Kerry chairman Tim Murphy wants ‘patience’ for new management team

Kerry county board chairman Tim Murphy has defended the length of time taken by his selection committee to appoint the new Kerry senior football management team.

Sixty-six days passed between Éamonn Fitzmaurice stepping down as Kerry manager on Saturday, August 4, and Peter Keane being ratified as his successor at Monday’s county board meeting. This was slightly more than the 54 days Tipperary were without a hurling manager and almost double the five weeks in Mayo between Stephen Rochford exiting and James Horan returning for a second spell at the helm.