Smith believes next Roscommon manager should come from within the county

Donie Smith believes that Davy Burke’s successor as Roscommon senior football manager should come from within the county.

Speaking to the Roscommon Herald following his intercounty retirement last week, the Boyle player felt that it was time for people to trust a Rossie to take on the job.

“With the new manager, the right man has to come in. In my personal opinion, it should be a Roscommon man managing the team.

“If you look at all the top teams in the country, they all have people from that county. I don’t understand why a Roscommon man can’t take the job. I think it is really important.

“I don’t see why it shouldn’t be an internal man. All the top teams have internal fellas because they trust them.

“I think it is time we trust fellas from Roscommon, who live in Roscommon and are mad about Roscommon. I think we have plenty of good fellas about the place and I think it is time we went internal and put everything behind him,” he noted.

*Full in-depth interview with Donie Smith in Tuesday’s Roscommon Herald