VIDEO: Killarney provides chance for new Cork leaders to emerge

When Neil Armstrong landed on the moon, it marked the culmination of a $24 billion NASA space program. 

Ten years later, NASA sheepishly admitted they could not return to the moon even if they wanted to — they couldn’t remember how. Too many of their key people had retired and the tacit knowledge built up had not been passed on in anticipation of that event.

For Cork football, winning the All-Ireland in 2010 should not have been as difficult as landing on the moon. But for players and supporters alike, it certainly felt like it! It was the culmination of a process Billy Morgan started back in 2004. Morgan always placed a huge emphasis on leaders. He identified them. He coaxed them. He rang them and encouraged them continually. He gave them belief. Along the way, there were some bitterly disappointing defeats but the leaders kept the show on the road.