Certified Legendary Thread Sack Hinkley 13 - Another Crack At This (Stepping down end of 2025)

[PowerBaz]

Next year is going to be some real schadenfreude viewing.

We all need to turn the heat up on radio from day 1, it will be a slow death by a 1000 cuts.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

I'm so glad that money is no longer an impediment to us getting the best possible coaching group...

 

[Launchpad McQuack]

Let's promote the single worst captain in the history of the Port Adelaide Football Club and employ him as a development / assistant coach. Fu*king lolololol.

Don't worry. Lobbe will upskill him and have him cherry ripe to take over from Hinkley's corpse.

 

[Willsy10]

Easy to generate a greater profit when you decrease the size of the coaching panel every year. Do they honestly think we wouldn’t notice?


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[MrMeaner]

Genuine question: what is the point of this (marginal) financial gain if it is not being used to properly fund the football department?

At the moment, we are a social club with a couple of football teams tacked on. You get the impression this board would get rid of them too if they could get away with it.

 

[Harlott]

I reckon in Ken’s mind he wants to see through to the point where Butters, Rozee, JHF, Bergman, Luko, Georgiades and co collectively reach their peak years (25-28) which he thinks will give him a best chance to win one. No way is he voluntarily stepping down or agreeing to a succession plan. So by Koch’s definition of making the 8 being a pass mark and with our level of talent it’s a reasonable bet Ken’s here for a few more years. Koch is waiting for the easiest possible sacking to eventuate (us finishing low on the table) or we’re continuing with this current setup for the foreseeable future. The board is absolutely stacked, the football department remains the same, no one is changing anything. If Tredders did have a plan to gain enough numbers to remove the coach, I think it’s obvious that whatever work he’s put in isn’t enough.
He’s probably gone on the road to mentally recalibrate and get as far away from a hugely challenging, mentally exhausting process that failed to achieve what he was after.

 

[all seeing eye]

Koch is as tight as they come, he's not going to pay out a coach early and is happy to go with a budget group of assistants.

 

[TeeKray]

Easy to bring in more revenue when you decrease the size of the coaching panel every year. Do they honestly think we wouldn’t notice?


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Coaching staff are an expense not revenue, that would have no impact on revenue.

I don't know what the price increases on everyone else's memberships were but mine was 6.8% after 7.4% last year. That's a massive amount of extra revenue they're sucking out of their loyal members like the veritable leeches they are in order to fund their own pay rises.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Genuine question: what is the point of this (marginal) financial gain if it is not being used to properly fund the football department?

At the moment, we are a social club with a couple of football teams tacked on. You get the impression this board would get rid of them too if they could get away with it.

That's pretty much exactly how one former board member described their approach to me.

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[Port 2004]

Let’s make it happen!

Your on.

 

[MrMeaner]

That's pretty much exactly how one former board member described their approach to me.

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And so, it comes back to a lack of accountability to members and supporters. I know I’m preaching to the choir on this.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Meh Im glad we arent getting in any assistants. We should be running as low budget as possible to at least save money while we burn next season with the loser.

 

[PortPortPort]

This f**king club.

 

[Chewy316]

Crikey. What the hell happened? Why can't we kill off this cockroach?

In hindsight, if Sicily makes that set shot, he's gone.

 

[longdonkey]

We all need to turn the heat up on radio from day 1, it will be a slow death by a 1000 cuts.

I think its time for bumper stickers

 

[longdonkey]

In hindsight, if Sicily makes that set shot, he's gone.

That's why I was saying at the time the result of one game shouldn't make a difference to the decision.

And it is possible he would have continued even if we went bang bang

 

[PowerBaz]

In hindsight, if Sicily makes that set shot, he's gone.

Koch said finals was the pass so bit buying that. He’s had plenty of chances to be sacked.

 

[PowerBaz]

That's why I was saying at the time the result of one game shouldn't make a difference to the decision.

And it is possible he would have continued even if we went bang bang

You’re right it shouldn’t have mattered and it won’t have made a difference.

 

[bow and arrow]

We just have to hope and pray we don't make finals. It'll be interesting to hear Koch's excuse then for an extension!

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[longdonkey]

Temu do bumper stickers for $1.56. Might have to get some made up.

 

[DaTBird187]

Respectfully, the Club couldn't give two shits if yourself or anyone else for that matter threw in their memberships.

The feeling is mutual I can assure you.

 

[PAFC66]

Locked in for 2025.

No assistant coaching changes either. Chad was meant to move into a development role but that's out the window and they're sticking with the status quo, with Sutcliffe expected to fill the duties voided by the departure of Luke Kelly.

Too many decision makers in a position of comfort right now, and as supporters we are powerless to do anything about it.

2025 set to be a repeat of 2023's shitshow.

Big shock that one.

 

[Scodges]

In hindsight, if Sicily makes that set shot, he's gone.

Wouldn’t have made the slightest difference.


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[JimmyBC]

Wouldn’t have made the slightest difference.


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Dude sort out the emoji holocaust machine

 

[PAFC66]

That's outrageous......seriously if they are using that for their excuse not to sack him they're a joke.

Ken would obviously know this as well
Lol absolutely no shame turning up the next year like nothing's wrong.
Any other coach would walk to save face