How Kerry became believers in the word of Paddy Tally 

To pigeon-hole Tally as simply a defensive coach doesn’t reflect his influence on Kerry’s transitional play, what they do when they turn over ball

BIG IMPACT: Kerry coach Paddy Tally lifts the Sam Maguire Cup after the win over Galway in the 2022 final. Pic: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Yards away from where Bono announced 33 years earlier that U2 had to “dream it all up again”, Jack O’Connor and Paddy Tally sat down for a coffee the Monday morning after last year’s All-Ireland final.

There outside the 3Arena venue located beside the team’s Gibson Hotel, they debriefed on a job well done and plotted once more. On a year’s sabbatical from St Mary’s College in Belfast, there had been doubts Tally could stretch his coaching agreement with Kerry into a second season but they made it work.