All-Ireland glory has ensured the previous misgivings among a minority of club delegates in Armagh about their long-serving manager no longer exist
Armagh manager Kieran McGeeney lifts the Sam Maguire following the county's victory over Galway at Croke Park. Photograph: James Crombie/Inphoon Tuesday night was short and to the point. “Following tonight’s county committee meeting, club delegates unanimously supported Kieran McGeeney as the senior county football manager and his backroom team for the 2025 season.”
In the end, the clubs and executive committee came out strongly in support of him, with 46 in favour of him remaining for a 10th season and just 16 against.Kieran McGeeney to remain on as Armagh manager for an 11th season When you lose as many tight games as this Armagh team had done in the previous three seasons, including four games on penalties, it’s a rhetorical road he was forced to walk down time and time again.
For a man with such a fearsome reputation, his overriding emotion during so many post-match interviews in the last few years appears not to have been anger – it’s more a sort of world-weariness. That’s why seeing his untrammelled joy and emotion after the All-Ireland final was such a visceral thing to watch.
“Listen when you win, you’re a genius, and when you lose you’re a gobshite. This is what we’ve been told. But if Shane Walsh kicks his frees then we’re sitting here having a very different conversation.”“You’re all engaged in just the sort of scoreboard journalism that Geezer hates . When I worked with Newstalk on their live GAA coverage, we seemed to cover Kildare every second week, and the post-match interview was always a tester. No sideline reporter or post-match interviewer ever enjoys being asked “what do you mean by that?”, but with McGeeney there was always an excellent chance you were going to be asked to explain yourself. Proper order, too. Even on the tough days, McGeeney was going to be clear and concise and illuminating.
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