Former Offaly goalkeeper and Leinster Coaching and Games manager Alan Mulhall reacts to appointment.
Liam Kearns is returning to the midlands, this time to manage the Offaly Senior Football team.
Kearns spent two years in charge of the Laois footballers, bringing the O'Moore County to a Leinster final in 2007.
The Kerry native then returned to Munster to bring Tipperary to a provincial final.
Questions do exist about his preferred playing style.
Former Offaly goalkeeper and Leinster Coaching and Games manager, Alan Mulhall tells David Hollywood that while he may not have been Offaly's first choice, he may be the right choice:
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