Gary Breen
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Podcast Appearances
And I did the finishing line in sight create a little bit of angst where you're thinking, we're nearly there.
We're nearly there.
And maybe that did happen.
In terms of Jaime, in terms of what he did, what I will say, Joe and Dan, is that perhaps the fact that he is a foreign coach, he doesn't get...
like emotionally bogged down with it and how much it means to Ireland that he has that clarity of thought because the reality is we think we should be at every World Cup.
We've only ever been at three.
We've only ever been to the World Cup three times and yet we think we should be there.
So he's able to sit back or step back from it and just say, okay, let's settle down.
Let's take the emotion out of it, which is our driving force the majority of the time.
And he does have that clear kind of like hold clarity that,
And maybe that's why he's doing so well.
Maybe that's why he's delegating and let the other guys do all the other kind of other stuff.
So, listen to me now.
I'm pro-Heimer.
I know.
No, I know.
And then I'll counter that by saying, what is it then?
What is this nagging thing in the back of my mind that thinks... Because also, the contract timing of that, given it, I didn't understand the timing of it in terms of it wasn't going to be a benefit to the players.
Because the players, you don't really care whether a manager's got a long-term contract.
You're focusing on the playoff.