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Wicklow minor boss feels team can help raise bar for county starved of success
Though they lost the All-Ireland Tier Three Championship final on Saturday, manager Barry Fitzgerald tips bigger things for some of his players
Wicklow People
Losing an All-Ireland final is hard on everyone involved with the losing team, but it poses a unique challenge for managers. They have to push their feelings aside to no small extent because, as their title suggests, they need to manage how their players process the experience.
When those players are youngsters, minors, the challenge is even keener. The Wicklow minors who lost Saturday's All-Ireland Tier Three football final to Longford will have taken it harder than players more hardened to ups and downs on and off the field.
