Only a year ago, Brolly stated that ‘Kieran hangs over them like a tonne of weight'. What has changed is that McGeeney has changed. He’s learned … about himself firstly, his players secondly.
Their team has been called chokers, their manager depicted as a specialist in failure. And in the last fortnight they answered back.
Read next: Armagh vs Galway: Team news as Kieran McGeeney makes one change for Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC final And that has been McGeeney’s problem. A decade in the job, it has taken him 10 years to become an overnight sensation.His start was disastrous, Armagh suffering a series of humiliating defeats, Donegal beating them by nine points in 2015, by 12 in 2020. Cavan had eight points to spare in 2016, Monaghan hit 4-17 against them in 2021.
That tells us two things, one that they are punching way above their weight as a county, and secondly, a misconception exists that they are a footballing powerhouse. McGeeney picked up on this theme, highlighting how 12 of the county’s 14 Ulster titles were effectively won by just three teams, Bill McCorry’s team of the fifties, Jimmy Smyth’s side in the ‘70s and early ‘80s, and then the 1999-08 side that he was an integral part of.
A year later, after losing to Derry on penalties, Brolly wrote in his Gaelic Life column that ‘Kieran hangs over them like a tonne of weight.Yes, Kildare failed to win trophies under McGeeney, but they did win respect, as well as a place in five All-Ireland quarter-finals and the 2010 All-Ireland semi-final. In his final year, he coached the county’s Under 21s to a Leinster title and then got voted out by county delegates.
Everyone else was taught the value of defending and attacking as a team. Then this year something clicked. They began to attack more, forced to do so after Kerry missed a couple of goal chances just after half time in the All-Ireland semi-final.
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