Haven's rookie boss Seanie Cahalane thriving at the deep end

To go from never having managed a team to taking charge of a county and provincial club-winning side is quite the leap. Seanie Cahalane willingly leapt.

Pictured at the press briefing at Castlehaven was Seanie Cahalane taking time for a cup of tea with Marian Collins. Picture Denis Boyle

In management, you have to start somewhere. Oftentimes, that starting point is chosen for you. Necessity and unfilled positions will see the debut manager roped into an U14 or Junior B dressing room by a determined and won’t-take-no-for-an-answer club official.

That is not Seanie Cahalane’s story. His was not your typical managerial start. He was given the opportunity to start at the very deep end. And once the invite was extended, he hardly fixed his goggles before diving in.