Five big questions for Jack

JACK O’CONNOR owes Kerry football nothing.

He has proven himself to be a tremendous manager over the past seven or eight years and has delivered All-Ireland successes from schools to senior inter-county level.

The retirement of outstanding leaders like Darragh O Sé and Diarmuid Murphy coupled with the loss of Tadhg Kennelly and Tommy Walsh to Australia was always going to be a major challenge to overcome in 2009. Then things lurched from bad to worse with the suspensions of two of his onfield generals, Tomás O Sé and Paul Galvin. All those factors combined to leave Kerry exposed and Down took full advantage at Croke Park on Saturday. Their exit from the championship leaves Kerry and Jack O’Connor with a number of serious questions to answer in the weeks ahead.