Frictionless reappointment of Ronan McCarthy should please Cork GAA supporters

This is progress for Cork, which has often seen its senior managerial appointments become... not a sideshow so much as the main event, a cabaret of personality clashes and resignations

Cork manager Ronan McCarthy celebrates with Mattie Taylor and Ruairi Deane after beating Kerry at Páirc Uí Chaoimh last month. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

The appointment of a senior manager is always an interesting barometer when it comes to the temperature in a county — the expectations, pressures, and perceptions simmering and seething within.

Can a reappointment be as interesting? Yes, and particularly in the case of Ronan McCarthy with Cork.