‘We’re good at turning negatives into positives’

CONSIDER for a moment the state which the Tipperary hurling squad found itself in when Liam Sheedy was handed the reins back in September of 2007.

Under Babs Keating, the county had exited that summer’s championship at the quarter-final stage against Wexford and the camp seemed to be cursed by bitterness and bad vibes.

Brendan Cummins and Eoin Kelly had both fallen foul of the legendary Keating in his second spell as manager while, across the border in Leinster, Kilkenny were already halfway through their capture of four successive All-Ireland titles.