The blockbuster sequel of the summer was confirmed last night: Déise Davy 2 - The Comeback.
Fitzgerald had great success in his first spell with Waterford, leading them to to the All-Ireland final in 2008, just three months into his inter-county management career.
The players had won three provincial titles under Justin McCarthy, but after a Munster quarter-final defeat to Clare that June, a talented but ageing side had lost faith in the Cork man's ability to bring them to the big show.
Fitzgerald did just that, but they came up against a Kilkenny side on their way to four in a row in that final and at the penultimate stage in 2009 and 2011. Waterford did regain the Munster crown in 2010 but were then knocked out by a Tipp side that had by then supplanted them as the Cats' main challengers.
So, Davy is back on the Waterford sideline. He has won an All-Ireland title with his native Clare and led Wexford to a first Leinster in 15 years since. But will this return be more of a Godfather Part 2 triumph or a Speed movie without Keanu Reeves?
Here are how some of his fellow managers got on in their second screenings with the same county.
The Good
Liam Sheedy led Tipp to their first Liam MacCarthy in nine years and denied Kilkenny what would have been the first senior men's five-in-a-row in either code in 2010.
The Portroe man surprisingly stepped down after that but returned in 2019 and immediately led the Premier men back to the top of the hill, again beating Kilkenny in the decider.
Sheedy called time on his second reign after back-to-back All-Ireland quarter-final defeats in 2020 and 2021.
The surrender of a 10-point half-time lead against Limerick in the 2021 Munster decider stung, but even so it remains the only time the champions have trailed at the break in championship action over the last three years.
Cyril Farrell was just 30 years old and in his own words had been "a very ordinary club hurler" when he steered Galway to a first All-Ireland in 57 years in 1980. It also happened to be his maiden season in charge.
They were beaten in the following year's final by Offaly and Kilkenny in the last four in 1982. Farrell, who had been commuting from Dublin, took somewhat of a break after that, though still found time to lead the minors to the ultimate prize in '83.
But he was back home and back in charge for the 1985 season. Galway lost successive finals against Offaly and Cork but went on to win the next two (against Kilkenny and Tipperary), their first and only double to date. They also contested the 1990 final against Cork before he stepped down the following year.
The Bad
Former Hurler of the Year Babs Keating was Tipperary's saviour in the late 1980s.
Tipp hadn't won a Munster in 16 years until he ended the drought in his first season in charge in 1987.
There was All-Ireland heartbreak against Galway the next year but Tipperary got the better of their fierce rivals before beating Antrim in 1989 and regained Liam in '91 against Kilkenny.
His comeback, 12 years after first stepping away, did not go quite as well. The Premier were beaten in the 2006 Munster final by Cork and the 2007 provincial semi by Limerick and in the All-Ireland quarters both years, by Waterford and Wexford respectively.
The Ardfinnan man famously dropped his Ballybacon-Grange clubmate Brendan Cummins for the replays against Limerick in '07. But he might point out that he had also given him his debut in 1993.
Cyril Farrell actually had a third go at managing the Tribesmen, this time from 1997-98.
But he was unable to replicate the box-office success of his earlier eras and Galway were beaten in All-Ireland quarter-finals in both seasons.
The Middling
After three consecutive Munster exits, dual All-Ireland winner and Cork icon Jimmy Barry-Murphy ended what was then considered a long drought for the Rebels when they landed the big prize in 1999.
They retained the provincial title in 2000 but were beaten by Offaly and JBM stepped down.
Twelve years later he was back. It was another slow start, featuring losses to Tipperary and Galway but the following season Cork overcame Munster final disappointment to reach the All-Ireland decider against Clare.
They were only denied by a last-gasp equaliser by Clare's Domhnall O'Donovan. Shane O'Donnell's hat-trick settled the replay.
The Rebels gained provincial final revenge over Limerick in 2014, but were well beaten by Tipp in the All-Ireland semis and Barry-Murphy walked away after a heavy quarter-final exit to eventual finalists Galway the next year.
Only middling by the county's historically high standards to be fair.
Kieran Kingston had been a selector and coach under Barry-Murphy and was appointed his successor in late 2015.
A nine-point defeat to provincial and All-Ireland champions Tipperary and surprise qualifier exit to Wexford was not the most auspicious of starts but Cork were renewed in 2017, winning Munster and only coming undone in the latter stages of the semi-final clash against Waterford.
The Tracton man unexpectedly departed after that, citing work commitments, but was back for more in 2020, only to have the pandemic interfere with his plans as the Leesiders were beaten by Waterford and Tipp.
There was clear progress last year, an epic extra-time semi-final win over Kilkenny the highlight, but Limerick were comfortable winners in both Munster and Cork's first All-Ireland final appearance in eight years.
They slipped behind Clare in the provincial pecking order this season and lost a quarter-final to just a single point to Galway, after which Kingston decided against staying on.
