The way we decide our sporting champions in Australia is uniquely unforgiving. It doesn’t matter if you’ve had a consistent year on grand final day – at the end of it, you’re either a winner or a loser.
As such, in assessing his time as coach of the Sydney Swans, there’s just no escaping John Longmire’s 1-4 record on the AFL’s biggest stage and, in particular, the dismal defeats in 2022 and 2024. Harsh as it is, and as hard as it is to even reach the pinnacle, Longmire will be........