Despite losing the National Football League final to Derry last week the people of the Kingdom will feel like everything remains on track for Sam after winning the Under 21 football championship.
Surprisingly Kerry are not renowned for their underage success and this was their first Under 21 in quite some time.
I don't know why Kerry don't do better at underage maybe Cork work harder at it because they need to as they don't have the same conveyor belt of talent coming through as their Munster neighbours.
Even going back to the early '70s Cork dominated minor competition in Munster for years yet only claimed one senior All-Ireland title as the Kingdom prospered under O'Dwyer.
However, Under 21 is usually a better barometer of success than minor but the fact that Kerry have taken that title at a time when their seniors are already ahead of the chasing pack is a bit ominous.
Tyrone are one side which has built good senior teams on the back of Under 21 success at the start of the '90s and again at the start of this decade.
If the only thing the current Kerry side get out of this Under 21 team is a strengthened bench then they will be very hard to beat.
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