It’s hard to imagine a manager who has faced into his first year under such pressure as Jack O’Connor. Somewhat controversially put in charge of Kerry for a third time, he was left with no latitude as to what would constitute success: an All-Ireland title or bust.
At his introductory media conference in Tralee, last October, he was keen to play down that notion of pressure, the imperative to win things – and not to come close and carry a briefcase full of “learnings” back to Kerry to peruse over the winter.
He said that in his first senior year, in 2004, he felt under a lot of pressure because he was succeeding Páidí Ó Sé, a vastly decorated member of the Kerry All-Ireland royalty with …
- April 6, 2022
