Who will manage the managers?

WITH the management of their hurling teams in turmoil, a course in crisis management would appear to be a priority for the County Boards of Limerick, Clare and Tipperary.

And crisis is exactly what it is, according to one senior officer, a crisis that runs deeper and wider than at first appears.

The recent shock resignations of Cyril Lyons and Michael Doyle, senior hurling managers of Clare and Tipperary, respectively, and the sacking of Dave Keane in Limerick just one year into his projected two-year term, has created waves in three top hurling counties, but nobody in the GAA should feel complacent, reckons Clare GAA secretary Pat Fitzgerald.