Coach John Longmire - Part IV has resigned

[The King!]

Are you serious?

Some big and obvious positive changes tonight

Pretty sure it was a joke

 

[bedford]

Disappointing to see the same old problems around the ball tonight and Longmire just sitting on his hands

Are you serious , would love to say more but i know what that would mean

 

[KingV23]

Pretty sure it was a joke

You might need to kick start another Sack Horse thread, mate.

 

[The King!]

You might need to kick start another Sack Horse thread, mate.

I will start a pull Cox thread if he doesn't win soon

 

[chads_shoe]

I will start a pull Cox thread if he doesn't win soon

I lit traa leee spat my drink and now my monitor has goo on it..

 

[J_Moore]

Smashed in contested possessions again. When is he going to do something about our setup around the ball?

 

[McGowan3]

Smashed in contested possessions again. When is he going to do something about our setup around the ball?

It's our biggest problem. Not sure of the solution with present personnel.

 

[Jeffers]

It's our biggest problem. Not sure of the solution with present personnel.

Personnel. This is still Horses list. Nothing on Cox

 

[The King!]

Roos left Longmire in better shape than Longmire left the list for Cox.

 

[Tedeski]

Roos left Longmire in better shape than Longmire left the list for Cox.

Even Eade left a list that Roos could work with.
The biggest problem with these guys is that they have become used to winning games with one quarter scintillating bursts of footy from a few stars, based on the hard work of the less talented players doing their roles.
Now when one of those role players gets beaten, then the wheels fall off the game plan which renders our stars useless for large potions of games.
Yesterday it was the third quarter.
JJ could do no more of his negative role on Neale.
Rowy was ok but gave nothing the other way.

Once we were down by 16 points with the game gone, we played different & got close again.

Same with last week when we were 27 points down. We then got going with our pressure.
But we only have one quarter of that in us per game against the good teams. If we don’t kick efficiently & accurately like we did in the first 13 weeks last year, we drop games.
We could easily be 2 & 0.
So our guys are comfortable with being down by 4 plus goals because they have done it for so long.
It’s mental & once a group has this in them it’s impossible for any coach to transform.
This is Horse’s legacy.

The Bloods was Roos’ legacy.

 

[BloodySwan]

Roos left Longmire in better shape than Longmire left the list for Cox.

Yeah Longmire list only made 2 of the last 3 grand finals

 

[RedBloodBlackSwan]

I came on here expecting the read comments along the lines of “maybe Horse was doing pretty well with the list he had”.

But nope, still somehow Horse’s fault.

How dare he get us to 2 GFs in 3 years and get our expectations up…

 

[Tedeski]

Yeah Longmire list only made 2 of the last 3 grand finals

Longmires flag in 2012 was with Roos’ recruits.
All of them.

 

[bedford]

Unbelievable bump

 

[chads_shoe]

while walking this morning, I stepped on a small pebble that went into my thong creating a whole cascading set of bad circumstances.

It was Longmire's fault. Thanks Horse!

 

[BloodySwan]

Longmires flag in 2012 was with Roos’ recruits.
All of them.

2 premierships for Roos? Amazing how he coaches without having to actually coach

 

[Heeney2Franklin]

2 premierships for Roos? Amazing how he coaches without having to actually coach

40 seconds away from B2B against that Eagles side on paper smoked us talent wise and were no doubt high on drugs.

 

[JackHiscoxWasFast]

40 seconds away from B2B against that Eagles side on paper smoked us talent wise and were no doubt high on drugs.

Jolly cost us that. How dare he become a father then play next day. (Jokes)

 

[Callipygian]

Horse-haters' hinges haven't held.

 

[caesar88]

Horse-haters' hinges haven't held.

Try saying that ten times in a row!

Not that I identify as a Horse-hater (I was certainly done with him by last year and I maintain that it was absolutely the best thing for the club for him to depart, but I thought he was undeniably a good coach), but is it not too early to tell either way?

As I've said multiple times there is a reason only one coach in the last 25 years has made a grand final in his first year. Throw in the injuries to key players, the post-GF hangover, the incredibly tough draw we've had to open the season, and Cox has been dealt as tough a hand as any first-year coach could ask for.

All things considered it's not been that bad.

 

[J_Moore]

We thought we had a premiership worthy list that Longmire couldn’t get the job done with. He was underperforming.

But it’s become clear.

Longmire’s failed list strategy and refusal to develop players has crippled this club for years to come. The players were over-performing, despite Longmire’s failings.

 

[MF]

Longmires flag in 2012 was with Roos’ recruits.
All of them.

Lol. Simultaneously gets slammed for not being able to win the big one (despite the fact he did) and also not being able to build a list of his own (despite building one that got to 4 grand finals)

 

[rustycrate]

Lol. Simultaneously gets slammed for not being able to win the big one (despite the fact he did) and also not being able to build a list of his own (despite building one that got to 4 grand finals)

He did enough to win one in 16. The AFL made sure he didn't.

The only thing better than a premiership team is a corrupt AFL.

 

[grimlock]

 

[RedBloodBlackSwan]

He did enough to win one in 16. The AFL made sure he didn't.

The only thing better than a premiership team is a corrupt AFL.

Agreed. If we wasn’t robbed of that one, and it was daylight robbery, his record looks much, much better.