“I keep them,” he’d philosophically muse to Martin, “because if ever I am successful with a team and I think I am getting too big for my boots, I can look up and say: ‘That’s how close you are to winning and how close you are to being the most useless bastard going.’” Within days of delivering another major title to the county - the 1997 national league - he was gone as it wasn’t the cup that was wanted.īy then Mahedy had framed the 20 questions for posterity. Would it not be better off to make a fresh start under a new manager?”Īs it turned out, Ryan would refuse to give them the satisfaction of stepping aside as Mahedy would, but his final year was tainted by the fallout from the 20 questions more than the All-Ireland itself. They also got to vent or express their tactical chops and concerns, asking: “Was there any instruction given to Joe Quaid to vary the puckout and make use of the extra man in the second half?”Īlthough Limerick hadn’t won a Munster title in the 13 years prior to Ryan’s appointment only to win two out of three on his beat, the question was posed: “Does Tom (Ryan) feel that the best interests of Limerick hurling are served by him continuing on? This bunch of players have reached and lost two All-Irelands now. Question No.4 was: “Are the hurley carriers justified when players on the panel have to go up into the stand?”Ībout two of Mahedy’s sports science students who were assisting him, it was asked: “Is there a necessity for the two girls?” One of the players Mike Nash would describe it as “stupid men well qualified to ask a stupid question asking stupid questions”, in stark contrast to Mahedy who he viewed as “way ahead of his time and very advanced”.
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