Cork hurlers high performance driven by Gary Keegan effect

They’re not half-pregnant now. For years there, that’s essentially how the Cork senior hurlers were going about the place. 

“We have to believe that the athletes we have can realise a potential greater than they currently are. We can’t be half pregnant on this. We’re either high performing or we’re not. You’re not going to compete at the top end unless you’re fully in.” — Gary Keegan to the Irish Examiner, December 2014

They may have been under the illusion they were working both hard and smart but in hindsight as Conor Lehane admitted the other day they were only “farting around” in terms of high performance.