AFL: Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir has resigned with the club for one year. David King has called it 'farcical' and 'a PR stunt.'
Two Fox Footy experts have been left baffled by what North Melbourne champion David King called the “farcical” decision by Fremantle to extend head coach Justin Longmuir’s contract by just one year.
Yet on Thursday evening, ahead of the club’s Round 1 opener against Brisbane, the Dockers announced Longmuir had put pen to paper keeping him at the club until the end of 2025. “He’s under enormous pressure to get this club rolling, to play a brand of football that we’ve seen from McRae and Nicks and where football’s actually going.Hawthorn legend Jason Dunstall labelled the decision “extraordinary” on Fox Footy’s pre-game broadcast.
“We strongly believe in the program that Justin, our playing group and overall football department are embedding and driving, and the decision to extend his contract aligned with what we believe we can achieve in the coming years and beyond.”