Armagh attacker Rory Grugan has welcomed the information that Kieran McGeeney is to proceed in his position for the 2023 season.
The Ballymacnab man believes this transfer by the county board gives a substantial amount of certainty that's craved by the enjoying panel.
McGeeney will now enter his ninth yr accountable for the county that he captained to their sole All-Eire triumph in 2002, and this newest extension makes him the second longest-serving supervisor within the inter-county realm, simply behind Colm Collins of Clare.
He additionally continues a outstanding run of involvement in inter-county motion that stretches all the best way again to the late Nineteen Eighties when he joined the county minor crew.
“Most county groups now are on the lookout for that consistency of method as a result of you'll be able to develop from one yr to the following reasonably than altering issues up. You see loads of upheaval across the counties with administration modifications and we're delighted that Kieran was ratified on Monday evening,” stated Grugan.
“It’s excellent news for us. We will preserve the entire set-up collectively that we're making good progress with.”
Retaining the administration unit collectively, together with selector Ciaran McKeever and energy and conditioning chief Julie Davis, is a key aspect for them.
“Kieran has been there for about 80% of my Armagh profession and it's one thing that we have now grown to know and you might be snug with,” defined Grugan.
“There are programs in place by way of the backroom crew and the energy and conditioning stuff. It’s actually vital on that entrance that you're growing over time and we're seeing the fruits of that.
“I do know from speaking to gamers from completely different counties that there's a lot of upheaval when it's modified each two or three years. You aren't getting that improvement, particularly with younger gamers coming and getting to actually see the fruits of the work over an extended time frame.
“It does take that, clearly on the tactical facet of issues but in addition the bodily facet of it for younger gamers coming in.”
It isn't recognized, nonetheless, if selector Kieran Donaghy will nonetheless be concerned. The previous Kerry ahead has been a highly-visible presence within the Armagh set-up for the previous two seasons however given he lives in Kerry, the dedication required is gigantic, alongside along with his job as a gross sales supervisor for a pitch firm.