It’s an approach that counties often take on the back of a successful manager moving on, as Andy Moran ultimately was in Leitrim’s case, with continuity offering the best chance at maintaining progress.
With news that Mickey Graham is to become the next Leitrim manager emerging this week, he will join the likes of John Cleary , Vinny Corey and Dessie Dolan in stepping up from within a management team to take the main role.
He’s had his low moments, including having to take Armagh out of Division Three twice as well as a relegation from Division One last year and penalty shootout defeats in a pair of Ulster finals and two All-Ireland quarter-finals, but, generally, Armagh’s graph was trending upwards under his stewardship.
It was all downhill for Ryan from there, however, as Tipp never fully recovered from a League final trimming from Galway in 2017 and when they failed to win a game in the new-look Munster round robin the following year, he departed.Tipperary’s Len Gaynor enjoyed a fine stint as Clare senior hurling manager, leading them to landmark victories over Cork and Tipperary as they reached successive Munster finals in 1993 and ‘94.
Loughnane inspired Clare to another Munster title in 1998 but they started to wane from there and he quit after a heavy defeat to Tipp saw them eliminated from the 2000 Championship at the Munster semi-final stage. He steered them all the way to an All-Ireland final the following year but quit following a surprise four-point loss to Donegal, with O’Neill stepping into the breach.
Selector Paul Caffrey had enjoyed success with Na Fianna, leading them to the 2000 All-Ireland club final, and was eventually handed the reins.
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