Tough love and hard work key to the Liam Cahill coaching mantra

With three All-Ireland under-age titles to his name, Waterford did some excellent business in securing Cahill but he has had his disappointments also

Waterford manager Liam Cahill prior to the Allianz  League game against Cork in January. Picture: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

Liam Cahill learned so time ago that management is not a popularity contest.

Thirteen months ago, and less thant two weeks into the Waterford job, he dropped Noel Connors and Maurice Shanahan. The heat he received was hotter than expected, indeed it may have revised the rest of his cut list, but he wasn’t for budging.