Survival or stardom? What is the bottom line for inter-county success?

It’s around this time that, to paraphrase just-departed Tipp hurling boss Eamon O’Shea, clubs and counties start to lose all sense of reason.

Why? Because they’re appointing, or about to appoint, managers.

O’Shea spoke in those stark terms when contributing to a book of mine a couple of years ago, but the point still holds.