, leaving gaps in behind, as McBrearty demonstrated when taking out three Armagh defenders before receiving the return pass and palming the ball to the net for his goal.
Armagh had to come out and chase the game, meaning Donegal could employ a 'rope a dope' tactic and hit the Orchard on the counter-attack.
Muhammad Ali employed such tactics, with devastating effect, when defeating the monster heavyweight champion George Foreman in Zaire in 1974.
Ballybofey and Donegal will hold nightmares for Armagh, in the same way that the Congo has for Foreman.
Key for Armagh management now will be lifting the group spirit.
Qualifiers will be a chance of redemption only if they can put a run together.
When results fall below expectations in any team sport, it is normally the manager whom accepts culpability.
In lots of ways, I do feel sorry for Kieran McGeeney – he will take the flak for the players.
I doubt he will have seen a performance like this coming.
On the opposite side, I felt that Galway's recent history under Padraig Joyce would result in defeat against huge rivals Mayo in the Connacht first round.
However, Galway were full value for their win.
When he came in, Joyce promised swashbuckling football and a style that Galway fans could embrace.
In principle this may have been the intention, however Joyce found out that you have to adapt to survive and as demonstrated last Sunday, formed a defensive ring around the shooting zone, doubling and tripling up players and forcing Mayo to cough up possession.
When played on the sideline's, football can appear to be overcomplicated but as many coaches and managers with good intentions have discovered, the modern game has undergone a fundamental shift in style.
You are at mercy of the players at your disposal, both in terms of athletic attributes, skill levels and more importantly football intelligence.
PJ as he is known, has cut his cloth accordingly and finds himself still in the championship while James Horan has to navigate a qualifier route.
Joyce and Kieran McGeeney's teams have always played, or at least sought to play the game in the right way.
In many ways kindred spirits.
Most pundits and analysts will have praised this current Armagh side and it's adoption of a more purest style of football, something the neutral can appreciate.
If I were in the Armagh corner now, I would seriously reconsider my philosophy.
Loyalty to principles is admirable, however I would adopt a very practical approach to this Armagh side.
Good players they may be, but they cannot collectively defend, their positional play is suspect and on the big days, they fail to do their job.
I would take a leaf out of their neighbour's book this weekend, Tyrone, when I suspect they will do whatever it takes to beat Derry.
As Padraig Joyce discovered eventually, style doesn't matter – it's the practicalities of winning that does.
