Liam Cahill got all the big calls right during Sunday's All-Ireland final.
It’s something no one can ever take away from him. All those doubters, those who wrote him off after last summer’s Championship, now have to revisit their words.The decisions he made were both brilliant and brave: his match-ups, his decision to go with a plus-one in defence; his decision to stick with plan A even when Cork had opened up a six-point lead at half-time.
The man has pedigree. He is talented yet humble. He has confidence and a shrewd tactical brain and all those qualities were demonstrated throughout the 70 minutes of yesterday’s final.Their players' work rate was insane. Their adherence to the gameplan proved a masterstroke. Between them those three Cork players had scored 12-67 in this year’s Championship. Yesterday they were restricted to 0-3 from play, 0-4 in total.
The one time Tipp were opened up, for Shane Barrett’s first-half goal, was a prime example of what a team should do when they play against the plus one. But to find the answers, they are going to have to engage in some deep soul-searching across the remainder of this summer and then into autumn and winter.
A poor manager would relent to player power during tough times. That was never going to be the case with Liam and it was only when we listened to the post match interviews yesterday, when we heard the Tipp players speak with such humility about themselves, and with such warmth towards their manager, that we got an insight into what makes them tick.
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