Opinion Sack Hinkley 3 - 2021 is worse than 2020 already

[Power Girl]

Potentially 59 more games.

I don’t know what my mental health will be like knowing that in those 59 games there will be another 10 or so like last night. It is soul destroying

 

[VineValerian]

This isn't just Hinkley btw I hate the lack of creativity in current gameday coaching when a team is flat from the get-go, make a big positional change if ya monster forward is having mare put him on the pine for ten minutes, try a different look fck me is it that radical to shelve the system for half an hour.

Apparently it is

 

[JimmyBC]

I don’t know what my mental health will be like knowing that in those 59 games there will be another 10 or so like last night. It is soul destroying

At least you have 50 weeks off a year to regather.

 

[VineValerian]

I really hate how Hinkley just seems to address these ongoing pissweak efforts in big games with "we'll look for a response next week".

With the draw as it is we nearly always have a side that's lower on the ladder and we then do what we do and all is forgiven and forgotten - until the next testing game.

Richmond aside, it's beyond a joke just how soft, one-dimensional and predictable we are in these games.

As I feel like bashing myself senseless on a Sunday morning I thought I'd watch the replay to see if it was as bad as I thought. It's worse in many regards. Some of the efforts, the lack on any sort of physicality, the complete avoidance of making physical contact when required and sheer panic by some is really bad. And I'm only near the end of the first quarter, where we actually were winning the centre contest.

They wanted a fight. We wanted uncontested circle work.

And the ******* predictability of our ball movement from defense is something to behold.

We actually have no idea what to do, no idea what's happening, no idea how to address or change things around when it's not going completely to plan.

How these guys get paid the cash they do (both players and coaches) to not be able to see the early signs and react accordingly will continue to be our most glaring deficiency and reeks of front running bullies.

Play it our way or we take our bat and ball and go home.

It's embarrassing and it's 100% NOT Port Adelaide.

So much to agree with in this.

 

[VineValerian]

Kens always had this trouble.

Once the game plan is set for the year very little changes during a game. That’s why when they pan to the box he’s looking blank.

I thought blank was his normal facial expression 24/7?

 

[Power Girl]

At least you have 50 weeks off a year to regather.

Don’t turn into a jealous Ed. It doesn’t suit you Jimbo

 

[Launchpad McQuack]

Potentially 59 more games.

 

[Ilias M]

Port Adelaide champion Kane Cornes has questioned his former club’s premiership credentials after Saturday night's 49-point loss to fellow flag fancies Brisbane.

The Power won the inside 50 count (58-55) but the Lions defence, marshalled by Harris Andrews, kept the visitors to a season-low 44 points.



Port Adelaide’s usually slick ball use was poor, and they were outhunted at the contest by a Lions midfield that was without reigning Brownlow Medallist Lachie Neale.

It was the Power’s first major test away from home since they were swept aside by West Coast at Optus Stadium in Round 3.


“They’ve had two tests, they lost to West Coast by 37 (points) and they lost to Brisbane by 49 (points),” Cornes told Channel Nine’s Sunday Footy Show.

“Any thought that they are a premiership contender right now, has evaporated. Any thought that they were top four right now, has evaporated. Because I was so disappointed watching this.

“Dropped marks, fumbles, missed tackles, the physical presence wasn’t there.

“Unfortunately for Port Adelaide right now, they are well out of top four contention. I was really disappointed with that performance last night (Saturday).

“Credit to Brisbane and they deserve the credit, but Port Adelaide were physically not there last night.”

Port Adelaide (5-2) currently occupy third spot despite their fourth consecutive loss to Brisbane.

Ken Hinkley’s side have beaten North Melbourne, Essendon, Richmond, Carlton and St Kilda so far this season.



CORNES QUESTIONS POWER’S FLAG CREDENTIALS AFTER LIONS LOSS

 

[JUSTWORK]

Potentially 59 more games.

He wont be done until he also costs Boak and Gray Premierships.

Ebo and Hoff weren't enough for him.

 

[Hammer#8]

Port Adelaide champion Kane Cornes has questioned his former club’s premiership credentials after Saturday night's 49-point loss to fellow flag fancies Brisbane.

The Power won the inside 50 count (58-55) but the Lions defence, marshalled by Harris Andrews, kept the visitors to a season-low 44 points.



Port Adelaide’s usually slick ball use was poor, and they were outhunted at the contest by a Lions midfield that was without reigning Brownlow Medallist Lachie Neale.

It was the Power’s first major test away from home since they were swept aside by West Coast at Optus Stadium in Round 3.


“They’ve had two tests, they lost to West Coast by 37 (points) and they lost to Brisbane by 49 (points),” Cornes told Channel Nine’s Sunday Footy Show.

“Any thought that they are a premiership contender right now, has evaporated. Any thought that they were top four right now, has evaporated. Because I was so disappointed watching this.

“Dropped marks, fumbles, missed tackles, the physical presence wasn’t there.

“Unfortunately for Port Adelaide right now, they are well out of top four contention. I was really disappointed with that performance last night (Saturday).

“Credit to Brisbane and they deserve the credit, but Port Adelaide were physically not there last night.”

Port Adelaide (5-2) currently occupy third spot despite their fourth consecutive loss to Brisbane.

Ken Hinkley’s side have beaten North Melbourne, Essendon, Richmond, Carlton and St Kilda so far this season.



CORNES QUESTIONS POWER’S FLAG CREDENTIALS AFTER LIONS LOSS

This is all true, but Cornes will never call out Hinkley for this.

 

[JUSTWORK]

This is all true, but Cornes will never call out Hinkley for this.

Thats as close as Cornes will get, normally makes excuses for Hinkley.

 

[PowerBaz]

This is all true, but Cornes will never call out Hinkley for this.

Apart from Richmond we are downhill skiers.

 

[AwwThatsApples]

I meditated on the result last night and put it in the context of the awful week we had built up towards it, with the prison bar dilemma and Boak's injury. Despite the score reading a similar result to the West Coast game the causation of the result was somewhat different. In the West Coast game, we had next to no midfield ferocity and let them run rampant with free center clearances. In comparison, we were statistically in the Brisbane game, but with deplorable efficiency inside the 50 similar to our 2019 struggles. The only commonality between the two results I noticed was Charlie Dixon having a horror night and the rest of our forward line getting killed by the oppositions respective key defenders (Mcgovern and Andrews) potentially raising the question of how our forwards adapt to some of the better key defenders in the league, although this wasn't an issue against Dylan Grimes in round 4 as our smaller forwards came to play.

It was a shit week for our entire club, and the context was always working against us, but at this stage, as stupid as it sounds, I believe some of our shortcomings might actually be intentional from the club. Allow me to explain, last year our three losses in the minor round fixture were all shit shows (Other than maybe the first half of the St Kilda game and first quarter of the Brisbane game) later on in the year we faced Geelong and got thumped by 60 points, before encountering them again in the first week of the finals and turning the result around 16 points in our favor. The result we slipped up against them earlier in the year was arguably compulsory for us to channel our best counter-attack in the long term. In fact, during their dynasty, Richmond has never lost to a team in the finals they have also lost to in the minor round, including last year's prelim. It is subjective but debatable we may have had a better chance of beating the Tigers in the prelim if we had conceded our round 11 clash, and didn't give away our best brand prematurely.

It seems like we lose games nowadays without devoting any resilience or effort to fight our way back and make the result more competitive unless of course, it's a particularly close game, and thankfully we've started winning more of those. I'm obviously not encouraging more results like last night, but it could potentially be an intentional decision for the benefit of our minor round season duration.

The most important thing in my opinion though is our actual record against the bottom 10 teams on the ladder. We didn't lose to any bottom 10 teams last year, with our only three (Total 4) losses coming from top 6 teams. Hopefully, if Brisbane and West Coast make the finals this statistic can upkeep its integrity, but a big part of our 2018 and 2019 failures had a lot to do with our poor record against mid-table teams (9th - 13th) and also winning close games. THIS is what we need to get right, forget about wasting our sharpest bullets prematurely and focus on delivering the consistent stuff. Perfect our craft in clutch moments, and make short work of the competition's disposable team bin.

I'm hoping for a confident and convincing response for the showdown next week and further dominance from Wines and Allir Allir (One of them should take the medal) and some productive preparation for the challenge awaiting the week after, still think we've got a great collective group of assistant coaches as well.

My two cents for the day

 

[manureid]

This guy still has a job. Amazing

 

[Doctor Feel]

I meditated on the result last night and I decided we should Sack Hinkley.

 

[Powerade 08]

Beat the premiers, look terrible against the rest of the top teams, exit the finals as soon as possible.

Already looking forward to doing it all again next year.

 

[JimmyBC]

Beat the premiers, look terrible against the rest of the top teams, exit the finals as soon as possible.

Already looking forward to doing it all again next year.

Yea but trade week bruz we shine

 

[Powerade 08]

Yea but trade week bruz we shine

We need Nathan Buckley as coach, really like what he's done the last 5 years with Brodie Mihoceck and Mason Cox up forward.

 

[bomberclifford]

Yea but trade week bruz we shine

I want a Chris Davies badge for my duffle coat.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Port Adelaide champion Kane Cornes has questioned his former club’s premiership credentials after Saturday night's 49-point loss to fellow flag fancies Brisbane.

The Power won the inside 50 count (58-55) but the Lions defence, marshalled by Harris Andrews, kept the visitors to a season-low 44 points.



Port Adelaide’s usually slick ball use was poor, and they were outhunted at the contest by a Lions midfield that was without reigning Brownlow Medallist Lachie Neale.

It was the Power’s first major test away from home since they were swept aside by West Coast at Optus Stadium in Round 3.


“They’ve had two tests, they lost to West Coast by 37 (points) and they lost to Brisbane by 49 (points),” Cornes told Channel Nine’s Sunday Footy Show.

“Any thought that they are a premiership contender right now, has evaporated. Any thought that they were top four right now, has evaporated. Because I was so disappointed watching this.

“Dropped marks, fumbles, missed tackles, the physical presence wasn’t there.

“Unfortunately for Port Adelaide right now, they are well out of top four contention. I was really disappointed with that performance last night (Saturday).

“Credit to Brisbane and they deserve the credit, but Port Adelaide were physically not there last night.”

Port Adelaide (5-2) currently occupy third spot despite their fourth consecutive loss to Brisbane.

Ken Hinkley’s side have beaten North Melbourne, Essendon, Richmond, Carlton and St Kilda so far this season.



CORNES QUESTIONS POWER’S FLAG CREDENTIALS AFTER LIONS LOSS

How can we be 'out of top four contention' when we're third Kane you reactionary dickhead

 

[Steve Dore]

How can we be 'out of top four contention' when we're third Kane you reactionary dickhead

But if Freo smash West Coast we could be out of the top 4 at the end of round 7 with no possible way of getting back in

 

[klem22]

I meditated on the result last night and put it in the context of the awful week we had built up towards it, with the prison bar dilemma and Boak's injury. Despite the score reading a similar result to the West Coast game the causation of the result was somewhat different. In the West Coast game, we had next to no midfield ferocity and let them run rampant with free center clearances. In comparison, we were statistically in the Brisbane game, but with deplorable efficiency inside the 50 similar to our 2019 struggles. The only commonality between the two results I noticed was Charlie Dixon having a horror night and the rest of our forward line getting killed by the oppositions respective key defenders (Mcgovern and Andrews) potentially raising the question of how our forwards adapt to some of the better key defenders in the league, although this wasn't an issue against Dylan Grimes in round 4 as our smaller forwards came to play.

It was a sh*t week for our entire club, and the context was always working against us, but at this stage, as stupid as it sounds, I believe some of our shortcomings might actually be intentional from the club. Allow me to explain, last year our three losses in the minor round fixture were all sh*t shows (Other than maybe the first half of the St Kilda game and first quarter of the Brisbane game) later on in the year we faced Geelong and got thumped by 60 points, before encountering them again in the first week of the finals and turning the result around 16 points in our favor. The result we slipped up against them earlier in the year was arguably compulsory for us to channel our best counter-attack in the long term. In fact, during their dynasty, Richmond has never lost to a team in the finals they have also lost to in the minor round, including last year's prelim. It is subjective but debatable we may have had a better chance of beating the Tigers in the prelim if we had conceded our round 11 clash, and didn't give away our best brand prematurely.

It seems like we lose games nowadays without devoting any resilience or effort to fight our way back and make the result more competitive unless of course, it's a particularly close game, and thankfully we've started winning more of those. I'm obviously not encouraging more results like last night, but it could potentially be an intentional decision for the benefit of our minor round season duration.

The most important thing in my opinion though is our actual record against the bottom 10 teams on the ladder. We didn't lose to any bottom 10 teams last year, with our only three (Total 4) losses coming from top 6 teams. Hopefully, if Brisbane and West Coast make the finals this statistic can upkeep its integrity, but a big part of our 2018 and 2019 failures had a lot to do with our poor record against mid-table teams (9th - 13th) and also winning close games. THIS is what we need to get right, forget about wasting our sharpest bullets prematurely and focus on delivering the consistent stuff. Perfect our craft in clutch moments, and make short work of the competition's disposable team bin.

I'm hoping for a confident and convincing response for the showdown next week and further dominance from Wines and Allir Allir (One of them should take the medal) and some productive preparation for the challenge awaiting the week after, still think we've got a great collective group of assistant coaches as well.

My two cents for the day

That was more than two cents man!
Its obvious that kern has messed with your mind to!

 

[klem22]

I meditated on the result last night and I decided we should Sack Hinkley.

Short and Sweet! Thankyou.

 

[klem22]

RED FLAGS EVERYWHERE kern RED FLAGS EVERYWHERE!

 

[KenGaveUsWhatHeDeserved]

Strange username mate.

He gives us nothing. He gives me the shit.

He deserves that and the sack