Paddy Cullen hails Dubs ‘enigma’ Jim Gavin

Paddy Cullen had just departed as Dublin manager in the early 1990s when Jim Gavin joined the senior panel as a player.

So his thoughts on the man shaping up to be one of the most successful managers in Gaelic football history have been shaped the same way as the rest of us, from watching and observing.

Gavin gives little away in his media dealings, often engaging in risk-free corporate speak, though Cullen reckons that, like all the best managers who are “a little bid odd”, there is a hint of the maverick to the current Dublin boss.