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I think he’s a bad coach and a cheat.Honestly do you really think he is a bad coach and a drug pusher?
Hell if a footy brain that may be getting wasted??
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I think he’s a bad coach and a cheat.Honestly do you really think he is a bad coach and a drug pusher?
Hell if a footy brain that may be getting wasted??
Lol and people were raging about Hinkley...
Wheres he saying this, all I can find is him saying Hird to Port Melbourne
So in just over a day, JL and Hird have been thrown up.
Waiting for Malthouse next.
we, they or the dumb pressGeez, how far have we fallen where we're considering Hinkley as an option?
Crikeys. Not only an option but becoming one of the favourites.
Geez, how far have we fallen where we're considering Hinkley as an option?
Crikeys. Not only an option but becoming one of the favourites.
We get it.I don't want Hinkley
Nah, the list needs work but some people are acting as if there's no talent there. I think this year showed just how bad our coaching had become. If we had a good coaching team, I don't see why we couldn't have won around 8 games this year.
Next year will be a development year as a new coaching panel gets bedded in, but with the natural development of the young talent we already have (yet alone what comes in 2024 and 2025 drafts), I'd expect we'd do a Hawthorn 2024 /Adelaide 2023 jump in 2026. Teams just don't stay down for much longer than 5 years in the AFL unless they get bogged in mid table purgatory (eg Brisbane, Carlton, North).
I also expect North to jump up the ladder a bit next year on a soft draw and young talent. They've been showing the signs in the back half of this season.
So in just over a day, JL and Hird have been thrown up.
Waiting for Malthouse next.
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The Sack Hinkley thread on your board is a certified legendary thread in my book hahahTo be honest, as a top 10 ticket holder in the #sackhinkley brigade. You could do worse. Ken's issue isn't that he's a poor coach. He's a good coach, he was a very good foundational coach in building a strong program. We've not finished below 10th in his tenure, we've made 3 prelims, we've made 3 reserves grand finals. All the foundations are there.
The problem with Port and Hinkley is that whilst he laid some ground work, he was clearly able to demonstrate he wasn't the man to take us to the ultimate prize and our club has never had the balls to accept that fate and seek the next coach who can build on the foundation and take us to the next level.
If your club has the gumption we didn't, he may well build a base that'll benefit a next coach for a long time, and from the outside it appears your club needs a fair bit of building up again. So in that sense he would be a good get, but you have to be brave and move on when the times right and not let him bleed the enthusiasm and hope out of the club, just teetering along being competitive without ever really challenging which is where we are, because our CEO and board believe stability equals success. An extremely flawed concept if the stability wasn't brought about because of success.
The issue I see here is, what coach is going to want to take on that kind of role?If your club has the gumption we didn't, he may well build a base that'll benefit a next coach for a long time
Except Woosha didn’t instigate it and oversee it and whilst the response was poor, WC went to the AFL about it who pushed it back on West Coast. One was player instigated recreational drug abuse, the other a systemic cheating of the system and cover up.Yet some still sprout Woosha who was the coach and in firm knowledge of the drugged players he was coaching????
RoosThe issue I see here is, what coach is going to want to take on that kind of role?
"Hey, we think you're good enough to get us pointed in the right direction, then once you've done the hard yards, we'll get rid of you and bring in someone else to reap the rewards"
Except Woosha didn’t instigate it and oversee it and whilst the response was poor, WC went to the AFL about it who pushed it back on West Coast. One was player instigated recreational drug abuse, the other a systemic cheating of the system and cover up.
That said, Hird took the hit but was not the only one to blame. He has done his time but would need to prove himself again. His record isn’t great though.
I am surprised Darren Glass has not been mentioned before Hird. Both were out of the footy circle for some years.
Too busy selling water pumps, I believe.definitely should be looked at for an assistant role if interested.
demanded high standards and wasnt afraid to voice it.