Certified Legendary Thread Sack Hinkley 12 - Finals Are Scary
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Does the club pay Rucci? I bloody hope membership dollars aren’t spent on that no hoper.
It's similar to watching our team going into finals, so we prepare for disappointment and as far as removing this cockroach, it has proven to be a task much to difficult for the idiots running the show.
I've gotten used to having a laugh saying to myself, just typical of Port.
It's better than the roller coaster ride and then being disappointed.
If he leaves it will be a surprise and a massive bonus.
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Apologies if this has been posted already (I'm a couple of days behind on the thread) - I did some deep dive into Hinkley's Finals Record after our totally predictable finals 'effort' on Friday... ANd this in itself should be enough to throw the fraud out
Since Ken took over - 15 of the 18 clubs have made Prelim Finals (only ones missing a Prelim are St Kilda - Essendon - Gold Coast)
Of those 15 - 12 have made at least one GF (only ones missing are Carlton - one Final series - Nth Melbourne - two finals series and us - 7!!!! )
Even worse - we look at Top 4 - NO OTHER SIDE in the entire time Ken has been at Port has failed to make at least one Grand final after finishing Top 4 in this period... Except Hinkley who has now done it 4(!!) times. No other side that have played more than 2 Prelims have failed to make a Grand Final (Nth played two and lost 2 but finished out of Top 4 both times in the minor round) - except our mastermind
This stat alone should convince those in charge that this man simply is not going to do it and is destroying our talent with his god-awful selections and game-plan
I am sure the people in charge of making the decision - every one of them - know Hinkley is not the answer.. but I also am just as sure that collectively they lack the courage to get rid of him and would take another year of failure over the backlash from the Hinkley Happy Clappers and the Vic media who want Hinkley there forever because it means Port aren't a genuine threat while his feet are under the desk
Since Ken took over - 15 of the 18 clubs have made Prelim Finals (only ones missing a Prelim are St Kilda - Essendon - Gold Coast)
Of those 15 - 12 have made at least one GF (only ones missing are Carlton - one Final series - Nth Melbourne - two finals series and us - 7!!!! )
Even worse - we look at Top 4 - NO OTHER SIDE in the entire time Ken has been at Port has failed to make at least one Grand final after finishing Top 4 in this period... Except Hinkley who has now done it 4(!!) times. No other side that have played more than 2 Prelims have failed to make a Grand Final (Nth played two and lost 2 but finished out of Top 4 both times in the minor round) - except our mastermind
This stat alone should convince those in charge that this man simply is not going to do it and is destroying our talent with his god-awful selections and game-plan
I am sure the people in charge of making the decision - every one of them - know Hinkley is not the answer.. but I also am just as sure that collectively they lack the courage to get rid of him and would take another year of failure over the backlash from the Hinkley Happy Clappers and the Vic media who want Hinkley there forever because it means Port aren't a genuine threat while his feet are under the desk
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to the exit door
and don't let the doorknob hit ya
where the good lord split ya
an internal decision by Friday with it made official on Monday would be perfect, it's done in the aftermath of the GF so it gets lost in all that hub-bub
and the Bell Park Ballsack gets an empty box to pack as a birthday present
to the exit door
and don't let the doorknob hit ya
where the good lord split ya
an internal decision by Friday with it made official on Monday would be perfect, it's done in the aftermath of the GF so it gets lost in all that hub-bub
and the Bell Park Ballsack gets an empty box to pack as a birthday present
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I doubt your source is reliable.
West Coast would have to be crazy to sack a premiership winning coach and replace him with a coach that in 12 seasons has failed to make the Grand Final. Their CEO has made the AFL Grand Final more times than Hinkley.
I also can't see a club in rebuild mode going for a coach as old as Hinkley. I'm not being ageist here as I am older than Hinkley but the fact is that at 58 years old he'd probably be looking to retire in two to three years. People have commented on how much the job has aged him and in recent times he has appeared to be struggling mentally. If I'd been earning the type of coin Hinkley's been on I would have retired as soon as I turned 60. So he's not going to be there for even a medium term rebuild. The premiership winning coach they sacked is 10 years younger than Hinkley.
it wouldnt surprise me at all if Ken sends his manager to the club saying he wants at least an extra year added to his contract in order to coach to the best of his ability and end speculation going into next year. The reason why he would do this is to wedge the club, he either gets a extra year and he's laughing himself to sleep every night or what i suspect might happen is he quit's the club saying they the club didnt back him and in the process gives himself the appearence of being a coaching great and the club didnt stand by him so it was only the right thing to do and leave.
remember this guy is the ultimate narcissist and manipulator.
remember this guy is the ultimate narcissist and manipulator.
He gets paid to write a certain amount of articles by the club. He doesn’t hide it and has mentioned it before on SEN.
Both of them hate Port so their opinions mean nothing - Cornes is permanently scarred by Port making mincemeat of Glenelg regularly and KG for Port daring to enter the AFL. Here's a story about Cunningham - told to me by someone in the studio at the time it happened - when Ken was Sports presenter on 9 he previewed a Port AFL match and predicted Port in a tight match - went to commercials - and KG said "and I hope you get belted by 10 goals.." - He's always hated us
Listened to the latest ABC AFL Daily episode. Paul Roos gave a fair assessment, essentially not buying into the "list isn't good enough" sentiment. Was refreshing to hear.
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Campo's assessment on the AA broadcast of the game was great. He wasn't buying into the 'list not good enough' thing either. He laid the whole debacle squarely at the foot of the coach and the ball movement. He was also scathing of the fact Ken has spent the past 18 months on the pine - "get up to the coaches box and do some coaching".
I've really warmed to Campo's analysis this year. Sees the game well. Would be an asset to any coaching group IMO.
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“The list isn’t good enough”
Hinkley played players like McEntee, Evans, Burton, Ratugolea etc over a number of players with more potential and future.
Lorenz, Visentini, Scully to name a few.
Play shit players makes the list look shit
Hinkley played players like McEntee, Evans, Burton, Ratugolea etc over a number of players with more potential and future.
Lorenz, Visentini, Scully to name a few.
Play shit players makes the list look shit
Roots of Fitzroy and south Melbourne... What a load of wank.Listened to the latest ABC AFL Daily episode. Paul Roos gave a fair assessment, essentially not buying into the "list isn't good enough" sentiment. Was refreshing to hear.
The Northern Lights at full brightness this week - ABC listen
The northern states will have their week in the spotlight, but the roots of Fitzroy and South Melbourne still ring true for Brisbane and Sydney.
Daddy came down to the bunker because he was doing nothing in the box upstairs, apart from drinking diet cola.
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We've underperformed our ladder position on the last 5 occasions we've played finals.
2017 - from 5th to 7th
2020 - from 1st to 3rd
2021 - from 2nd to 3rd
2023 - from 3rd to 5th
2024 - from 2nd to 3rd
The media and Hinkley fans point to this as proof that the list just isn't good enough against the big boys. But we know this not to be true. Why?
Because all 7 finals lost in this period of time were against teams we had beaten the previous time we had played them.
It's an open and shut case. The guy can't get his team to perform when it matters. And he should be fired.
2017 - from 5th to 7th
2020 - from 1st to 3rd
2021 - from 2nd to 3rd
2023 - from 3rd to 5th
2024 - from 2nd to 3rd
The media and Hinkley fans point to this as proof that the list just isn't good enough against the big boys. But we know this not to be true. Why?
Because all 7 finals lost in this period of time were against teams we had beaten the previous time we had played them.
It's an open and shut case. The guy can't get his team to perform when it matters. And he should be fired.
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I am a long-time reader, particularly of this thread (thanks for the laughs btw). I think it's only fitting that my first post is:
Sack Hinkley.
Sack Hinkley.
Crazy stat.
its not about the extension, its about him saying the club didnt back me so i left
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