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19th June 2018
03:02pm BST

But if Waterford's 2018 was anything, it was unfulfilling. If Brick is anything, he's durable and the lack of closure in what might have been his last season may just nag him enough to stay chasing that elusive All-Ireland medal for one more year.
That was what kept him going last year, after Waterford had lost that September decider to Galway, and The GAA Hour's JJ Delaney wonders whether it might tempt him back for one more shot at it.
"I met him last summer in Waterford and I said to him, Jesus, 'how are you still going?'" "He said to me: 'I still don't have that medal.' That was his motivation, that was huge. It just struck me there and then like. You might take it for granted a small bit but he just said it straight out. "Whether that burning desire will be there to come back again, I suppose, it'll depend on who comes in, the new management team. I think he just needs to take a bit of time now."And we certainly wouldn't want to bet against that burning desire still being there. A consummate professional, Brick has long avoided injuries. He's fresher and fitter than most 35-year-olds, he's undoubtedly still worth his place on the Waterford team and in the dressing room. https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/1009040504233881600 Let's not forget, this is a man who hasn't had a break from GAA in more than 15/20 years. He may just find it hard to walk away.
"Another thing you'd have to say about him as well, he's won ten football championships with his club. That means he's hurling all year inter-county, and then playing football for the winter as well. "That's no break for ten or 12 years and he just still had the appetite to come back and back and back."One wonders weather he'll go to the well again. If Walsh does decide to call time on his illustrious career in the next few months, he'll have signed off a hero to hurlers the length and breadth of the country.
"Maybe he has the decision made in his own head but I know for a fact when I finished up in 2014, I was the last person to go off the field that day in Croke Park because I knew I was finished. Maybe he did something like that as well, just to soak it in," added JJ. "I seen a great picture of himself and the kid walking in hand in hand under the stand at Semple Stadium. If he does retire, that'll be a great picture as well." "I'd say Derek McGrath went in and told him to go back out, he's not that type of fella that would want the limelight, but the Waterford fans were there and there were Waterford and Cork surrounding him. It was a great thing."Feared by opponents, Brick is admired by them and teammates equally. You can listen to JJ, Wooly and Michael's thoughts on the weekend's action right here.
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