The quiet man helping put the gloss on Tipp

THE difference between being a manager and being a selector?

Quantum, says Michael Gleeson, and ‘Glossy’ (as he’s better known in Thurles) would know. In 2009 and 2010, he was manager of the Thurles Sarsfields team that won the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship, a feat that storied club hadn’t achieved since the 60s. This year he’s one of Declan Ryan’s backroom team, part of the new Tipperary management which will be attempting to guide the Premier County to do something it hasn’t managed since the 60s, andretain the All-Ireland title.

“There’s a big difference,” says Gleeson of his new role. “I think there’s an awful lot more responsibility with the manager, he has an awful lot of more work to do.