RE-SIGNED: Longmire (till 2014) and Reid (till 2017)

[Auntie.Gerald]

he will be on $450k pa base minimum me thinks .......... indexed in alignment with a few factors such as TV rights etc

[erica]

FIVE years? Sensational news.

[royboy42]

awesome news, love how we are building up our stocks now of some good talent and securing them..
goes to alot about our culture that the yng fellas come into now...
i do worry about Jet and TDL being apart of our club in the long term though if they will one day want to go home

Maybe a bit of a stretch but a few years ago we may have had the same thoughts about a young M O'Loughlin and a young A Goodes.

[mcs]

When I woke up this morning and saw this headline on facebook I thought my christmas present had come early. I've been having nightmares almost imagining that The Guaranteed Wooden Spooners would steal our Superstar forward in the making. I'm sure they would have made a massive play for him had he not signed up, and well 5 years is just fantastic. It shows that not only the club has a lot of faith in Sam, but that Sam has a lot of faith in the club.

Great day for the Bloods, and lets hope in a couple of years we look back and think this was the day that we resigned the man that helped lead us to Premiership glory. I certainly think he has all the potential in the world to be in the top handful of players in the game, and if he develops as we hope, we have a man to build a forward line around, and really give the flag a shake.

Bring on 2012- so so so so happy right now - made sitting for my flight in Innsbruck airport just a little more bearable!

[Rod_]

Happy with both long term signings

Happy Christmas from the Swans to the members
:-)

Rod_

[ScottH]

About freaking time
Made my morning.

Go Sammy.

[Damien]

Caused some speculation at the pub this arvo- generally the group settled on locking in a base of $300k p.a. (average) for the length of the contract.

I was told today from a good old source (normally doesn't bull@@@@ me, but it is xmas lol) that 2 of the 5 years are quite significant (typical front loading) and then the next three are 250-300, with an average closer to 450K if a few things work out for him. Apparentely some major incentives in terms of goal kicking and other indicators, plus increases if the year 3 CBA review increases the salary cap and if there is a massive increase in the next TV rights as his contract doesn't end until 1 year after the next TV deal is finalised.

He must have really really wanted to stay a Swans because I can't imagine his manager was keen on him signing for so long for not only the whole current CBA but beyond it! I love it.

[stellation]

I was told today from a good old source (normally doesn't bull@@@@ me, but it is xmas lol) that 2 of the 5 years are quite significant (typical front loading) and then the next three are 250-300, with an average closer to 450K if a few things work out for him. Apparentely some major incentives in terms of goal kicking and other indicators, plus increases if the year 3 CBA review increases the salary cap and if there is a massive increase in the next TV rights as his contract doesn't end until 1 year after the next TV deal is finalised.

He must have really really wanted to stay a Swans because I can't imagine his manager was keen on him signing for so long for not only the whole current CBA but beyond it! I love it.

$450k sounds reasonable to me, I thought it would be around $400k but there seemed to be debate over the number of years and the average across us all was around $300k as his base- most seemed to think that guaranteeing for longer would mean a touch less for Sam.

[Damien]

$450k sounds reasonable to me, I thought it would be around $400k but there seemed to be debate over the number of years and the average across us all was around $300k as his base- most seemed to think that guaranteeing for longer would mean a touch less for Sam.

From what I understood, the Swans have protected themselves a fair bit in the event (touch wood) that he doesn't develop the way we all believe he will. It's certainly no Plugger "You get paid this even if you are injured" type of contract.

[caj23]

Well lets hope Longmire can deliver a premiership then, cos its going to be a looonng 4 seasons otherwise.

He showed some positive signs and a few negatives as well in his debut season, certainly not enough to indicate at this stage the he deserves to have the longest contract of any coach in the AFL

This is a really poor decision IMO

[Damien]

Well lets hope Longmire can deliver a premiership then, cos its going to be a looonng 4 seasons otherwise.

He showed some positive signs and a few negatives as well in his debut season, certainly not enough to indicate at this stage the he deserves to have the longest contract of any coach in the AFL

This is a really poor decision IMO

It's only a 2 year extension and obviously he has a plan that the board and football department believe in. I can't agree it's a poor decision, because he's taken us to the finals, won an away final and from my point of view is developing quite a nice list and style of play. He obviously met or exceeded club expectations this year and has their confidence to implement a longer term plan, I really can't see an issue with that.

[Lucky Knickers]

Well done Swans! Genius!

[Matt79]

Very exciting news...particularly Sammy Reid!!

[Dosser]

Maybe my maths is all wrong, but doesnt 5 years plus next year equal 6 years?

[ugg]

Maybe my maths is all wrong, but doesnt 5 years plus next year equal 6 years?

His previous contract expired at the end of 2012 so it's a 5 year extension.