O’Connor restores the feelgood factor in Kerry

EVERYBODY remembers the controversy that flared near the end of last year after Páidí Ó Sé was replaced as Kerry manager.

There were the press conferences in Killarney and in Westmeath. The heartfelt apologies. The pro and anti Páidí factions. Kingdom fans couldn't get out of the mess quickly enough.

Yet, without much fanfare, few recall how the man charged with turning around the fortunes of the county, Jack O'Connor, slipped into place.