Certified Legendary Thread Sack Hinkley 13 - Another Crack At This

[Rexie J]

Beyond that, it’s the casual disrespect to the club itself, and the city as a perfectly suitable location for young professional athletes (and prospective coaches) from elsewhere, that blows me away.

Guys like Ollie Wines, Dan Houston, Zak Butters and Miles Bergman should be thanking their lucky stars they came to Port Adelaide — just like John Abley, Tim Evans, Gary Tredrea, Russell Johnston, Paul Rizonico, Dom Cassisi, Josh Carr, Alastair Clarkson, Robbie Gray, Travis Boak and Michael Voss before them.

It seems to have served them well?

I’m not sure where this belief crept in that Ken Hinkley, of all people, is the keystone to the club attracting/retaining everyone not born on the Lefevre Peninsula.

And the fact this belief actually exists amongst key figures at the club is astonishing, to be honest.

That's the bit that genuinely hurts.

It's as if the Port Adelaide Football Club has no definable history.

 

[Steve Dore]

Gee he even writes like a C-grader

Been taking grammar lessons from his idol Daddy Donuts.

 

[Bump Bailey]

Just as an adjunct to this, maybe we shouldn’t have the unelected Chairman constantly calling us a “little club”,

The former CEO declaring in a lapsed membership mailer that the likes of Hawthorn and Essendon are “much bigger than us”,

Employing a current CEO who once had the bright idea to declare the PAMFC were the real Port, and he had the 1951 business licence to prove it!,

And getting an aging out-of-touch journo to serve as PAFC historian and editorialise on the website, who once referred to the club as “stuck in the U-bend waiting to be flushed”.

Remember kids, you’re not allowed to say a cross word against the great Ken Hinkley, but you can denigrate and minimise and sh¡t on the actual club all you want.

In fact, it’s encouraged.

how mental is all the above when you actually take a step back and look at it.

It's like squatters locking you out of your beloved family home and there's nothing you can do about it.

 

[Steve Dore]

This "mass exodus" bullshit we keep hearing does my head in.
If a few players did leave because of this dumbshit coach, then we're definitely better off without them. Pack ya bags soft coccks!

The fact that our CEO believes that we have numerous players on our list that only play for Kenny™ and will request trades when Hinkley finally leaves is quite damning of the culture at the club. Players aren't committed to the club and club management knows this yet fails to address it. The cult of Kenny™ is the major influence at the PAFC and this is something senior management and our board have allowed and in many ways fostered.

We won't be successful as measured by "we exist to win premierships" until Hinkley and his enablers are all gone from our club. Even then it may take years for the stench to disappear.

An article by the club's official propagandist;

Rucci: We exist to win premierships

Michelangelo Rucci explores the meaning of the Port Adelaide motto 'we exist to win premierships' and ranks his top five premiership successes at Alberton.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

"Williams, who as a playing and non-playing coach established an unbroken run of 13 grand finals (1953-1958 as captain-coach and 1962-1968) with nine premierships, including five-in-a-row from 1954), started the creed with:

"We the players and management of the Port Adelaide Football Club accept the heritage which players and administrators have passed down to us; in so doing, we do not intend to rest in idleness, but shall strive with all our power to further this club’s unexcelled achievements.

"To do this we believe there is great merit and noble achievements in winning a premiership ..."

Port Adelaide exists to win premierships ..."

 

[Rexie J]

One of the best pieces of advice I received when in business later in life was,

"The day you believe you have made it, is the day you start going backwards"

It seems the current administration is in going backwards mode. The over emphasis on increasing membership numbers seems to have overtaken winning football Grand Finals.

 

[philreich]

One of the best pieces of advice I received when in business later in life was,

"The day you believe you have made it, is the day you start going backwards"

It seems the current administration is in going backwards mode. The over emphasis on increasing membership numbers seems to have overtaken winning football Grand Finals.

And merely making finals is a pass mark - that really grinds my gears. In the first 140 years of our existence, if anyone had dared to suggest anything so preposterous, they would have been laughed at mercilessly. Now it's accepted practice, which just shows how far our standards as a club have fallen!!!

 

[Kenny_Powers]

The whole place is rotten and so far removed from the PAFC we grew up with.

We have to fight fire with fire, we can email and revoke memberships, they're understandable steps, but instigating true change begins at gaining our board back and putting the club back in the hands of the members.

Richo wants to windmill about membership numbers and revenue, well then that's great, and as a result I can't think of any reason why the club shouldn't be focusing on returning to a full member elect board. I think this needs to be concerted campaign amongst aggrieved members and fans.

Almost guarantee that is something they would genuinely fear. It's not a quick fix, but it's building a proper foundation to return the club to what it should be.

And we are not the minority like they would have us believe, ultimately Tredders was an anti status quo candidate, and he got up.


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[Sheeds]

I do love how Management pick and choose how they analyse results when they reply to disgruntled members/ fans. Thank god we snuck over the line against Hawthorn so the club can say " We finished 3rd, we were so close"
When I raised concerns at the end of last year I was told we were around the mark after finishing top four. I guess the 2023 Finals series was excluded in the data.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

The fact that our CEO believes that we have numerous players on our list that only play for Kenny™ and will request trades when Hinkley finally leaves is quite damning of the culture at the club.

It's all rubbish.

The marketing and propaganda team always push agendas which is a part of their job and one of them is to have the players talk up Kenny because he is a poor coach with poor results.

The thing is if they always have to bring up how much they love Kenny in every single interview, you know you are trying to convince others but really themselves.

The other more obvious thing is that when you look back on the way that players are asked and give their answers, they are usually very cold and unemotional about Kenny. They say the right thing but their body language and general emotion is very staged and not genuine at all.

After being the guy who has their career is his hands, they don't think much about him at all.

 

[longdonkey]

Exactly. I think after the dust has settled on the Houston saga that people are coming around to the idea that losing a guy like that who isn't fully committed to the cause is no loss. There will always be young and talented players hungry for an opportunity - see Logan Evans this year. These are the players who will lead you to success, not players who are conditional depending on coach, salary, what their partner wants, etc. If you don't want to play for the club then all the best and off you go.

You mean the All-Australian player who wasn't committed to the cause. Wonder how good he'll be if he is committed or has a decent coach

 

[El_Scorcho]

It's pretty obvious which board members use PAFC just for their CVs rather than wanting success at the club

Oh they want success, they're just not prepared to make a single personal sacrifice for it. It'd just be nice. Better to have jobs for all the boys and have a comfortable working environment than to win.

 

[Andre]

One of the best pieces of advice I received when in business later in life was,

"The day you believe you have made it, is the day you start going backwards"

It seems the current administration is in going backwards mode. The over emphasis on increasing membership numbers seems to have overtaken winning football Grand Finals.

An emphasis on memberships numbers and finances over Premierships is poor, whilst noting in a professional league, they must be maintained or you aren't around to get flags. However it's the stark (apparent) inability for them to see, that not only are these not mutually exclusive propositions, but that Premierships will increase member numbers and finances that really grinds my gears.

 

[Duck Farmer]

"The day you believe you have made it, is the day you start going backwards"

Ah, I remember 2015 as if it was only yesterday. The summer of deckchairs and impromptu INXS gigs in the goal square.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

An emphasis on memberships numbers and finances over Premierships is poor, whilst noting in a professional league, they must be maintained or you aren't around to get flags. However it's the stark (apparent) inability for them to see, that not only are these not mutually exclusive propositions, but that Premierships will increase member numbers and finances that really grinds my gears.

Yep.