Cody’s allegiance to Village will never affect Kilkenny job
Take Brian Cody. A couple of days ago, at the launch of the 2005 Allianz NHL, Cody sat at the top table with another two high-profile managers, Galway’s Conor Hayes and Cork’s John Allen. Cody holds the most impressive management cv of the lot, yet, at the end of 2004, despite reaching another All-Ireland final, there were murmurings of discontent around the Marble City.
Some of the sniper fire came from within his own club, James Stephens, where a couple of former Kilkenny stars, Philly Larkin and Brian McEvoy (who had both lost favour as starters with Cody, then lost patience on the bench and quit the panel), were now starring on the club scene.
