John Fogarty: TJ Reid's belief in himself shouldn't be that surprising 

Readers reacted with surprise to TJ Reid's retirement interview last week.

MAIN MAN: TJ Reid of Shamrocks Ballyhale takes a sideline cut. Pic: Tom Beary/Sportsfile

To say TJ Reid’s self-confidence surprised people last week would be putting it mildly.

At the end of our conversation last Monday afternoon, organised via the Kilkenny County Board to mark the hurler’s inter-county retirement the previous Friday, this writer asked Reid how he would like to be remembered.