Kerry county board chairman Sean Walsh has revealed for the first time that Pat O’Shea of Dr Crokes will be the man to replace Jack O’Connor as manager of the All-Ireland champions.
Walsh explained that the final hurdle had been crossed late on Thursday night when the Munster council executive, decided at a meeting in Limerick to allow their games manager, Pat O’Shea to enjoy a dual mandate role for at least one year.
Walsh denied newspaper reports that the three man sub-committee of the county board had or intended to turn to outgoing selector Ger O’Keeffe to 'patch a management team together for 2007' and said that Pat O’Shea was the only candidate that had been approached
O’Shea will be ratifired at a county board delegate meeting next week.
In light of the decision of the Munster executive, it looks as if Pat O’Shea's term of office will have to be of a one-year duration, but this does not mean that O’Shea would not get an extension.
