Opinion Sack Hinkley 11 - Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest

[philreich]

I don't feel like I'm duty bound to boo. In fact it is starting to turn into groupthink, which makes me not want to be a part of it. I'm my own person and make my own decisions and will not follow a pack.

In pure frustration after getting spanked at home by Brisbane i get the booing. It's not what i would normally condone but i can see why it happened, it was spontaneous similar to when the umpires get booed off after they've reamed us.

But i don't like where this is heading now, with it no longer being spontaneous and supporters on here talking as if it's already a done deal that they are going to boo no matter what. Honestly, if we play a great game and have a good win and there is still booing taking place, that is just going to come across a bit pathetic. Essentially, feeding the media narrative that we are just a bunch of blood thirsty imbeciles.

I also don't think it is as helpful as what you think it is. Just like your Sack Hinkley sign, it achieved nothing, he is still here 6 years later.

I also think barring some miracle where we completely turn this season around that he is gone at the end of the year so i don't see feel the same sense of urgency that he needs to be marched out of Alberton right at this minute.

There's at least 2 reasons why it needs to happen now:

• The sanity of the fans - we play the most boring brand of football of any of the 18 teams. I want to enjoy watching Port NOW: not starting next year (or worse, 2026)
• The players' careers, which are clearly being adversely affected by having this turnip coaching them

 

[Scodges]

The booing has caused a media storm and the coach to be in tears. What are you talking about?
It has affected them.

It’s had an affect, but nothing compared to an empty stadium, not even close.


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[scotty13]

I kinda hope after our flogging on the weekend, Tredrea is noticeably absent from the after game calls on 5aa due to demanding an immediate board meeting at AO to sack Ken before he leaves!

 

[Scodges]

Absolutely. Hinkley was under zero pressure from the media until the booing happened.

The media were taking little bites out of him about his future at Port all through his presser before the Saints game and he struggled with that attention.

Even the circling of the wagons by his media mates has only served to highlight the situation.

Crowds can go down but they can tap dance around that, the crows only had 32,000 at their game and it's been all positive from the media because they won.

A spontaneous, directed crowd reaction such as during and after the Brisbane game made everyone sit up and take notice.

Once the media stop reporting that’ll be that . So im saying if the membership dropped to 30-40k and getting 20k to games after the prelim loss to the bulldogs Hinkley will not be coach today. Making finals with a healthy membership & pretty good crowd numbers, management won’t give a dam about boos. Only way Hinkley is going to go, is if he walks.


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[Schulzenfest]

I also think barring some miracle where we completely turn this season around that he is gone at the end of the year

How many years now have you 'thought' this?

 

[scotty13]

Living the dream here... win $500 and get to boo Hinkley... if only I still lived in Aus and was still a member...

 

[Fizzler]

I also don't think it is as helpful as what you think it is. Just like your Sack Hinkley sign, it achieved nothing, he is still here 6 years later.

This part of your message is especially peculiar to me, because despite giving a reason to not boo, you’re also acknowledging that he’s still here almost 6 years after the first public “sack Hinkley” statement.
Furthermore, you’re forgetting that after one/two people put up a sign, the following 6 years have turned a lot of people against Ken. What do you think would happen if nobody showed their displeasure? Do you reckon the club will just sense that people aren’t happy? **** no! Our president literally said he wants Ken to be a 20 year coach. This booing needs to happen so the idiots in charge of the club get the message. Everyone sitting on their hands isn’t gonna get that message across.

 

[Grave Danger]

Someone at SEN with too much time on their hands came up with a list of "intrigu

ing" approching milestones for each team. This for Ports:



A third final this year seems somewhat fanciful at the moment, and hopefully so too does achieving the feat in 2025.

The intriguing milestones your club is approaching in the back end of 2024

All the milestones.

www.sen.com.au

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Once the media stop reporting that’ll be that . So im saying if the membership dropped to 30-40k and getting 20k to games after the prelim loss to the games, Hinkley will not be coach today. Making finals with a healthy membership & pretty good crowd numbers, management won’t give a dam about boos. Only way Hinkley is going to, is if he walks.


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Yeah I don't know about that. Membership is around 60,000. How's that going to suddenly drop to 30,000. And consistent crowds of 20,000, that puts us back into the basket case category. You can kiss goodbye to a member-elected board and possibly even independent survival.

It's not just cutting your nose off to spite your face, it's trying to saw off your own head.

The booing did what it needed to. It drew attention to Hinkley and magnifies every failure. And the media won't let it go now. The Saints game barely saved him.

Short of a miraculous premiership - maybe a grand final - I can't see him surviving this year. I'm not sure why he would want to continue under this sort of scrutiny anyway.

 

[BornPort]

Yeah I don't know about that. Membership is around 60,000. How's that going to suddenly drop to 30,000. And consistent crowds of 20,000, that puts us back into the basket case category. You can kiss goodbye to a member-elected board and possibly even independent survival.

It's not just cutting your nose off to spite your face, it's trying to saw off your own head.

The booing did what it needed to. It drew attention to Hinkley and magnifies every failure. And the media won't let it go now. The Saints game barely saved him.

Short of a miraculous premiership - maybe a grand final - I can't see him surviving this year. I'm not sure why he would want to continue under this sort of scrutiny anyway.

All he has to do is make the 8. Do you really think Koch will have the guts to sack a coach who made finals?

 

[philreich]

Yeah I don't know about that. Membership is around 60,000. How's that going to suddenly drop to 30,000. And consistent crowds of 20,000, that puts us back into the basket case category. You can kiss goodbye to a member-elected board and possibly even independent survival.

It's not just cutting your nose off to spite your face, it's trying to saw off your own head.

The booing did what it needed to. It drew attention to Hinkley and magnifies every failure. And the media won't let it go now. The Saints game barely saved him.

Short of a miraculous premiership - maybe a grand final - I can't see him surviving this year. I'm not sure why he would want to continue under this sort of scrutiny anyway.

We haven't lost to Gold Coast for 13 years - if that winning streak ends on July 14 (which is odds on), the mood at the Richmond game won't exactly be pro-Hinkley, to put it mildly.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

All he has to do is make the 8. Do you really think Koch will have the guts to sack a coach who made finals?

Makes the 8 and fails, yep I think he's gone.

 

[TazD]

Kenny gets booed therefore he is a good coach and shouldn't be moved on. No, I'm not a contrarian.

 

[Andy_B]

i think ill literally puke the day this conman passes choco games coached record.

 

[GremioPower]

no longer being spontaneous

If it were actually spontaneous, I would be just booing.

We are trying to keep it civil!

 

[Alberton Proud]

They're still out there folks

 

[GremioPower]

Membership is around 60,000.

The membership numbers have changed. One cannot compare with past ones at face-value.

 

[Portology]

Sprained ankle? Ken would still declare you fit and select you without missing a game

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Sprained ankle? Ken would still declare you fit and select you without missing a game

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Yeah it’s more the case of “leaving an injured player on the field because no other option”

The lapse of concentration on my part happened just past the top of the first days trail so I still had the descent to go, well over two hours. Not much fun I can tell you, but that it was possible at all had me hoping I’d been lucky enough not to break anything, and do it was. Unlike Ken the tour leaders job was to ask if I really could keep going and I said yes…

Disappointing to have to exit such an amazing trip on day 1 of 7, had to find things to do that I could hobble over to so some good came of it all.

Anyway SACK HINKLEY.


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[KrispyKremeMullanikka]

I don't feel like I'm duty bound to boo. In fact it is starting to turn into groupthink, which makes me not want to be a part of it. I'm my own person and make my own decisions and will not follow a pack.

In pure frustration after getting spanked at home by Brisbane i get the booing. It's not what i would normally condone but i can see why it happened, it was spontaneous similar to when the umpires get booed off after they've reamed us.

But i don't like where this is heading now, with it no longer being spontaneous and supporters on here talking as if it's already a done deal that they are going to boo no matter what. Honestly, if we play a great game and have a good win and there is still booing taking place, that is just going to come across a bit pathetic. Essentially, feeding the media narrative that we are just a bunch of blood thirsty imbeciles.

I also don't think it is as helpful as what you think it is. Just like your Sack Hinkley sign, it achieved nothing, he is still here 6 years later.

I also think barring some miracle where we completely turn this season around that he is gone at the end of the year so i don't see feel the same sense of urgency that he needs to be marched out of Alberton right at this minute.

So let’s waste another year then. Stuff the supporters who pay there hard-earn on the club.

No he’s gotta to go, we are just wasting time at this point with keeping him and it’s like the fixture get any better from here where we can go on a run and even then we all know how it will all play out in September.

#sackhinkley

 

[GremioPower]

There still out there folks



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I’m South American. There’s a cultural barrier that doesn’t allow me to understand this. Sorry.

 

[backtozero]

It’s had an affect, but nothing compared to an empty stadium, not even close.


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An empty stadium isn't realistic. Low crowds can blamed on anything - "oh the Port supporters are fickle, bring back the tarps" etc. etc.

Thirty thousand people booing a single man when he comes on the screen sends a real message and the true nature of where that anger is directed can't be denied.

 

[Bump Bailey]

There still out there folks



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That is truly a harrowing read.

The fact there are still Ken defenders out there shows what a cult-like organisation the club has become. They're indoctrinated.

And that, my friends, is why we must do whatever it takes to get noticed.

 

[tribey]

I'm not sure why he would want to continue under this sort of scrutiny anyway.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

i think ill literally puke the day this conman passes choco games coached record.

Surely Choco will go hard at Ken some time between now and him failing in finals to help ensure it doesn't happen.

I love Choco but I can't see him missing this opportunity.

 

[Sewer de Lance]

I don't feel like I'm duty bound to boo. In fact it is starting to turn into groupthink, which makes me not want to be a part of it. I'm my own person and make my own decisions and will not follow a pack.

In pure frustration after getting spanked at home by Brisbane i get the booing. It's not what i would normally condone but i can see why it happened, it was spontaneous similar to when the umpires get booed off after they've reamed us.

But i don't like where this is heading now, with it no longer being spontaneous and supporters on here talking as if it's already a done deal that they are going to boo no matter what. Honestly, if we play a great game and have a good win and there is still booing taking place, that is just going to come across a bit pathetic. Essentially, feeding the media narrative that we are just a bunch of blood thirsty imbeciles.

I also don't think it is as helpful as what you think it is. Just like your Sack Hinkley sign, it achieved nothing, he is still here 6 years later.

I also think barring some miracle where we completely turn this season around that he is gone at the end of the year so i don't see feel the same sense of urgency that he needs to be marched out of Alberton right at this minute.

You’re right, how dare some supporters ‘Boo’ a coach after 251 games of perpetual failure, we should be giving the man a standing ovation instead. Fair dinkum mate, get some viagra into you before it’s too late.