After knocking for the third time, the door to managing the Mayo senior footballers has finally opened for Kevin McStay.
While McStay’s candidacy was strong in its own right given his most recent achievements in Roscommon, where he guided St Brigid’s to an All-Ireland club title in 2013 along with winning a Connacht title while in charge of the county team in 2017, the strength of his backroom team bolstered his prospects significantly.
In his own right, Stephen Rochford would have been a leading contender for a return to the job he held for three seasons up to 2018 and so persuading him to come on board in a coaching role removed a potential competitor from the field while bolstering his own ticket significantly.
