Coach John Longmire - Part IV has resigned

[Kiama Chris]

The only time i have heard a player speak negative of Longmire was Sam Gray and Lewis Taylor.

Both players on the outer edge of our best 22 at the time they both expressed lack of feedback and direction from the coaches.

I've heard of a couple more over the years who talked quietly and it got back to me indirectly but it was more about not being taken enough notice of. One is pretty well known, the other less so. None of it frames Horse as nasty, more dismissive. I could see that.

 

[bedford]

Yes obviously Parks wasn't happy , but it happens at all levels

 

[Jewelsbon]

I'm sorry for trying to give you the inside word. You go with when Luke Parker finishes his lease in Brighton (Melbourne) and completes the two property development in Bali and returns to Sydney (he lives in the same street as Horse) that they will be best mates. Because you would know !!!

Not meaning to denigrate Parker, but your chatter about he and Longmire falling out could be Parker himself being a bit arrogant and thinking himself hard done by - there are two sides to every story.
I'd be stunned if what you posted about Jack and Kennedy had any weight to it. Kennedy still does work for the club and that didn't just resume when Longmire resigned, he was with the team on GF day.

 

[bedford]

Not meaning to denigrate Parker, but your chatter about he and Longmire falling out could be Parker himself being a bit arrogant and thinking himself hard done by - there are two sides to every story.
I'd be stunned if what you posted about Jack and Kennedy had any weight to it. Kennedy still does work for the club and that didn't just resume when Longmire resigned, he was with the team on GF day.

I thought Mr Rentakill was missing

 

[robbieando]

I thought Mr Rentakill was missing

Longmire caused that....

 

[bedford]

Longmire caused that....

I thought it was Dan

 

[Chris Flannery]

Not meaning to denigrate Parker, but your chatter about he and Longmire falling out could be Parker himself being a bit arrogant and thinking himself hard done by - there are two sides to every story.
I'd be stunned if what you posted about Jack and Kennedy had any weight to it. Kennedy still does work for the club and that didn't just resume when Longmire resigned, he was with the team on GF day.

That's interesting that Kennedy works for the club. I didn't know that. I had heard the Kennedy story a couple of years ago - maybe he didn't want to retire and was told to.. It's good that he is with the club.

 

[rustycrate]

That's interesting that Kennedy works for the club. I didn't know that. I had heard the Kennedy story a couple of years ago - maybe he didn't want to retire and was told to.. It's good that he is with the club.

Back again with more dribble.

 

[bedford]

Back again with more dribble.

At least he's alive , i wonder where he was hiding , although Roger Rogerson has left us

 

[rustycrate]

At least he's alive , i wonder where he was hiding , although Roger Rogerson has left us

I have experienced people of his type in my life. They are unhappy with their own lives so they seek to bring down others around them to their low level so that they can feel good about themselves. Drag people down and they feel good.

If I was a St Kilda supporter, it was very hard for me to type that, I would not feel good. About anything.

But to come on here and peddle dribble about one of the most successful coaches in the AFL in the last 15 years.
To have the temerity to poke your head up and rubbish other clubs coaches when your very own has almost been charged of offences by police, and they welcome him back, speaks volumes to the class of people that support the Saints.

Clean up your own house before you even think about lecturing other clubs about your perceived "insights" or "mail" or "what my mate who knows someone close to someone in the family" crap.

Chris Flannery dribbles crap.

 

[RubbaDuck]

Managing each and every member of staff well is a terrifically challenging role. There will always be conflict and disappointment, especially dealing with a host of players who have been lauded as champions throughout much of their developmental years. To then gel them as a team so focused as to be willing to sacrifice their personal egos to the single goal of that team's success.

Many of the team are barely adults themselves, still wet behind the ears. Some older players carry scars of disappointment, lack of fulfillment, and perhaps can't yet see their own contribution towards the road bumps in their relationships.

Players are not much different to staff in any job. Perhaps bigger egos, bigger ambitions and bigger disappointment when such a short career approaches an end so quickly.

It absolutely boggles me that Horse achieved such fidelity from his young charges. Full credit. We owe him a lot

 

[Superstar swan]

I’m not under the illusion that afl clubs are all rainbows and unicorns. There is no doubt that there are players at every club who can’t stand each other , personalities that clash etc, but most can put that aside and conduct themselves in a professional manners.

IMO horse is many things but he he appears also to drive high standards and sets clear expectations of his players. If there are reports that Sam gray and Taylor are accusing , horse of what they perceive has ‘mis treating ‘ them in any , I tend to believe it, and think it is completely justified.

They both arrived at the club overweight, and never got fit, no wonder they rubbed horse the wrong way, they didn’t pay the club , players, staff etc the respect they deserved in giving their all and conducting themselves in a professional manner.

From the outside looking in, horse appears to be a no nonsense type , once you betray his trust , you have nailed your own coffin. And that’s the way it should be