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19th November 2014
09:39pm GMT

Daly's relationship with the Dublin county board is explored in the book but there is no doubt that the problem of players choosing one code over another in the capital is one that caused some difficulty for the Clarecastle native.
He feels that "Dublin have to come up with a solution" but doesn't feel a suggestion that underage players choose football or hurling before they are minor is the answer.
He admits there is a "glamour with the football that hurling is yet to get to" and had hoped after 2013's success the hurling set up would attract more players but hopes Ger Cunningham can work around the problem.
The Corkman is new man at the helm and Daly has wished him well. He has heard there is a good buzz in the camp: "I was there for 6 years and things just needed a freshen up."
Daly's life story would be incomplete unless a huge amount of any tome on his career would feature the saffron and blue of Clare.
Daly led the county out of the wilderness in 1995 to Munster and All-Ireland glory and followed it up just two years later with another All-Ireland title. The Messiah-like figure of Ger Loughnane was at the helm for both successes and hovers over almost every page in the book. But the relationship was not always smooth one between the two - especially when Dalo took over as Clare boss in 2003.
Daly admits that some of the criticism from the Feakle man hurt him "more than it should" but that Loughnane was hugely supportive of Daly when in charge of Dublin.
The 1994 All Star corner back admits that everyone in Clare was shocked by the revelation that he was to undergo treatment for leukemia in 2011 and that all his former players rallied around him.
He describes their relationship in a colourful way:
"It's like a fecking marriage when ya have an argument, but if you're committed and you know what the other person means to you in terms of what they brought for you...and it cuts both ways for players and manager. Ger took it to another level with Mike (McNamara and Tony (Considine) after great work by Len Gaynor."
Daly admits that he had concerns about writing about their relationship but when speaking to Loughnane recently was told "there's no point writing comics...you have to tell the story as you see it."
The strength of Daly's wife Éilis and family is evident throughout the volume and their support is put into stark contrast when the rumours about Daly's off-field life were circulating.
He deals with whispers of marital problems and domestic abuse and the low point of being accused of being "a wife beater" in the 1998 Munster Final against Waterford.
Daly did ask his wife Éilis if it would be okay to include the painful personal stories and he said that she gave him her full support and that "we could have left it out..but she said it's your book and we went with it."
Daly has only been out of the managerial game for a few short months but was most recently linked to the Galway position in the autumn time.
He says he was "flat out" with the book since the end of Dublin's involvement but there was "no concrete approach from Galway-a few clubs did approach me to put my name forward but when I saw the championship draw and Galway up against Dublin I said aren't I glad I didn't announce publicly I'd love to have a go at it."
He feels that down the line he could be tempted back at some level but for the moment "I'll let the hare sit and I'll have a few pints for Christmas and see what way things will be then."
Typical Daly, relaxed and engaging but you can see the fire burning in his eyes to be out on a hurling field and not signing books, getting welts in his hand from sliothar rather than a pen.
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