Opinion Sack Hinkley 11 - Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest

[TazD]

Victorians call him Kenny and South Australians call him Ken.

Says it all

I call him shit

 

[dirty2]

I call him shit

Sack shitley

 

[MrPlow]

Not sold on Buckley but if he came with Chocco sign me up

 

[1954]

Lol there's a Hinkley St

And a Koch crescent, but they are both dead ends with signs that say `Wrong Way, Go Back!'

 

[philreich]

Correct but that presser was a whole bunch of nothing. Just words filled up into the air with no meaning. I’d reckon if he farted it would have more meaning then the words that came out of his mouth, like what was the point of having a presser for?

So situation normal.

 

[Contested Marx]

I'd be willing to bet about 80% of posters on this forum alone are more educated than stinkers

He's a high school dropout so yeah 99%

 

[dirty2]

He's a high school dropout so yeah 99%

Did he really? If so get him to go talk to high school kids who want to drop out.

That should be enough motivation to stay at school.

 

[backtozero]

My favourite part of the presser was when he said "we turn up more often that not"

You don't anytime it matters though. Not in tribute match, not in a premiership anniversary match, not in Showdowns, not in big night games at home & not in knockout finals.

 

[Ported]

Turning up is the new winning

 

[Schulzenfest]

There are more bottom 10 teams than top 8 teams, so this is technically true.

 

[TazD]

Bucks and chocco eh.

Bucks would be like "this is Port Power est1997" and Chocco would be like "my family single-handedly built this club in the 1950s, where's my crown?"

It would be interesting to see which take wins.

 

[ElectricG]

Bucks and chocco eh.

Bucks would be like "this is Port Power est1997" and Chocco would be like "my family single-handedly built this club in the 1950s, where's my crown?"

It would be interesting to see which take wins.

Better than this shite

 

[Duck Farmer]

Chocco would be like "my family single-handedly built this club in the 1950s, where's my crown?"

Plus he'd bring Jenny onboard to lead the "Bring Back the Pylons" campaign.

 

[Del165198]

My favourite part of the presser was when he said "we turn up more often that not"

You don't anytime it matters though. Not in tribute match, not in a premiership anniversary match, not in Showdowns, not in big night games at home & not in knockout finals.

He actually meant to say: "we turd up"

 

[Contested Marx]

Did he really? If so get him to go talk to high school kids who want to drop out.

That should be enough motivation to stay at school.

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/the-private-mr-hinkley/news-story/77c608b458ad901402f5e75330930151

At 15, Hinkley he met his future wife Donna. At 16 – in a storyline that mirrors that of the Crows’ first Brownlow Medallist Mark Ricciuto who grew up in the Riverland – Hinkley was the leading goalkicker for the Camperdown senior team. At 17, he was leaving school with no career in mind, but starting a semi-professional sporting journey with VFL club Fitzroy. It wasn’t quite the dream it appears.

“I was one of those who battled to make the adjustment out to city life; didn’t like it,” says Hinkley who played 11 games in his two seasons (1987-88) with the Lions. “That’s why when you look at my footy career I was at Fitzroy, I wasn’t at Fitzroy, I was at Fitzroy, I wasn’t at Fitzroy. And then I ended up at Geelong because I just didn’t like living in Melbourne. I was a typical country boy from a big family who just needed to have people around to make me feel comfortable. That didn’t happen in Melbourne.

“I was 17. I didn’t have a driver’s licence. I was relying on public transport and rides home at night. This is a country boy who once he got to Werribee, he got spooked by how big the place was and then had to find his way around. It was a little bit foreign for a country lad. I’d left school at the end of Year 11 because I knew I was going to Fitzroy. The club wanted me to continue at school, but it was never part of my plan, unfortunately. So I did a bit of labouring work in factories between playing footy. But every chance I got, I was on the train or in the car trying to get home to country Victoria.

“I had no plan..."

 

[Us against the rest]

 

[Del165198]

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/the-private-mr-hinkley/news-story/77c608b458ad901402f5e75330930151

At 15, Hinkley he met his future wife Donna. At 16 – in a storyline that mirrors that of the Crows’ first Brownlow Medallist Mark Ricciuto who grew up in the Riverland – Hinkley was the leading goalkicker for the Camperdown senior team. At 17, he was leaving school with no career in mind, but starting a semi-professional sporting journey with VFL club Fitzroy. It wasn’t quite the dream it appears.

“I was one of those who battled to make the adjustment out to city life; didn’t like it,” says Hinkley who played 11 games in his two seasons (1987-88) with the Lions. “That’s why when you look at my footy career I was at Fitzroy, I wasn’t at Fitzroy, I was at Fitzroy, I wasn’t at Fitzroy. And then I ended up at Geelong because I just didn’t like living in Melbourne. I was a typical country boy from a big family who just needed to have people around to make me feel comfortable. That didn’t happen in Melbourne.

“I was 17. I didn’t have a driver’s licence. I was relying on public transport and rides home at night. This is a country boy who once he got to Werribee, he got spooked by how big the place was and then had to find his way around. It was a little bit foreign for a country lad. I’d left school at the end of Year 11 because I knew I was going to Fitzroy. The club wanted me to continue at school, but it was never part of my plan, unfortunately. So I did a bit of labouring work in factories between playing footy. But every chance I got, I was on the train or in the car trying to get home to country Victoria.

“I had no plan..."

He's a literal moron lol

 

[crafty_bernardo]

Think Hinkley could have been a better coach and definitely snagged flags if he had an education, or at least had the desire to pursuit further education later in life. But he's content being an amateur bumpkin league level coach instead.

 

[backtozero]

Think Hinkley could have been a better coach and definitely snagged flags if he had an education, or at least had the desire to pursuit further education later in life. But he's content being an amateur bumpkin league level coach instead.

 

[Andre]

If there is any truth that internally we're thinking Ken would be sacked or close to sacked after losing to the Saints, it truly shows we're run by idiots.

Some late season pointless wins, a few more weeks of losses. None of it matters. We've seen 260+ games of this coach. We know where we stand with him, there is nothing that could happen in the next period that could change the fact we will need a new coach.

The club knows the issues, but don’t care. Koch and co. are now just worried about being dragged down with Ken and calculating the best break point for them. They of course want end of contract still and a nice job well done, but now for the next guy. It’s now just seeing if enough losses causes Koch’s ego more damage to keep him on, then let him go.

At no point will what’s best for the club come into it. To get Ken gone, every dig at him on any public platform the club sees (Facebook / twitter comments etc) must tie Koch to it, until enough straws break his fragile ego. It’s the only chance to get Hinkley gone before end of 2025.

 

[1954]

Re Hinkley and his lack of education, I suspect koch gets some enjoyment from continually endorsing a coach who he would see as intellectually inferior to himself and with his total lack of footy knowledge he would think it was an all brawn and no brains caper anyway.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Not sold on Buckley but if he came with Chocco sign me up

Whatever happens to the head coach, the fact we dont have a senior assistant is a disgrace.

 

[snozulu]

"iM a FiGhTeR"

**** you campaigner. Put a sack Hinkley sign on his front lawn

Actually write it on the lawn with some glyphosate

 

[Us against the rest]

A good article.

Port Adelaide’s problems go beyond just the coach | Footyology

footyology.com.au

 

[Harlott]

The club knows the issues, but don’t care. Koch and co. are now just worried about being dragged down with Ken and calculating the best break point for them. They of course want end of contract still and a nice job well done, but now for the next guy. It’s now just seeing if enough losses causes Koch’s ego more damage to keep him on, then let him go.

At no point will what’s best for the club come into it. To get Ken gone, every dig at him on any public platform the club sees (Facebook / twitter comments etc) must tie Koch to it, until enough straws break his fragile ego. It’s the only chance to get Hinkley gone before end of 2025.

Yep. They have a history of waiting for the tide to turn and a run of good form before they announce anything. They will be hoping like hell for that. The last thing Koch would want would be for things to fall into a screaming heap for him to act. Wouldn’t be surprised if he calls it a day first either by resigning or announcing he’s going to a new job. Especially if we go down hill quickly. There’s no saving him if he’s here after sacking Hinkley.
I bet they’re currently rehearsing furiously all likely scenarios behind the scenes and what they’re going to say publicly.