When Gary Keegan appeared on Off the Ball during the week, it was inevitable that he would be asked for his opinion on what happened to Cork in the second half of the All-Ireland final last July.
Keegan wasn’t in Croke Park that afternoon as he was on duty with the British and Irish Lions in Australia.
He is no longer involved with the Cork management as a performance coach, but loyalty to the group and his professional integrity meant that Keegan was never going to speculate on the topic.
In any case, the meltdown was so seismic that Keegan was in the dark about it as much as anyone else involved with that group.
“I have no idea (what happened),” he said. “I was as surprised as anyone else.