Opinion Sack Hinkley 7 - "Turn it around or watch out"

[Steve Dore]

He took Woking from the Conference to the Champions League in 6 seasons, that kind of stuff doesn't go unnoticed.

This is some type of cooking reference right?

Iron Chef?

 

[Steve Dore]

What I love is that we seem to be paying a bloke to travel to our games to be a spectator each week as his work is 'done' during the week.

If we are serious about carbon neutrality, we leave him home each away game.

Round 1: Inspirational Kenny turned it around at half time.
Round 2: Kenny can't do anything to change the course of a game. It's all up to the players.

I've posted before that when things go well it is all because of Hinkley, when things don't go well it is due to circumstances beyond his control.

 

[Revan11]

Any chance of a sacking by the bye?

 

[Capital Power]

Any chance of a sacking by the bye?

Didn't we have a bye yesterday? There's another?

 

[drcollossimo]

What I love is that we seem to be paying a bloke to travel to our games to be a spectator each week as his work is 'done' during the week.

If we are serious about carbon neutrality, we leave him home each away game.

Unfair Meaner! Our aluminium recycling programme is the best in the league of which Ken is our Patron saint !

 

[PowerBaz]

Interesting to see what the fallout will be for both teams after the showdown. Nicks and Ken should both be under the pump with a loss.

 

[JUSTWORK]

Hope Stickerman is busy this week

 

[Eddie Woloschek]

Has there ever been a bigger buffoon in charge of a sports team? The only one who goes close in my view is Mike Bassett: England Manager, but that is just a mockumentary film taking the piss. Ken Hinkley, sadly, is real. And only a buffoon like David Koch would tolerate him. Surely the end is coming for both. Fingers crossed.

 

[dirty2]

Keeping ken is just wasting another year.

 

[Kenny_Powers]

It was actually smart from Koch.

The worst thing any leader of any organisation can do is bring about instability and undermining of important positions in said organisation. Koch is a lot of things but he's very shrewd when it comes to the media. He knows Ken is off contract at the end of this year and it doesn't take a genius to know what that means in terms of media coverage going forward this season, especially when you look at similar situations in the past few years like Buckley at Collingwood and even Clarkson at Hawthorn to a degree.

By publicly declaring that no contract discussions are to take place until August, it immediately gives Ken and the club breathing space. There is no ambiguity in Koch's statement for the media at this time to take the focus away from the team and instead be directed onto Ken.

That's not to say however that this August date won't be moved depending on how the season is going. I anticipate them to be 7-7 at the bye in late June, but if they are 5-9 coming off two big losses to the Bulldogs and Geelong, who is to say that the Club and Ken wouldn't be having a sit down at that point to say "it's time to move on" ??

Regardless of our opinion of Ken as fans, it is imperative that Koch supports him in every which way possible until he is no longer the coach. It will look a lot more favourable to candidates at the end of the year when Ken is moved on and Koch can make the presentation to coaching candidates that Ken was afforded every opportunity in his 11 years here. In contrast, if Koch were to apply pressure publicly to Ken this season and somewhat undermine him, coaching candidates will immediately see that as a President not supporting their head coach and potentially destabilising an entire Club as a result. Whilst the latter would placate the fans it does absolutely nothing to help the future situation of the Club.

I agree wholeheartedly with everything said here, if it was any other president in the biz.

With Koch, after 11 years I feel the real reason was, "ask me in August because I've hitched my wagon & presidency to a failed coach and driven the club into an abyss of perpetual mediocrity and therefore will back Hinkley in no matter what chasing a sunken cost"......or something like that.

Haha you are right though, the security we've shown to Ken should pay dividends at the very least moving forward post Ken.




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[Chewy316]

I agree wholeheartedly with everything said here, if it was any other president in the biz.

With Koch, after 11 years I feel the real reason was, "ask me in August because I've hitched my wagon & presidency to a failed coach and driven the club into an abyss of perpetual mediocrity and therefore will back Hinkley in no matter what chasing a sunken cost"......or something like that.

Haha you are right though, the security we've shown to Ken should pay dividends at the very least moving forward post Ken.




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It's definitely a sunken cost at this point. The Club have put themselves in this position via its head honchos (Koch and Richo in particular) and they wholeheartedly should get the blame for it.

Whilst I think Koch is a huge stain on the Club, I'm not oblivious to some of the good things he has done particularly surrounding media exposure and sponsorship. Based on my dealings with REH in the last 7-8 months which have included discussions with high level people at the Club, I'm not so concerned about the Board with a new head coach running the show. The CEO on the other hand, he hitched his wagon to Hinkley recommending the Board to extend Ken by 2 years at the end of 2020 as opposed to the extension of 12 months the Board preferred. As a result I'm of the firm opinion both Ken and Richo should be shown the door at the same time.

 

[Launchpad McQuack]

The CEO on the other hand, he hitched his wagon to Hinkley recommending the Board to extend Ken by 2 years at the end of 2020 as opposed to the extension of 12 months the Board preferred.

Matthew. What have you done?

 

[afl2004]

2018-19 trash
2020-21 back to back top 2 finishes with Voss on the bench
2022-23 trash no Voss on the bench

Any chance this guy who got over 7 million from this club , could maybe just maybe put down the cans of cola and go to the bench to rally his men just once in his 10 years

 

[MrPlow]

Home showdown next week how many do you think show up?

When Adelaide Oval was fresh 10 years ago you’d expect nothing less than 50k

But with the state of the club and lack of leadership what is expected? 35k pass mark?

 

[afl2004]

Home showdown next week how many do you think show up?

When Adelaide Oval was fresh 10 years ago you’d expect nothing less than 50k

But with the state of the club and lack of leadership what is expected? 35k pass mark?

41 k I reckon

 

[Doctor Feel]

Showdown will attract over 40 for sure.

What it deserves is **** all.

 

[JimmyBC]

Showdown will attract over 40 for sure.

What it deserves is * all.

It's the SA Minnow Olympics.

 

[Us against the rest]

Mathew Nicks apologizes for there loss and inconsistency, a club that bottomed out and is in full rebuild mode.

Then we have Donuts that couldn't give a flying f*** what supporters feel or think, a club that should be playing in Grand Finals. Hinkley has been here 11 years for f*** all to show for it, he's a bloody disgrace and a stain on the PAFC.

Sack selfish Donuts.

 

[klem22]

Showdown is all about who is the biggest loser. I'm tipping hinkley and koch

 

[EskimoPAFC]

We're going to win the showdown by 50.

Nicks is gonna get sacked. Ken will get extended.

Adelaide is gonna get a new coach.

Adelaide will go past us.

And finally to complete the shit sandwich, in 2026 we're gonna hear about how "the Crows are a real benchmark team, we know we've got a long way to go to get to that level but we're working/learning/connecting"

 

[JimmyBC]

The guy doesn't hurt, I want a seething angry mofo coach that picks fights at the presser after a disgraceful performance like that.

 

[PowerBaz]

The guy doesn't hurt, I want a seething angry mofo coach that picks fights at the presser after a disgraceful performance like that.

I’d rather Bassett - always have. He’d atleast just make hard changes and doesn’t give a shit about the media - and can actually answer questions with nouse, not ‘we didn’t turn up need to work harder’….

Unpopular opinion I know.

 

[Del165198]

The guy doesn't hurt, I want a seething angry mofo coach that picks fights at the presser after a disgraceful performance like that.

The only time he gets angry is when someone mentions how long he's been coach for and whether he's under any pressure lol

 

[JimmyBC]

The only time he gets angry is when someone mentions how long he's been coach for and whether he's under any pressure lol

How spineless are journos btw all someone had to ask him was how many of these 'lessons' do you need after 11 years, why don't you ever perform when there's expectation etc. not that hard.

 

[Coobk001]

I'm sure it's been said before and will be said again, but holy heck, look at the effects of new coaches across the board.

Essendon 2-0
North 2-0
StKilda, Saint ****in Kilda, a side with 75 injuries and had gumption beyond belief to sack their coach from nowhere, are 2-0

McRae's impact, Voss' impact

Meanwhile we're all here comfortable in 11th spot again, looking forward to a future of going 50/50 in showdowns, finishing mid table and occasionally making an important final we will lose..

But hey, hows the stability!