Roast Club Propaganda & Media Censoring

[bomberclifford]

Kane calls for strong leadership and I agree.
Strong leadership would make a call and stand by it.

Two options. Pick one.

A) Sack Hinkley

B) Stand by Hinkley and make a club announcement why. Tell us why you’re backing him in. Tell us why he’s the man for the job and why the board is holding firm.

Strong leadership isn’t trying to gaslight supporters via media mouthpieces and player interviews while you sit behind your closed boardroom door.

Strong leadership is taking definitive action, one way or another, and standing by that publicly. Own your decision.

I know you read this Kane, you surely understand that you are part of the problem. You are complicit in allowing the board to hide behind their non-decision and not be truthful about why Ken is still our coach after an unprecedented era of nothingness.

Even Hinkley himself said before the season that his pass mark was a grand final berth. What’s changed in three weeks?

The reality of our depleted football operations has sunk in? The trade busts that have spent more time in rehab than on field have become apparent? The functioning parts of the game plan had more to do with Voss and Schofield?

Or perhaps Ken didn’t really mean what he said and has no intentions of leaving no matter what the season holds for us.

If Ken is here in 2023, either we miraculously have a flag, or I’m no longer a member.

No ifs or buts.

 

[Arsene Wenger]

Kane calls for strong leadership and I agree.
Strong leadership would make a call and stand by it.

Two options. Pick one.

A) Sack Hinkley

B) Stand by Hinkley and make a club announcement why. Tell us why you’re backing him in. Tell us why he’s the man for the job and why the board is holding firm.

Strong leadership isn’t trying to gaslight supporters via media mouthpieces and player interviews while you sit behind your closed boardroom door.

Strong leadership is taking definitive action, one way or another, and standing by that publicly. Own your decision.

I know you read this Kane, you surely understand that you are part of the problem. You are complicit in allowing the board to hide behind their non-decision and not be truthful about why Ken is still our coach after an unprecedented era of nothingness.

Even Hinkley himself said before the season that his pass mark was a grand final berth. What’s changed in three weeks?

The reality of our depleted football operations has sunk in? The trade busts that have spent more time in rehab than on field have become apparent? The functioning parts of the game plan had more to do with Voss and Schofield?

Or perhaps Ken didn’t really mean what he said and has no intentions of leaving no matter what the season holds for us.

If Ken is here in 2023, either we miraculously have a flag, or I’m no longer a member.

No ifs or buts.

I personally know of about 8-10 others that are in this boat. I also know my parents are handing back memberships immediately and another couple of mates already have. It is not good.

 

[Launchpad McQuack]

This is not a useful post.

Disagree. It confirms that he is in fact employed by the club and also informed you that he has been for some time.

Speaking of helpful posts, please tell me some more about our Lord and Saviour, Todd Marshall

 

[Waspy79]

I personally know of about 8-10 others that are in this boat. I also know my parents are handing back memberships immediately and another couple of mates already have. It is not good.

What does handing back a membership involve? Physically going into the club and handing back... a membership card?

 

[Arsene Wenger]

What does handing back a membership involve? Physically going into the club and handing back... a membership card?

getting a refund and relinquishing seats.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

They really are circling the wagons.

 

[Waspy79]

getting a refund and relinquishing seats.

Oh interesting. Didn't know a pro-rata refund would be possible.

 

[GremioPower]

They really are circling the wagons.

But such over-evaluation isn’t Hinkley’s fault, of course.

 

[TazD]

So Ken has failed to build the list into a premiership contender after 9 seasons. Sack him.

 

[Arsene Wenger]

Oh interesting. Didn't know a pro-rata refund would be possible.

neither did I. My mate could well be pulling my leg, but worth a crack to see if you can get $$ back.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

They really are circling the wagons.

Always the list's (or fans) fault at Port...

 

[Garibaldi Red]

They really are circling the wagons.

But they’re experts and should’ve known the list wasn’t good enough, and made these type of statements after the trade period. 95% of them had us in the 8 with many predicting a premiership.

If you become an expert 6 months after the fact, where do I sign up?

 

[Doctor Feel]

I personally know of about 8-10 others that are in this boat. I also know my parents are handing back memberships immediately and another couple of mates already have. It is not good.

Wait, this is a thing? Sign me up.

 

[tribey]

They really are circling the wagons.

They started to set this table after the Brisbane game with the “our players under 25” soundbytes

 

[Mutha F]

There is no way the club is not already aware of how members feel. And they have gone about dealing with it the worst possible way. Hiding Ken away from facing up to the supporters after the prelim debacle was a disgrace and so not Port Adelaide. Now 0 and 3 and members are pissed. And so they should be

 

[Spadge]

If Ken is here in 2023, either we miraculously have a flag, or I’m no longer a member.

No ifs or buts.

Same. I have been a member since our AFL inception but if Ken isnt gone this season it will be the end of my memberships and attendance to games

ive reached the end of my tether

 

[klem22]

"If change doesn't come from the top the revolution will start at the bottom"
It is time that the supporters done something because the buffoons at the top refuse to do anything!

 

[MrMeaner]

They really are circling the wagons.

They really shouldn't have put the supporters in charge of trading and drafting.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Why are these guys so publicly precious? Even if you don’t agree with supporters getting stuck into Hinkley, one good way to really tip them over is giving the impression that you think they really don’t know what they’re on about.

Circling the wagons and ignoring criticism from outside the inner circle is classic corporate thinking that you only focus on yourselves and block out all the negativity. The Tony Robbins type stuff but more corporate consulting stuff as Robbins only looks at individuals.

It also comes from the big international sports clubs. But they are privately owned and they don't really give a stuff about their season ticket holders - they don't have members (Green Bay Packers are somewhat of an exception as they have shareholders who have season tickets).

Although Euro soccer clubs more than North American sports do listen to the noise from season ticket holders and sack coaches quickly and it's an accepted part of the culture of the sport and coaches find jobs quickly elsewhere, rather than the restricted market sports.

We are supposed to be a membership club, not owned by an individual or group of individuals, but when the going gets tough, we are treated like season ticket holders too often.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

They really are circling the wagons.

A few of us have been saying it for years, even against the fanbois on here who go on about how much great depth we have, but we have poor depth and spread of experience.

We have heaps of depth of flakey flankers who look good when things are going well, but our list management and recruiting staff have a poor record on building the correct depth and spread of experience of KPDs, KPFs and Rucks. We are good at recruiting talls who are really flankers, but we aren't good at recruiting key talls.

 

[Sinnthesis]

David King on Ken's coaching or lack thereof.

 

[Alberton Proud]

What does handing back a membership involve? Physically going into the club and handing back... a membership card?

I'm gonna microwave my phone

 

[Ford Fairlane]

David King on Ken's coaching or lack thereof.

Did Whately cry?

 

[PeacefulWarrior]

Kane calls for strong leadership and I agree.
Strong leadership would make a call and stand by it.

Two options. Pick one.

A) Sack Hinkley

B) Stand by Hinkley and make a club announcement why. Tell us why you’re backing him in. Tell us why he’s the man for the job and why the board is holding firm.

Strong leadership isn’t trying to gaslight supporters via media mouthpieces and player interviews while you sit behind your closed boardroom door.

Strong leadership is taking definitive action, one way or another, and standing by that publicly. Own your decision.

I know you read this Kane, you surely understand that you are part of the problem. You are complicit in allowing the board to hide behind their non-decision and not be truthful about why Ken is still our coach after an unprecedented era of nothingness.

Even Hinkley himself said before the season that his pass mark was a grand final berth. What’s changed in three weeks?

The reality of our depleted football operations has sunk in? The trade busts that have spent more time in rehab than on field have become apparent? The functioning parts of the game plan had more to do with Voss and Schofield?

Or perhaps Ken didn’t really mean what he said and has no intentions of leaving no matter what the season holds for us.

If Ken is here in 2023, either we miraculously have a flag, or I’m no longer a member.

No ifs or buts.

This is an amazing post mate, good stuff.

 

[BornPort]

David King on Ken's coaching or lack thereof.

The funniest part of that was Kingy thinking Ken would take responsibility.