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18th October 2019
10:59am BST

Michael Carey was centre back on the Kilkenny under-20 team last year[/caption]
Last year, the Young Ireland's club man was on the extended panel and the natural progression this year will be for him to make an impact on the team.
So when Brian Cody asked his father DJ to be a selector for the coming year, you couldn't blame Carey, the legendary hurling forward and nine-time All-Star, for having cold feet.
It's a serious business and no matter what way you look at it, every decision will be scrutinised, and particularly so with his son on the front-line. So when Cody and Carey met up, DJ explained his reservations in an interview with Marie Crowe on Game on.
"I had some reservations. One of my sons, Michael is on the extended senior panel for 2019. Obviously he would be looking to step up next year, and I'd have reservations on that myself," he said on Game On.
But in a true, classic Cody manner, the James Stephen's club man shot DJ's concerns down straight away.
"He didn't accept it as an excuse," said DJ.
"So here we are..."
Maybe the myths are true. The lads talked about it on Thursday's GAA Hour Show and Colm Parkinson and Conor Heneghan saw the funny side of it all.
"So DJ Carey doesn't stand a chance with Brian Cody. It's like, what are you saying DJ, I'm not entertaining that excuse. You just don't say no to Brian Cody," said Wooly.
"Basically, the buck with your son stops with me, and you won't have anything to do with it," added Heneghan.
There's no confusion about who makes the decisions in Kilkenny. Though Wooly certainly sees Carey's point of view.
"That is a reservation for DJ. Traditionally, a selector from a club gets in on a new management team and suddenly there's three or four lads from his club on the panel who'd never been on the panel before. I don't understand why selectors do it because if I was a selector from a weaker club, I'd do the opposite...Ah I think we've moved away from that..."
Brian Cody's the boss man and it's his way or the highway.
You can watch Thursday's GAA Hour Show here.
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