Paul Roos to hand over coaching role to John Longmire

[lwjoyner]

I am also worried, it sems that maybe RL was a huge bit behind the Swans premiership and if this is to work we need to get some new assistants. Blakey back to a defensive role (defence was were he made is mark) maybe we should look at another northerner Adam Simpson as an assistant as midfielder coach and look for another forward coach.

[hammo]

It's unlikely the Swans' gameplan or philosophies will change much because the structures are all in place from the coaching panel down to the recruiting staff (Maxwell). If Longmire had different ideas, we'd have seen them by now.

The Swans have more money than North and more stability than Richmond. We'd be an attractive prospect for ANY coach coming out of contract next year. For that reason I am a little disappointed.

I wonder if this decision would have been made if St Kilda weren't so dominant this year - in some ways vindicating the Swans' 05 gameplan and the coaching credentials of Longmire vis a vis Lyon?

[swans_premiers]

why's everyone wan't change?
Stability is the sign of success...Look at geelong..had pretty much the same team for 3 years and they dominated...now a few players are out, new players come in and they start losing.

Same with us back in 05/06...little injuries meant we had a stable side.

Same should be said for coaching panel.

Successful teams... Essendon(Sheedy) Port(williams) Cats( thompson) have long tenures as coach.

Keep changing all you want...hasn't worked for richmond or dockers for the last so many years. Longmire's been there and had a large thing to do with US winning a premiership n making finals every year. IMO players will be happy to see him get the top job after so many years as assistant n will want to play with him, they will already understand the gameplan.


Top decision..future is looking bright. now lets bring on the cats..

[DST]

Have no issue with this at all, and for all those who are calling for a new game plan wake up.

The club has been going down this path for a long time (since the appointment of Eade) where we are looking to implement a brand of football and culture unique to us and no one else.

To acheive this, you look to the succesfull people within your own club to carry on the work, hence why Maxfield is now involved in recruitmemt, we went from Eade to Roos and we now have another hand over from within from Roos to Longmire.

Next step will be to implement the current crop of retirees in Kirk, Leo, Crouch etc into our football department (whether that be coaching, recruitment etc) going forward

DST

[iigrover]

Given Roos isnt 60 and ready to retire yet, I wonder where he will turn up next - Western Sydney perhaps?

[ugg]

Given Roos isnt 60 and ready to retire yet, I wonder where he will turn up next - Western Sydney perhaps?

He has hinted in the past that he would to live in America.

[Thunder Shaker]

According to this article, Roos is retiring for family reasons.

Roos has two sons who would be eligible to play with the Swans as F/S picks in a few years. Maybe there's a bit more to this succession plan.

[hot potato]

Longmire should be a pretty good coach by then. Yes, congratulations from all at Hot Potato too John.
Once Roosy has done a couple of HSC's it will be interesting to see what he does then..... there would be some juicy offers around I would imagine.

HP

[Industrial Fan]

Barring injury...(and finals) he should hand over having coached 200 games for the swans.

Certainly a changing of the guard in the next 12 months.

[Lucky Knickers]

Well done Swans. It is great to see the club make an investment in people and back that.
Gees I am going to need a awful lot of tissues to stem the tears over the next year and a bit!

[hammo]

According to this article, Roos is retiring for family reasons.

Roos has two sons who would be eligible to play with the Swans as F/S picks in a few years. Maybe there's a bit more to this succession plan.

They will be eligible to play for Brisbane, not Sydney.

[ScottH]

There's no doubt Longmire is rated highly internally, but I still think the club should be casting the net wider.

There isn't exactly the same hype around this succession plan as Buckley's arrival at Collingwood!

The only big difference is that Longmire has served a lengthy apprenticeship, Buckley has not. But I guess only time will tell if it is the right decision or not.

[DST]

They will be eligible to play for Brisbane, not Sydney.

It is my understanding that with a combined playing and coaching stint at Sydney the boys would have a choice as to which club they played for under the father and son rules as they currently stand.

DST

[Lucky Knickers]

What was interesting was reading Ireland is replacing Baron-Hay and we now looking for a new director of football....Roos making a change?
Source
Did I miss that?

[stellation]

It is my understanding that with a combined playing and coaching stint at Sydney the boys would have a choice as to which club they played for under the father and son rules as they currently stand.

DST

Was there a rule change to include games coached?