Opinion Sack Hinkley 8 - "Ask me in August"

[philreich]

It's obvious Dixon has a long running relationship with with Hinkley dating back to their Gold Coast days.
Just shut up and do the job you're paid to do, catch the ball and kick it between the sticks. You're not paid to offer your clearly biased opinions and matters political, beefcake boy.

If Hinkley ends up becoming the new Suns coach (yes please!!!), I wouldn't be disappointed if Dixon goes with him.

 

[philreich]

How come yo sort of consistently put the power down.
Do you support them or do you not support them?

The fact that you don't know why we want a new coach is a tell tale sign that you're not a true Port fan.

 

[Duck Farmer]

Do you support them or do you not support them?

Yeah, because supporting the team while not supporting the coach is a completely implausible scenario that has never occurred anywhere in the world in the history of professional sport.

 

[longdonkey]

The fact that you don't know why we want a new coach is a tell tale sign that you're not a true Port fan.

Also somebody who consistently calls us the Power is somewhat suspicious.

 

[portly]

It's obvious Dixon has a long running relationship with with Hinkley dating back to their Gold Coast days.
Just shut up and do the job you're paid to do, catch the ball and kick it between the sticks. You're not paid to offer your clearly biased opinions and matters political, beefcake boy.

Ummm, a bit over the top?

 

[finbarr]

Ummm, a bit over the top?

Nope.

 

[afl2004]

Lol

 

[rogerjames]

Is he well aware that supporters dislike him immensely? He's so arrogant, especially at the AGM's.

I've been to numerous AGMs over the last 5 years & arrogant isn't a word I'd use to describe Kens attitude. He always looks very uncomfortable & wary of supporters to me.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

Also somebody who consistently calls us the Power is somewhat suspicious.

What I've found is that the real Port Adelaide fans on here will generally spend most of their time talking about the football itself on reviews, gameday, player threads, coaching threads, etc while the suspicious types seem to just wallow in talking about what most irritates the fanbase with their brand of logic and not much else.

 

[bomberclifford]

I've been to numerous AGMs over the last 5 years & arrogant isn't a word I'd use to describe Kens attitude. He always looks very uncomfortable & wary of supporters to me.

Aloof.

 

[PowerLil]

I've been to numerous AGMs over the last 5 years & arrogant isn't a word I'd use to describe Kens attitude. He always looks very uncomfortable & wary of supporters to me.

Maybe a little of that as well but to me, he's incredibly arrogant.

 

[longdonkey]

Aloof.

He's more than aloof I've never seen a coach and a chairman that is hostile to the fans like these 2 are. To be fair he's not hostile to all fans just fans that are critical of him and Ken Hinkley Football Club.

 

[Steve Dore]

I rate Ken as a player welfare manager ...

Not sure that a guy that encourages impressionable young men to get involved in the greyhound racing industry is a good thing.

 

[rogerjames]

Aloof.

He's certainly wary of engaging with supporters from what I've observed so he could come across as aloof or arrogant.

 

[Malibu#27]

He's certainly wary of engaging with supporters from what I've observed so he could come across as aloof or arrogant.

Probably a wise move given some of the sentiments.

 

[rogerjames]

Probably a wise move given some of the sentiments.

He should be able to handle himself in that environment though. No-one was rude, they were just looking for some accountability. Something Ken has failed to do throughout his tenure.

 

[rogerjames]

Just imagine if after 10.5 years Simon Goodwin had not even got you to grand final, let alone a series of embarrassing losses in key matches, where gold pass players didn't perform whilst trying to execute a mind numbingly negative game plan, and when lightly pressed he gaslit you and your fellow supporters for daring to question why !

Then imagine every Richmond supporter and media commentator telling you you're crazy not to resign him

And that's just the tip of a very deep and dark iceberg

Well summarised

 

[GremioPower]

The only scenario I wouldn’t complain that we have given Hinkley an ONE-YEAR extension is in the case of us LOSING in the GF. An extra (and last) shot at a flag in such a circumstance would be fair.

Any other ending for this season, I want to see him gone. If he leaves as a premiership coach, all the better.

I don’t see Port doing that, though. I believe that it’s Hinkley’s choice. The club seems unable to actively part ways with him.

 

[Hammer#8]

Isn't it funny how despite Hinkley remaining unsigned and in the form of his life, the media still aren't pushing the Hinkley to Richmond line? He's not good enough for THEM, he's only good enough for the lowly battler clubs like US.

That's the crux of it, in all of Hinkley's coaching tenure he's only really been considered for the Gold Coast job and rumoured for the Essendon job.

It's all Bulcher bluff.

 

[Del165198]

Not sure that a guy that encourages impressionable young men to get involved in the greyhound racing industry is a good thing.

Encourages/forces.... *Gives special privileges to

 

[chiwigi]

Isn't it funny how despite Hinkley remaining unsigned and in the form of his life, the media still aren't pushing the Hinkley to Richmond line? He's not good enough for THEM, he's only good enough for the lowly battler clubs like US.

This is all anyone needs to know!

 

[El_Scorcho]

I wouldn't want to engage with supporters either if I had a low intellect and those supporters had mostly hated me for half a decade.

 

[longdonkey]

I wouldn't want to engage with supporters either if I had a low intellect and those supporters had mostly hated me for half a decade.

Normal people would want to win over club supporters unless he just doesn't care because he doesn't need to, or want to, and would sooner put a wedge between the supporter base because you are really not part of the club and the minute you're gone you have no allegiance to the club.

 

[dirty2]

So dew has lasted 6 years with no finals at the sun's... No wonder good old Kenny wants to go back... Job for life up there if he went.

 

[Us against the rest]

When does Hinkley ever engage with the fans??? He is not a Port Adelaide person, that's as clear as crystal remove him from our club.

Sack Hinkley.