Joint managers are rare enough at senior inter-county level in the GAA, with Mickey Harte the latest as he joins Declan Kelly in Offaly.
It’s often only when two parties have worked together over a number of years that they can find enough common ground to make a joint-manager arrangement work. Otherwise, one figurehead is generally best.
With Kieran McGeeney in their ranks they built and built, and in 1999 landed a first Ulster title in 17 years with current GAA President, Jarlath Burns the team captain. They took the senior reins from James Horan for the 2015 season, winning a Connacht title and only losing to Dublin in an All-Ireland semi-final replay. But they only lasted one year due to a player heave against them: 7/10Two men possessed of similar dry wit, the duo served two spells as joint managers.
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