Kieran McGeeney has had to endure quite a lot of criticism since first taking the Armagh job 10 years ago, sometimes from those in his own county.
This is the man who captained Armagh to their only ever All-Ireland success, had done a great job with Kildare, and was making small steps every single year towards progress with the Orchard county.
Now after guiding them to their first All-Ireland final since 2003, his endurance, longevity and indeed, the county board's trust in him, has all paid off.
In typical 'Geezer' fashion, the Mullaghbawn native is more interested in giving the player's the credit that they deserve.
“You give me a bad coach but a player with a brilliant attitude and you’ll still get a great result. Give me a brilliant coach and a player with a bad attitude and you will still get bad results.
“Don't get me wrong, there's a cultural aspect in that you have to coax it out of a player and that is the job, but when you have players like Forker and Grugan - we have loads of them - they are a joy to be with, they bring energy to the session and that's why we do it."
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However, McGeeney did want to get one thing off his chest, and address a particular criticism that is often thrown his way by pundits and columnists.
“Contrary to popular opinion, if I read one more time, ‘he’s holding them back, he has to let them go’ - like as if I’m shouting ‘don't go fellas, don't go for any more scores, hold back, don't score any more’ - it’s f***ing nonsense. How do people even contemplate even saying that stuff?
“It would be great if you could get a camera from the player's perspective. We always see it from above, see the gaps you can put it into - ‘Why didn’t you kick it in there?’ ‘Well, there were 14 bodies between me and him Kieran, I just couldn't really see the f***ing gap you could see from 50ft up there.’”
Although the fact that Armagh lost four penalty shoot-outs has to involve an element of bad luck, the fact that they kept drawing these big games was used as a stick to beat the management with.
The inference was always that McGeeney was more afraid of losing rather than going to win it, but as you can tell from his colourful comments, that certainly isn't how he sees it.
