Official Club Stuff 2024 AGM - to be held on Friday 6th December 2024, 1 director to be elected by members. Nominations called for.

[rogerjames]

Like when Koch hand picked Wanganeen?

To get rid of George. Unfortunately I fell for it. Wiser now.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Are they actually using the word legacy in this zero premiership era?

 

[Addy23]

basically said “would you rather I put out goals like ‘win 1 premiership’

Yes, I would. Because that's realistic in the modern era and the failure to achieve that goal means there's no easy way out. Right now this club is so toxic and it's excuse for who's going to be held accountable for the 3 flags in 5 years plan is that the goal itself was always unattainable so we don't see it as a failure

 

[rogerjames]

Hinkley wouldn't want to to have to associate with the rabble which is why he wouldn't have been there. He is to arrogant to have any scum supporters question him at all.

Hinkley is well aware members would eat him alive. He's a loser, we know it & deep down he knows it. Despite this he's a very rich loser.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Brisbane have also apparently made 1 GF between 2013-2024. Guess Collingwood played someone else last year?

 

[Coobk001]

"We don't want to bottom out."

This is the biggest problem with our club at the moment.

To say by all measures our footy department has been a success, means that we have placed not bottoming out, ahead of winning flags in our priority order.

This mediocrity mire we find ourselves in is totally the making of a weak and scared board. I'd absolutely love to be a Richmond fan right now. Just won 3 flags, about to win 2 spoons and sitting there with 6 first round picks coming into their side. How's the upside and the hope. We have very little hope, just looking for marginal gains, continuing to push an approach of consistency, while other clubs go up and down around us. It's so boring, it's against our core values, and is being driven by a weak and scared board.

 

[Coobk001]

Afterward I spoke to Richardson about what success is and the chasing greatness plan. Apparently they’re defining success as making finals/prelim final because the players need to feel good about themselves. “Young players need to feel confident, they can’t be feeling like ‘hey, we’ve made a prelim final but the punters hate us.’” I told him that you tell them they had a good season but weren’t successful, to be successful you have won a premiership, finals may be good, but it is not success unto itself.

We're all screwed, heaven forbid our players would have to have the mental fortitude to deal with failure.

 

[Coobk001]

Koch again mentioned why didn't the Swans play that way against us in reference to their poor GF performance. He just doesn't get football & never will, but given that, he should refrain from making football comments & stick to what he does know.

This is such scary thinking.

 

[PowerLil]

Are they actually using the word legacy in this zero premiership era?

Incredible isn't it?

 

[VineValerian]

There is a vacant position on the Board which will be filled soon. I did ask if it was going to be female but received no confirmation, only that we'd be happy with them. Hitaf Rasheed? Can't imagine Jenny Williams.

A Williams in any official capacity at Port?
Good heavens, NO.
Harrumph.
Preposterous.

I mean, what has that family ever done to deserve to sit next to icons like Koch, Cardone, Ransome, et al?

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Do you remember the board members during this time. Does the excuse of electing ex-footballers being a detriment to the club, hold up?

Nope.

I don't think John Firth was ever a board member but he was the club's legal eagle. I met John thru my sister, she an his 2nd wife are great friends, about 15 years ago, and we had some very good long chats about the 1988-1996 period re thinking about and then trying to get into the AFL and I don't ever remember him saying he was on the board.

I reckon we only had about 6 or 7 board members back then, and went to 10, only when we got the AFL licence.

From memory there were no ex players on the board in the 80s and 90s when I was aware of these things. If there was, they were very low profile ex players - none of the champions were on the board, but they had big roles on various committees.

 

[rogerjames]

Nope.

I don't think John Firth was ever a board member but he was the club's legal eagle. I met John thru my sister, she an his 2nd wife are great friends, about 15 years ago, and we had some very good long chats about the 1988-1996 period re thinking about and then trying to get into the AFL and I don't ever remember him saying he was on the board.

I reckon we only had about 6 or 7 board members back then, and went to 10, only when we got the AFL licence.

From memory there were no ex players on the board in the 80s and 90s when I was aware of these things. If there was, they were very low profile ex players - none of the champions were on the board, but they had big roles on various committees.

I was quite impressed by John when I heard him speak at Port events in the early days of the Afl. Just seemed a very genuine guy who knew his stuff.

 

[Harlott]

Koch again mentioned why didn't the Swans play that way against us in reference to their poor GF performance. He just doesn't get football & never will, but given that, he should refrain from making football comments & stick to what he does know.
.

He’s used similar words for effect previously.
I don’t care how much credit he gets for our financial position. He’s not an AFL or Port Adelaide President’s arseh*le.

 

[PowerLil]

A Williams in any official capacity at Port?
Good heavens, NO.
Harrumph.
Preposterous.

I mean, what has that family ever done to deserve to sit next to icons like Koch, Cardone, Ransome, et al?

Jenny Williams would have that pesky notion of expectation. That stuff doesn't wash at the Ken Hinkley Football Club Est 2013.

 

[tribey]

Lol, do they realise those tables are actually damning rather than indicative of what a great job they're doing? We've won all of these games and all the other teams that have won that many games have won all the flags and played in all the grand finals except us. Totally ridiculous.

It’s gobsmacked me. Did they intend to muzzle or convert people with them? Who thought that was in any way a compelling argument against the prevailing disgruntlement?

F#%king hell.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Nope.

I don't think John Firth was ever a board member but he was the club's legal eagle. I met John thru my sister, she an his 2nd wife are great friends, about 15 years ago, and we had some very good long chats about the 1988-1996 period re thinking about and then trying to get into the AFL and I don't ever remember him saying he was on the board.

I reckon we only had about 6 or 7 board members back then, and went to 10, only when we got the AFL licence.

From memory there were no ex players on the board in the 80s and 90s when I was aware of these things. If there was, they were very low profile ex players - none of the champions were on the board, but they had big roles on various committees.

Tony Hobby was the only former player on the board who was there for the AFL entry - he is one of the dozen inducted into the Port Adelaide Hall of Fame for securing the AFL licence. As you say he wasn't a high profile player, 26 league games between 1972-74. He is a very astute businessman, creating a high-profile dental practice at West Lakes. He was also a good lower grades coach, may have won u19s and reserves flags.

The only other one I can think of is Bob Kingston who replaced Bruce Weber as Port worked to be more sanfl-friendly leading up to the second licence.

Election of board members has always been an arcane ritual, back in the day members were sent voting slips and envelopes to cast their ballot. How many people actually voted and who won by what margin were unknown as far as I recall. Others might have a better recollection of it than me.

I don't think anyone they didn't want on the board ever made it, so that hasn't changed

 

[TeeKray]

The axis of mediocrity - Richardson, Davies and Hinkley - benchmark themselves against not bottoming out for no purpose that would resonate with the supporter base but instead for the protection of their own jobs and finances. It's damning that the board either can't see this or are along for the ride themselves.

The irony is that the best thing that could happen to this club is to bottom out for a few years. Clearing out the no hopers that run this shitshow is a necessity, as is a cultural reset.

 

[Bump Bailey]

Koch again mentioned why didn't the Swans play that way against us in reference to their poor GF performance. He just doesn't get football & never will, but given that, he should refrain from making football comments & stick to what he does know.

It’s not hard to see how mediocrity and mental fragility is set into the foundations at Alberton when the Chairman has this loser defeatist mentality. Like it really does explain a lot.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Are they actually using the word legacy in this zero premiership era?

They didn't say a good legacy...

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[Enviable Tradition]

Nope.

I don't think John Firth was ever a board member but he was the club's legal eagle. I met John thru my sister, she an his 2nd wife are great friends, about 15 years ago, and we had some very good long chats about the 1988-1996 period re thinking about and then trying to get into the AFL and I don't ever remember him saying he was on the board.

I reckon we only had about 6 or 7 board members back then, and went to 10, only when we got the AFL licence.

From memory there were no ex players on the board in the 80s and 90s when I was aware of these things. If there was, they were very low profile ex players - none of the champions were on the board, but they had big roles on various committees.

I'm pretty confident Firth was a board member at one stage.

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[Enviable Tradition]

He’s used similar words for effect previously.
I don’t care how much credit he gets for our financial position. He’s not an AFL or Port Adelaide President’s arseh*le.

It drew quite a murmur even at the 1/2 empty AGM.

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[El_Scorcho]

They've switched up what "success" means because they know by ANY reasonable measure, they should all be sacked.

Losers.

 

[Kenny_Powers]

Koch & co write their own narrative and call everything else fake news.

It's pretty Trump like "we have the greatest most successful football department, possibly ever! some say the most successful of all time! Very successful folks, very successful"

It works a treat with dullards, sadly, objectivity and fact can keep walking!


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[Bump Bailey]

Sorry to harp on it, but I feel the need to express how the development earlier in the thread that our players can’t be told they’ve failed, because it’ll be too mentally demoralising, has knocked me for six.

I understand times change and attitudes need to change with it.

But that is complete bullshit.

Failing, then learning from and overcoming failure to achieve success, is a fundamental part of sport, and life.

Is it any wonder they’re all happy as Larry down there despite blown opportunity after blown opportunity, they’re told it’s okay.

Pathetic.

 

[Scodges]

Credit though to both Koch and Richo for actually engaging and conversing after the AGM.

They did hang around for quite a while and actually try and give everyone time (which would be hard).

Unlike Ken.

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Kkken is shielded from these events, they know he’s a hillbilly & wouldn’t know how to handle a crowd, especially with irate bastards wanting to pitch fork him.


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