Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir has responded to questions relating to recent criticism from North Melbourne champion turned media pundit David King.
King, who claimed Longmuir is "under the most pressure in the AFL right now", said on Fox Footy that the Dockers need to "find out whether this guy is your man. If not, rip the Band-Aid off and go again", insinuating that a key call is needed to be made on Longmuir's future at Fremantle should they fall short of a finals finish this year.
Longmuir was questioned on King's comments on Thursday, with the Dockers coach taking King's stance as purely an opinion.
"To be honest, if I had a dollar for every time someone asked me what I've done to David King, I'd be a rich man and probably in the Bahamas, guts-up rather than doing this job," Longmuir said.
"In the end, everyone needs to understand that it's David's opinion. We're a game based on opinion. That's his opinion. That's enough said about it, really.
"I don't want to be disrespectful towards anyone, but I don't think David's put together a gameplan, put together a list, put together a culture.
"It's just an option, and that's what I take it as."
Longmuir has a 52.03% win rate in his time with the Dockers, which started ahead of the 2020 season following Ross Lyon's departure.
The Fremantle coach has won under 10 games in a single season just once - his first campaign in a reduced 2020 season.
The Dockers currently sit outside of the top eight on percentage, and just four points from Adelaide, who sit in third.
Longmuir said the criticism of coaches is a product of passion from the fans, which can at times "go too far" following recent threats made to Carlton coach Michael Voss.
"To be honest, I don't get caught up in it," Longmuir said of external criticism.
"I'm always looking forward and looking towards how I can improve my coaching, how I can improve the way we're playing.
"People get caught up in it, people around me get caught up in that stuff, but really I'm just focused on the opinions of the people I trust around this club and doing the best I can.
"I understand there's a lot of passion in our game. Everyone's got an opinion because of that passion.
"I love it. That passion drives our game, it drives the money in our game, it drives supporters to latch onto a club and support a club. I love the passion, but there's a line you can't cross. In the end, it is just a game.
"If [Michael Voss] is getting death threats, then it can go too far."
Fremantle could claim their 11th win of the season on Saturday night when they host Hawthorn at Optus Stadium.