Liam Sheedy: Nailing the one-percenters to make All-Ireland week the best of your life

You are trying to achieve a fine balance between enjoyment and the tension needed in a high-performance setup. You want people relaxed but also lifted by a sense of occasion.

The end of a very special week: Tipperary manager Liam Sheedy, left, shakes hands with Kilkenny manager Brian Cody following the 2019 GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final match between Kilkenny and Tipperary at Croke Park in Dublin. Pic: Seb Daly/Sportsfile

By Sunday evening, the statisticians will have crunched the All-Ireland final into puckouts, tackles, turnovers and shooting efficiency. But you’d love to see a table adding up the ‘one-percenters’ accumulated during the build-up that primed the winners to perform.

That was my focus on weeks like this.