Opinion Sack Hinkley 11 - Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest
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"Unfortunately this club has listened to the supporters for a long time, and I hope they are removing that and making the decision for what is best for the footy club." - Kane Cornes
What a crock of crap. Hinkley would have been sent packing to Gold Coast 7+ years ago if they listened.
OMG, he had to say it, be careful what you wish for, does he get his father to write this stuff for him.
We would perform better with no-one coaching us than that clown. I'd have more faith in the players coaching themselves in the short term.
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Was about to comment on the same thing. If the club had been listening to supporters it wouldn’t have gotten to the point of booing the senior coach just to be heard.
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This is it, hey.
Our Board blinked and shat the bed after the 2017 EF debacle and extended Ken scared of him running to the Gold Coast, despite the fact that the last three years had yielded only 1 final, a loss.
Then 2018 and 2019 happen marking one finals appearance in 5 bloody years, and he still sticks around.
I can almost forgive what happened from 2020 to now - but how the hell did he manage to get two contract extensions after what transpired between 2015 and 2019?
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Channel 9 news didn't try to salvage his position
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Matthew Richardson stood up at the AGM and told us all if we're not excited about the list and where we're going then there's something wrong with us (then I started yelling at him calling bullshit basically). They have not gently tried to tell us anything until the last week or two which is the usual goal post shifting rubbish we get when things turn sour.
Koch wouldn’t have been heading back to Sydney if there were serious discussions about sacking the buffoon
1990, Graham stated the good times are over in the loss to Port in the Grand Final. Next minute we win most of the 1990's premierships and entered into the AFL as the first and only pre-established club.
So when you listen to the wisdom of any Cornes, just do the complete opposite because that's where the success is.
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That won't happen until the footy committee meet as they are the group who makes the recommendation about the coach to the Board.
We are up for the fight. Embrace everything they are saying and fight hard for the future success of our club. We will not be intimidated.
Sticker man could tip this shit over the edge, nows the time.
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i just realised whateley is bruce mcavaney's evil, talentless twin
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I guess my biggest concern for the club long term, is that our limp wristed, stability focused approach will continue beyond Ken.
I think even the current board realises that Ken is gone now, but my fear beyond that becomes that I don't want to see this happen again. The club can NOT just bring in a new coach, especially not Josh Carr, and just hitch their wagon to him for another 12 years.
Yes, offer up an initial 3 year contract, give the new coach some time, but don't go extending that by 4 more, stick with shorter terms, and if it is failing and we're not seeing the potential to win a flag, then don't be afraid and cut the cord.
I think the thing the Hinkley lovers forget, is not that Ken hasn't been a good coach, and that we have been up there, but that in the last 10 years, we have never really been a premiership threat. In 2020, heavily favoured by Covid, we had a good season, but we were absolutely spanked away from home by 2 of the other top 4 sides, we would've lost to Geelong had we made it past the other top 4 side who also beat us. So even in our dream season, with everything falling our way there were still warning signs. In no other year since 2014 have I truly believed we could win a flag.
2021 was totally doubtful until an amazing R23 win against the Dogs, which was totally wiped away 3 weeks later, but wasn't a fluke as the Dogs had blown us out early in games multiple times, including that R23 clash.
2023 was just a flukey streak, that was only motivated by a club great putting a blow torch on us. The first time we'd seen our group motivated in a long time and once that wore off and the whips were cracking, again we could see there was no way we were winning a Prelim at the MCG Vs Coll, or any final in Bris, we were nowhere near good enough to win them and a flag.
All these years of not being a premiership threat is the problem. We don't expect to win it every year, we understand there'll be developing years and regressing years, but with Ken, he has never been able to generate that mystical team connection that Sydney appear to have, Collingwood have, Richmond had, etc, that takes you from just a good team to a great team. It's time to move him on and look for a coach that might be able to unlock that mythical connection and take us to the next level. And if we dont see that with the next coach, he too should be sacked, not after 12 years though.
I think even the current board realises that Ken is gone now, but my fear beyond that becomes that I don't want to see this happen again. The club can NOT just bring in a new coach, especially not Josh Carr, and just hitch their wagon to him for another 12 years.
Yes, offer up an initial 3 year contract, give the new coach some time, but don't go extending that by 4 more, stick with shorter terms, and if it is failing and we're not seeing the potential to win a flag, then don't be afraid and cut the cord.
I think the thing the Hinkley lovers forget, is not that Ken hasn't been a good coach, and that we have been up there, but that in the last 10 years, we have never really been a premiership threat. In 2020, heavily favoured by Covid, we had a good season, but we were absolutely spanked away from home by 2 of the other top 4 sides, we would've lost to Geelong had we made it past the other top 4 side who also beat us. So even in our dream season, with everything falling our way there were still warning signs. In no other year since 2014 have I truly believed we could win a flag.
2021 was totally doubtful until an amazing R23 win against the Dogs, which was totally wiped away 3 weeks later, but wasn't a fluke as the Dogs had blown us out early in games multiple times, including that R23 clash.
2023 was just a flukey streak, that was only motivated by a club great putting a blow torch on us. The first time we'd seen our group motivated in a long time and once that wore off and the whips were cracking, again we could see there was no way we were winning a Prelim at the MCG Vs Coll, or any final in Bris, we were nowhere near good enough to win them and a flag.
All these years of not being a premiership threat is the problem. We don't expect to win it every year, we understand there'll be developing years and regressing years, but with Ken, he has never been able to generate that mystical team connection that Sydney appear to have, Collingwood have, Richmond had, etc, that takes you from just a good team to a great team. It's time to move him on and look for a coach that might be able to unlock that mythical connection and take us to the next level. And if we dont see that with the next coach, he too should be sacked, not after 12 years though.
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Nothing stopping you being the one (if you are suitably located)
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Is it illegal to put the sticker there? And if so what sort of fine are we looking at? Asking for a friend.
Have found a way to print them easily... https://www.officeworks.com.au/print-copy/p/self-adhesive-posters-pcppapcp
Probably better off building a sign to hammer in underneath the existing one.
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The Port Adelaide mob is again at the gates with their flaming torches and pitchforks. They want the head of the coach on a stake and won’t be satisfied until the guillotine falls.
They’ll get Ken eventually … had Saturday blown out to a hundred points it might have been now. What they’ll picket and riot for then is anyone’s guess.
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They’ll get Ken eventually … had Saturday blown out to a hundred points it might have been now. What they’ll picket and riot for then is anyone’s guess.
Bloodthirsty Power pack booing Ken Hinkley is a distasteful look
Ken Hinkley is again coaching for his job and that’s an exhausting place to be.
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After watching Kane and Bucks it was like a teacher talking to a student, Kane with his pouty face, he knows this could be the end of his daddy, could be he knows something we don't, he had that negative demeanor about him.
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We shouldn’t even count 2020 when judging his tenure. Shortened games in a shortened season in front of next to nobody at neutral venues. There are just too many never to be repeated variables in the mix so all it’s really doing is polluting the data.
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