Larry Ryan: Will we go back to managing Ireland by committee?

Is it time to accept that an Ireland manager will never solve all our needs and instead build a coaching ticket like any half-serious Gaelic football county?

FAI director of football Marc Canham, left, and FAI chief executive Jonathan Hill during an FAI media briefing at FAI Headquarters in Abbotstown, Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

The FAI has found itself in many unfortunate scenarios over the years. Predicaments that might easily have been dreamed up by sitcom writers.

A fresh episode dropped on Thursday, with CEO Jonathan Hill and director of football Marc Canham obliged to wind up the reign of Vera Pauw and at the same time essentially wind down the innings of Stephen Kenny. Two buses arriving at the same time and crashing into each other.