Dempsey all smiles as his charges finally pass the acid test
Three weeks in which Luke Dempsey answered the SOS and put their senior footballers back on the rails. Asked afterwards where this win ranked in his personal achievements list, Dempsey’s smile said everything. His departure from Westmeath probably hurt the man more than he allowed at the time. Yesterday was therapeutic for both him and his new charges.
“This is one of the best in the sense that when I came down to Carlow I was my own boss,” he explained. “I have learnt an awful lot in the last year about myself and the love I have for managing teams. I’ve implemented what I’ve learnt up in Leixlip who I’ve been training since January 3rd.