Opinion A response to James Rosewarne (Footyology) on Ken Hinkley

[PJ Power]

Almost three years later…

Familiar, worrying trend already developing for Port | Footyology

footyology.com.au

This document needs to be brought up ad nauseum on every available platform this year. The statistics are DAMNING and speak for themselves. There is no defence against this.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Thanks Steele Sidebottom

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Steele Sidebottom

Age

33

Ht

184cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

27.4

5star

K

14.1

5star

HB

13.3

5star

M

5.5

5star

T

3.7

5star

CL

3.2

5star

D

24.0

5star

K

12.0

5star

HB

12.0

5star

M

4.5

4star

T

4.3

5star

CL

2.3

4star

D

31.6

5star

K

14.4

5star

HB

17.2

5star

M

4.2

4star

T

4.2

5star

CL

6.0

5star

. Caused Footy Classified to look at Ken against the top sides.

 

[Us against the rest]

Thanks Steele Sidebottom. Caused Footy Classified to look at Ken against the top sides.

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It's about time the media started talking about the real statistics on Ken. I like Mathew Lloyd he's straight up when he's allowed to be.

 

[tribey]

He wrote this a tick under 2 months prior to the 2021 Prelim.

Why journos continue to write stuff that could double as a Keith Thomas/Matthew Richardson

Matthew Richardson

Age

49

Ht

195cm

Wt

104kg

Pos.

M/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.0

4star

K

10.9

4star

HB

3.1

3star

M

8.0

5star

T

0.5

3star

No current season stats available

D

15.0

4star

K

9.2

4star

HB

5.8

4star

M

7.8

5star

T

0.8

3star

“see you at the footy!” missive is beyond me.

 

[MrMeaner]

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He wrote this a tick under 2 months prior to the 2021 Prelim.

Why journos continue to write stuff that could double as a Keith Thomas/Matthew Richardson “see you at the footy!” missive is beyond me.

That last par is a big "oof". Hinkley is the antithesis of the type of coach described there.

 

[VineValerian]

Thanks Steele Sidebottom. Caused Footy Classified to look at Ken against the top sides.

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The Port Adelaide "Arnotts" - crumble like dry biscuits when put under pressure.

Mascot could be a massive Tim Tam instead of Thunda Power.

The giant fist on a float could be holding an inflated Delta Cream.

 

[ibd77]

The Port Adelaide "Arnotts" - crumble like dry biscuits when put under pressure.

Mascot could be a massive Tim Tam instead of Thunda Power.

The giant fist on a float could be holding an inflated Delta Cream.

Tim Tams are for the fans when we melt or get slammed when its wet.

 

[GremioPower]

Thanks Steele Sidebottom. Caused Footy Classified to look at Ken against the top sides.

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We’ve been pointing that out for years!

Links:

• A letter to all Port faithful (2021)
• Port's Record by Season: 2013-2020

 

[GremioPower]

This thread was written 3 years ago. Yet, this post belongs here too:

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I'm not listening to it. It's the same thing time and time again.

The story always goes like this:

a) 2011, 2012 - really bad, awful Port, tarps, folding, etc.;​

b) Hinkley arrives;​

c) 2013, 2014 - Port is exciting, making Finals, etc;​

d) [missing part]​

e) 2020, 2021, and so on - Port continues to win and to have Top-4 finishes.​

The 'd' above is the issue. You know... There's a really small, very tiny, irrelevant, and insignificant window of just FIVE YEARS that is always completely ignored solely because it doesn't fit into the chosen narrative.

The story is so much better without it, isn't it? Those FIVE YEARS don't allow it a proper flow. So, it must be cut off.

Imagine it. We lost a heartbreaking away PF against Hawthorn in 2014. Then, in the very next season [i.e. in 2020], we came back stronger, won the Minor Premiership, got a home PF against a strong Richmond side who..., ahn..., who..., well..., nevermind, it was indeed a strong Richmond side, we are talking about Port, no need to go into details about the Tigers, just to lose in heartbreaking fashion again.

Doesn't it all make more sense when viewed like this? Thus, it's obvious that Port supporters have been absolutely and unfairly harsh on Hinkley.

 

[raptalia]

I have to ask, 'Who is James Rosewarne and why should his opinion be of such concern to Port supporters?'

I googled James Rosewarne and found that a James Rosewarne arrived with the First Fleet and is now dead.

The only living James Rosewarne I could find was some self styled influencer who seems to spend most of this time posting about US basketball teams. Footyology does describe Rosewarne as, 'a writer of sports and fiction'. I reckon in his opinion on Hinkley he is dabbling more in fiction than sport.



Yeah that's him.

 

[Us against the rest]

I don't know why I waste so much time on this loser attitude, all I can say is I will not subject myself to another year of this stupidity.

 

[GremioPower]

I have to ask, 'Who is James Rosewarne and why should his opinion be of such concern to Port supporters?'

Who exactly he is, that’s irrelevant. He’s useful, because he was one of the first people to put in writing that the period between 2015 and 2019 doesn’t matter when analyzing Hinkley’s tenure at Port.

 

[Tibbs]

Who exactly he is, that’s irrelevant. He’s useful, because he was one of the first people to put in writing that the period between 2015 and 2019 doesn’t matter when analyzing Hinkley’s tenure at Port.

Yep ... And the period between 1939 and 1945 doesn’t matter when analyzing the history of Germany!