What Jack O'Connor may mean by Kerry going 'back to the drawing board'

In another time, he might reach for the phone and call a player out of retirement or in Jack Barry’s case home from Australia but the season is that condensed it is highly unlikely. So what are his choices?

BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD: Kerry manager Jack O'Connor last weekend. Pic Credit: Ryan Byrne, Inpho.

So entwined are Kerry’s nine previous sets of league and championships under Jack O’Connor that this secondary competition has to be considered a sign of things to come.

At this stage, it almost goes without saying that all four of his Sam Maguire Cups were claimed either three, four or five months after they won Division 1 silverware.