Longmire gone

[bungalow_bill]

He’s a total cockroach. He’ll still be kicking around long after all of us are gone.

The Keith Richards of AFL?

 

[HirdsTheWord]

You make it sound like he was sacked. He wasn't.

He resigned with a year to go.

It is a tough gig as an AFL coach even when you are coaching a successful side to grandfinals.

Suggest he simply decided he didn't have the energy or passion to go another year and for the teams benefit has handed the reins to Cox.

i dont believe he was formally sacked.

but i do think he was given the option to go out on his own terms, rather than be sacked.

 

[Caj]

Personally know the father of a well-known premiership Swan who surprisingly has felt and told me for the last 6-8 years that “horse has to go, he’ll not win another thing”, who would be very happy with this news.

Exactly how I’ve felt

 

[Obeanie1]

If Trent Cotchin said he was fit to play then he plays. Longmire didn't respect Mills.

OK.

No matter how many others are playing underdone or under a injury cloud?

Picking underdone players in a GF is fraught with danger. Sometimes it works out OK. Often doesn't.

 

[M Malice]

 

[Rich01]

How much patience are the Blues going to give Vossy if he doesn't deliver this year?

Deliver what?

 

[Xtreme]

Coxy has to make the grand final of the Swans will have failed in season 2025.

 

[RUNVS]

Coxy has to make the grand final of the Swans will have failed in season 2025.

We have big weaknesses in defence and up forward so I would not say making the Grand Final will be a likely outcome.

 

[Xtreme]

I remember when you heavily criticised Geelong for letting go of Quinton Narkle and how Port's signing of him would hurt us.

He'd still comfortably be Geelongs best player

 

[luthor]

The main thing was the lack of strategical nous in the coaches box imo.

Is that you Kingy?

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[Aristotle Pickett the3rd]

Is that you Kingy?

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Yes, Kingy here. I think Sydney on John have made the right decision here. He has been a great coach but he just couldn't get the business done at the business end of the season.
It's sad, but clubs move on, that's the reality of AFL football.
Part of me says did John not listen enough? Was Coxey shut out? We may never know.

 

[Andrew Mc]

i dont believe he was formally sacked.

but i do think he was given the option to go out on his own terms, rather than be sacked.

Agreed, he jumped before he was pushed.

 

[Aristotle Pickett the3rd]

i dont believe he was formally sacked.

but i do think he was given the option to go out on his own terms, rather than be sacked.

Same thing

 

[Tedeski]

If Trent Cotchin said he was fit to play then he plays. Longmire didn't respect Mills.

All 3 of Cotchin's premiership medals are engraved ............"With Compliments from Dusty".
Wouldn't have gone anywhere near a Grand Final appearance without Dusty in that team.

 

[Tedeski]

Personally know the father of a well-known premiership Swan who surprisingly has felt and told me for the last 6-8 years that “horse has to go, he’ll not win another thing”, who would be very happy with this news.

ROK's dad is a nice fellow.

 

[Tedeski]

Coxy has to make the grand final of the Swans will have failed in season 2025.

Every coach who doesn't win a premiership has failed.
Our last two club coaches have succeeded.

 

[theprospector]

Every coach who doesn't win a premiership has failed.
Our last two club coaches have succeeded.

A great home and away coach who achieved plenty in 14 years. Go well into the distance , you don’t owe us anything.

 

[Kappa]

Agreed, he jumped before he was pushed.

Pushed out after making a grand final? That's utterly ridiculous

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

a calm man....

Huh???

 

[Obeanie1]

All 3 of Cotchin's premiership medals are engraved ............"With Compliments from Dusty".
Wouldn't have gone anywhere near a Grand Final appearance without Dusty in that team.

Don't forget the one "With compliments from the MRP and AFL tribunal."

 

[Hamingja]

Deliver what?

Top 4 / prelim would be minimum I would think for a list in their window

 

[Cyclops]

Has he done a Graeme Wright? 30 years at the highest level, needs a year off and then back in a new role? Seems to have been done in a civilised way, no blood on the floor.

Blokes earned a rest surely, and very hard to get a fresh start as Sydney coach with the AFL geniuses breathing down your neck.

Good luck to Cox, and hope Horse spends six months on a Thai beach getting some bad tatts and a scattering of braids around the fringe of his enormous scone.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

ROK's dad is a nice fellow.

That’s not the swan I was talking about.

 

[Leeda]

He never appeared to be an effervescent personality...but the stalwart kept his lads purring ....

 

[GoldbergsGold]

Crazy Sydney got rid of a coach that got the team to 2 of the past 3 grand finals, but Ken Hinkley survives 12 seasons with 0 grand final appearances as coach. Maybe Longmire should have tanked the team, looks better apparently missing grand finals, lol.