Sydney has extended the contract of coach John Longmire by two years to 2014 and locked in outstanding young key forward Sam Reid until the end of the 2017 AFL season.
Reid 19, made his debut for Sydney in the final round of the 2010 season and missed just one game this year.
He kicked 22 goals in 2011, second only to co-captain Adam Goodes, and won a Rising Star nomination.
"It was always my main goal to stay in Sydney, and that's what we were working towards the whole time," Reid told reporters in Sydney on Friday.
"To get a really secure deal is, fantastic, I was really happy with that."
Sydney chief executive Andrew Ireland, who had re-signed Sydney legends Michael O'Loughlin and Goodes to five-year deals in previous years, said the club was conscious of the changing nature of the sport.
"With the new teams coming into the competition, free agency and the like, it's really pleasing that Sam was agreeable to a long term contract with us," Ireland said.
"It's not easy to find quality key forwards and Sam has filled that role for us really well through the last season."
Longmire continues his association with Sydney, which started in 2002 when he was appointed as an assistant coach to Rodney Eade.
"I'm obviously really appreciative of the decision to extend my contract and I'm really excited by the group of younger players we've got coming through," he said.
"I think we've got some of the more talented younger players coming through that are going around."
AAP
Tags: australian-football-league, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia First posted December 16, 2011 13:27:50
No comments:
Post a Comment