I had been told this was the case when the news originally broke that he was done. I believe he was given some time to reflect on things.
I’d say there won’t be a cow milked in Tipp tonight.
Who’s this lad?
Was he not playing last weekend?
I’m pretty sure he played in Walsh Cup this year
Came on against both Laois and KK this year. Don’t think he featured against Dublin.
A real vote of confidence by Kehoe in Davy there. Had he seen enough of Egan in the few months to know this was a waste of time?
Harry Kehoe says goodbye
I’m surprised Maher is only 32, he’s been around so long, he seemed to come into the tipp team fully formed. A stalwart. A player opposition loved to hate, I’m sure tipp fans loved him.
To be fair, I was told last year by an impeccably placed Tipperary man that he contacted the player in question some time afterwards in private through an intermediary. He met him, he apologized and they shook hands.
Fair play to him. And good luck to him in retirement. At his best, Pádraic Maher was a force of nature.
That lad knew, and knows, sfa about hurling.
Tadhg de Burca’s mate.
The very chap.
Canning, Maher x2 gone in the space of a few months.
TJ Reid/Richard Hogan/Noel McGrath/Callanan and Patrick Horgan likely to follow by the year’s end.
The golden generation.
I think you’re really stretching it mentioning Maher in the same context as canning, Reid, and callanan. Or the other Maher or McGrath. Excellent players over a long period of time but not in the same tier as those others you mentioned. Kyle Hayes will likely have overtaken Maher in terms of achievement before he reaches his late 20s.
Canning, Reid and Callanan are all time greats.
He more or less told me he was ashamed of himself
for losing the rag that day.
That’s an absolutely bizarre take.
Padraic Maher has more All Stars than Canning, Reid and Callanan.
If you want to be really glib about it Reid couldn’t nail down a place in his County team until he was 27, Callanan was 26.
Maher never missed a Championship game from 20 years of age until the end. He is an all time great. What’s that thing in Australian Cricket about ‘the true greats are never dropped’.
I wouldn’t be getting ahead of myself with Hayes either…
He did the right thing – and even more so, the two of them, by keeping the meeting totally private.
Must say my opinion of him went up when I heard. The man who told me would be 100% on it.
As long as Hayes keeps that change of pace there is really no one to hold him.
He is a guy who could go downhill but his prime is going to be spectacular