Christy O'Connor Talking Points: Disembarking before the train even leaves the Station

Every county is chasing that managerial consistency, but some counties in recent years have had to face a whole new challenge around establishing that security before the season even starts.

Andy McEntee has stepped down as Longford senior football manager - just 21 days after he was recommended for the position. Pic: ©INPHO/Lorraine O’Sullivan.

During the 2010 Cork-Limerick Munster hurling semi-final, Limerick supporters draped a banner in front of the Blackrock Terrace in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, which was a bed-sheet smeared with large green lettering. In short, the message lambasted the county board.

At the final whistle, the banner became the focus of the TV cameras because it was the perfect metaphor for another lost day in a lost year. An internal crisis which began in October 2009 ignited a blaze which raged through the following winter and spring to leave a trail of black ash and destruction all the way into that 2010 summer.