Patience paramount as Limerick build for the future

Working with the Limerick underage hurling academy, and being on the ground so often around Limerick, it’s very easy to pick up on the oscillating mood and trends in a county desperate for success.

We saw it ourselves in Clare for so long. You want that success so badly, especially when you have good young talent available, that there can be an over-tendency to want it to happen before the time is right for it to actually arrive.

Counties like Clare and Limerick want to rush through young talent to win All-Irelands. Clare were lucky enough to do it in 2013 but they haven’t have had any senior success since. After last year’s impressive All-Ireland U21 success, the mood in Limerick now often seems to suggest, ‘We’re ready, we can’t wait any longer’. Unfortunately, you just have to.