Joe Brolly: Presidential hopeful Jim Gavin is a man of integrity and courage
Former Dublin player and manager Jim Gavin. Photo: Piaras Ó Mídheach / Sportsfile
As each of his plans end in triumph, I imagine Jim Gavin sitting in a hot tub, sipping Champagne, smoking a fine cigar, like Hannibal in The A-Team , smiling and saying to himself, “I love it when a plan comes together.”
He is a mysterious and unknowable man. Like The Equalizer, he appears from nowhere to solve impossible problems, then disappears until the next crisis, never seeking credit. As the Dublin manager, he famously refused to pose for photographs with the Sam Maguire, saying: “This is the players’ achievement.”