The Swans need to be forensic about what went wrong on grand final day. They need to have a frank conversation with John Longmire, and he needs to be frank with himself.
. The margin wasn’t as big, but the consequences were greater. The investigation into what went wrong must be unsparing.
Unlike in 2022, this was a grand final against another non-Victorian team. No one had a complaint about the home ground or home state advantage. . The inevitable review of what went wrong, which must be forensic and unsparing, cannot not look at the coach and ask what he and they could have done differently, as opposed to asking if he is the right person. They need to have the frank conversation with Longmire, and he needs to be frank with himself.They knew what to expect from this Lions side.
This all sounds like smug hindsight, but that is only because games like Saturday’s provide such clarity about the team and club. Coaches say you learn more from losses than wins, and when they are losses like this you learn a hell of a lot. The game was not lost in the Swans’ forward line – it was lost all over the ground – but the absence of anything from any key forward didn’t help. McDonald couldn’t move and Joel Amartey and Hayden McLean were barely more mobile, which didn’t help Sydney’s pressure.
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