Tomás Quinn: Half-time switch by Jim Gavin the key call

Many coaches in sports these days talk about just being ‘figureheads’ for large management groups and facilitating the players’ efforts to improve and succeed as a team.

Successful teams will often talk about a culture where many decisions, both on and off the pitch, are made by the players.

But some days good managers will know that maybe the answers aren’t coming from the guys inside the white lines of battle and it is time for them to step up to the plate.