Liam Sheedy has hailed Eamon O’Shea’s impact on Tipperary’s latest All-Ireland success.
O’Shea was Sheedy’s right-hand man during his first stint as manager from 2008-10 and went on to manage the team for three seasons himself, narrowly missing out on an All-Ireland in 2014.
Sheedy coaxed him back into the set up in a coaching capacity earlier this year and says that he has a “special relationship” with the Kilruane man.
“There’s no other words for it,” he said. “We started back in 2008 and we went on a journey and the journey finished in 2010.
“The reality is I wouldn’t be sitting here today as an All-Ireland champion manager only for Eamon O’Shea. We just have a special connection. He has a special connection to me and he has a special connection to all the players and he just brings the best out of everyone.
“I fully appreciate the work he does but, again, I would feel that in me, in Tommy (Dunne), in Darragh (Egan) and in Eamon we have the best set up in the country and that’s what you need if you’re going to go toe to toe with the likes of Kilkenny and Limerick and the rest of them so I’d give massive credit to them.”
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