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I know.He would still hold the record for the longest time to get there.
No coach in the history of the game has remained at 1 club long enough to get there.
Also no coach that has coached at multiple clubs, even through sackings, has taken that long to get to a GF.
The longest coaching stint without making a GF is owned by Rodney Eade 352 games from the GF he qualified for in his first season with Sydney to the end of his career. Eade of course was sacked by 3 clubs over that period of 352 games, Syd, WB, GC, and never won a flag. So in theory Hinkley could be 4 seasons away from basically holding every record of failure that a coach could possibly hold, whilst all at one club.