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Published 16:38 23 Jul 2022 BST
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"I didn't feel any different but Brian Cody made it his business to make sure the head wasn't getting too big," said Delaney. "He would call you out on bits and pieces you were doing. I thought I was going well, okay, in the league but he made a point of saying, 'Look, you're not hurler of the year now. That year is over. It's a new team. Fresh start, that's it!'," he said. "That was Brian's way of doing it. I didn't think I was getting carried away. Maybe I was, unknown to myself, but, if I was, he wasn't going to let that happen. "That was his management style - your feet are going to be well and truly planted underneath the ground. Not on the ground. Underneath the ground!"The Fenians clubman knew, all too well, that the hard work had to continue. He recalled that, only a couple of seasons before that personal accolade, Cody had 'gotten rid of a couple of household names'. "Your warning was well and truly on the table!" he remarked. To Delaney, the way Cody operated was 'no-one is bigger than the team'. If any member of the panel, during his time there, veered towards getting ahead of themselves, the boss man was never far away with a word or three to level them out.
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