Mick McCarthy may call time on his managerial career after he was sacked by Cardiff City, says David Connolly.
The 62-year-old veteran manager was let go by the Championship club after less than a year in charge this week following a dismal run of results.
And former Ireland striker Connolly, who McCarthy handed his international debut in 1996, thinks that he could reflect on his future in the game over the coming months.
"It might be, it might be (his last managerial job)," Connolly told RTÉ’s Game On.
"Steve Bruce has said the same recently, but I guess time away from football - time can be a healer.
"A lot of managers probably look at Swansea, I don’t think how Martin Russell (aged 35) has done at Swansea has helped.
"Another one, Forest Green Rovers at the top of League Two, a young manager (Rob Edwards, aged 38). There are links with young coaches maybe getting that job at Cardiff.
"It might be time for some of the emerging coaches to have a go. Possibly it might be (his final management job), you never know."
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