Kieran Shannon: David Clifford is truly on the path to greatness
Kerry’s David Clifford celebrates a score in the Allianz Football League Division 1 final at Croke Park on Sunday. Picture: Inpho/James Crombie
Shortly after Jack O’Connor stepped out of the Kerry job for the first but not last time, his successor – and predecessor – Pat O’Shea recommended some reading material to his players: a book by a Pat Williams on the phenomenon that was Michael Jordan called How To Be Like Mike.
One of its nuggets was Jordan’s awareness and obligation that every time he performed there was someone who was seeing him in the flesh for the first and possibly only time in their lives. Maybe they lived in whatever town he was playing in that night. Or maybe they had saved up and flown in from some other part of the States or the world. Wherever they were from, he did not want to disappoint. Not only had they wanted to say “I saw Michael Joran play” but he wanted them to be able to add “and he was great.”
