A root and branch review of Waterford football? Here is where it has to start

What is the problem? What needs to happen next? No better man than Waterford senior football manager Ephie Fitzgerald.

HERE'S THE PLAN: Ephie Fitzgerald, manager of Waterford senior footballers over looking Nemo Rangers club. Pic: Eddie O'Hare

When it comes to conversations about improving weaker counties, the eternal struggle is to see the wood for the trees. Small details blend together to form a hazy fog full of sound and fury but ultimately signifying nothing. Given those terms, the best possible starting point is to cut to the chase.

No better man than Waterford senior football manager Ephie Fitzgerald. The how and why will come. Start with the what. What is the problem? What needs to happen next?