Massacres like this will kill Leinster hurling

HOW do you put a gloss on this? How can you possibly put any kind of positive spin on a day when records are broken, the wrong kind of records?

The biggest score ever by Kilkenny against Offaly, going back to the days when Offaly were considered something of a cakewalk in hurling; the biggest win ever by Kilkenny over Offaly; the biggest aggregate score - 6-28, for God's sake?

All-Irelands have been won with teams scoring less over the whole campaign. Kilkenny won by 6-13, that's 31 points, or ten goals and a point, a massacre. Laois got off lightly in the other semi-final, losing by 'just' 11 points. Gloss? There is none.