Taking a swipe at his critics in the county, he stated: “We tend to like a good failure in Tipp. That's what disappoints me the most. We tend to love a good failure.”
Describing the Munster Championship as the 'province of death', he added: “I am really delighted that the players and we as a group put in a performance last weekend that was not acceptable. We have no problem with that. Some of the analysis was very justified, absolutely justified, but some of it was not.
“Really proud of the way we fought until the end after a match that was more or less taken away from us. We had chances to win the game before that, to be honest, but we're really proud of the way we as a group, this group of players, as a management and backroom team, everyone involved in the set-up, came around this week. cars drove. .
“We are very grateful to the supporters in the stands today, they were absolutely fantastic. They will support this team to the hilt every day as we fight. That is the most important. And we fought for everything today. We as a group fought and that's all we're looking for.”
Reflecting on their 15-point loss to Limerick in the first round, Cahill said: “The pain came from within last week. Your emotions run high when something goes wrong on the big stage in a Tipperary jersey. We as a group never intend not to fight or die in our boots on the field. We never plan to do that.
“It is always our intention to make the people of Tipperary proud to watch the achievements of their flagship team. So we have taken massive responsibility for what happened last weekend. We took massive ownership of it because we had to.
“We own that for the rest of our lives. Maybe I own some of my comments in the aftermath. I own that and it weighed heavily. We'll just draw a line under that now and continue with this achievement and still try to make sure we qualify out of this province of death in Munster.
“Let's see if we can get a few more points. There are four more on offer. If we can perform again, we will have to perform at a very decent level again, even better than we performed today, obviously to have any chance of progressing in the championship. That is our golden objective for the next two weeks.”
Cahill agreed Tipperary's replacements made a significant contribution.
“Without our bank today, we would go home empty-handed. The ever warrior Bonner (Maher) got there, John McGrath was top class, young (Seanie) Kenneally (who scored 1-1), Darragh Stakelum made his Championship debut, he was excellent today. He never gave up.
“There are good young lads coming to Tipperary. Our U20s were phenomenal last night and are in a Munster final. At Tipp we often love a good failure. That's what disappoints me the most. We tend to love a good failure.
“We should actually be privileged in the position we are in. We are not where we want to be. Of course we want to win All-Irelands and dine at the top table every year.
“But we are where we are and we have a lot of good people and good top class players who are fighting to achieve that and get back to the top, as I said,” he said.