Mickey Harte's appointment and departure as Derry manager was as shocking as it was rapid, with the former Tyrone boss only lasting one year in charge of the county.
However, he is not the first man to leave after such a short stint in charge of a GAA inter-county team, and he certainly won't be the last.
Just because a manager is brilliant and a team is full of talent, it doesn't mean that success is guaranteed.
Sometimes the chemistry just isn't right, regardless of previous achievements and young stars coming through the ranks.
Here are five other GAA managers who only lasted a single year in charge.
Paul Galvin - Wexford
Kerry legend Paul Galvin managed Wexford during the stop-start year of 2020, when the whole world was called to a halt because of COVID-19.
Galvin only lasted four months in the job before deciding to step down before the championship began, but that was because his personal circumstances had changed during the pandemic.
We have not seen the Kerryman back on the sideline as a manager since.
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Colm Bonnar - Tipperary
Com Bonnar was given a three-year term when he took over the Tipperary hurlers in 2022, but at the end of the season, while he was making plans for 2023, he was informed that the county board have decided to "relieve him of his duties."
Tipperary had lost all of their group stage championship matches during that campaign, but Bonnar was very much under the impression that he was to be in charge during a period of transition.
Bonnar released a statement at the time saying: "I am extremely disappointed with the decision of the executive committee of Tipperary GAA regarding my position as Tipperary senior hurling manager.
"The terms of reference I was given for my 3 year term was stated clearly by the Executive Committee at the Tipperary convention in December 2021 where it was stated that Tipperary were entering a transition and a rebuilding period.
"The manager will need time to add new players to the panel and patience was urged for this rebuild."
Joe Kernan - Galway
The Armagh legend is so engrained in the history of the Orchard county that it's hard to remember that he actually managed another county, even if it was for a short time.
The 2002 All-Ireland winning coach took charge of Galway in 2010, and although it was a relatively disappointing season, the county board were keen to keep him on, and he was keen to stay.
However, the board informed him that they wanted to make changes to his backroom team and remove some people from the staff, something which Kernan refused to do.
Speaking to The Irish Independent at the time, the Crossmaglen man said: “That was something I couldn’t accept. As far as I was concerned, I had the best people I could get around me and it was on that basis that I wanted to continue.
"When I wasn’t being allowed to do that, I felt the only honourable thing to do was to resign.”
Páidí Ó Sé - Clare
Páidí Ó Sé was a hero in the GAA world, and that reputation wasn't tainted even in the slightest when he resigned as Clare manager after just one season in charge back in 2007.
Ó Sé won All-Irelands with Kerry as a player, captain and manager, before enjoying some brilliant success with Westmeath, guiding them to a Leinster title.
However, the Clare job came at the twilight of his managerial career, and it was just never the right fit for the Kerry legend.
Mick O'Dwyer - Clare
Mick O'Dwyer is arguably the greatest manager in Gaelic football history, winning an incredible eight All-Ireland titles during his time with his native Kerry.
The Munster man went on to lift three Leinster titles, two with Kildare and one with Laois, in his latter years, and was managing at inter-county level right up until he was 77 years old.
Just like fellow Kerryman and his former player Páidí O'Sé, his career came to an end following a one-year stint with county Clare.
In very similar circumstances, O'Dwyer just wasn't able to muster up the same magic with Clare as he had with his previous teams, but it certainly had no affect on his reputation as one of the very best to ever manage in the sport.
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