Newly-crowned Footballer of the Year David Clifford says the Tony Griffin influence was critical to Kerry finally breaking their All-Ireland duck.
The former Clare hurler was brought on board by manager Jack O’Connor as a performance coach at the start of the year, with the role seen as a particularly important one given the psychological trauma that the team had suffered in recent years.
In 2019 and ‘21, Kerry were in commanding positions against eventual All-Ireland champions Dublin and Tyrone respectively only to blow it, while in between there was a dramatic defeat to Cork in the winter Championship of 2020 which abruptly ended their year.
