4 steps which Brian Cuthbert and Jimmy Barry-Murphy travelled in system changes

They mightn’t know it but Brian Cuthbert and Jimmy Barry-Murphy are following similar journeys, following paths they hardly envisaged when they became managers of Cork’s football and hurling teams but ones borne of necessity more so than design.

Adopting the Kübler-Ross model of grief, here’s just how the pair have reconciled with the death of their preferred philosophies to embrace more defensive tactics reflective of what’s en vogue:

DENIAL