Roast Sack Koch - Chairman of The Redeem Team

[Nelso]

Duncanson?

Say what, Duncanson was one of the key players involved in getting us out of that shithole at West Lakes.

 

[DaTBird187]

Say what, Duncanson was one of the key players involved in getting us out of that shithole at West Lakes.

Pffft. How many members of INXS did he get?

 

[PA88]

I beg to differ (unless you're saying post 96 = not senior for PAFC?)
Apparently we've taken down our h onour roll on the club site, but Duncanson was chief in 99 Australian Football - Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club - Honour Board

I don't believe Duncanson was chair in 99. I reckon he came much later.

 

[Capital Power]

Is Koch the least successful chairman in the history of the PAFC?

Nope. They've just redefined success to exclude on-field performance. Winning is over-rated, especially if you can show off artificially inflated membership numbers and claim debt reduction - the only metrics our owners seem interested in.

It's the same as Koch was with keeping Hinkley past 2022. The "pass mark" was a GF, then it was top 4, then it was top 8, and finally it was how well he'd done to get us up to 11th and "look over there - there's JHF".

 

[GremioPower]

Is Koch the least successful chairman in the history of the PAFC?

I doubt it. But he's probably the most harmful.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

Is Koch the least successful chairman in the history of the PAFC?

Without a doubt. At least in living memory given the years and not making a Grand Final.

Add the destruction of the Creed and Koch is just a cancer dressed up as a parasite inside a virus.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

I was reading Koch and Richardson's tributes to Geof Motley, which got me to thinking how Bob McLean appointed him as coach of Port Adelaide for the 1959 season after Fos had won 5 in a row because he thought we needed a playing coach to lead by example on the field. Motley duly led Port Adelaide to their 6th flag on the trot.

Then in 1960 and 1961 Port finished minor premier both years, but was knocked out in the prelim final both years (mind you by 2 points in 1961 PF to Norwood, despite 8 more scoring shots). Big Bob removed him as coach because he wasn't successful enough and brought Fos back to Port Adelaide. Fos coached anothe 3 premierships at Port Adelaide, in 1962, 63 and 65 (and lost the 1964 grand final, which has emptied South Adelaide's tank for 60 years and counting).

Koch and Richardson, you wouldn't in a billion light years make a decision like that, the sort of brutally ruthless cornerstone the Port Adelaide Football Club is built upon. But Geof Motley understood, and despite his sacking as coach continued on a legendary Port Adelaide player, adding premierships in 1962, 63 and 65.

 

[manureid]

I was reading Koch and Richardson's tributes to Geof Motley, which got me to thinking how Bob McLean appointed him as coach of Port Adelaide for the 1959 season after Fos had won 5 in a row because he thought we needed a playing coach to lead by example on the field. Motley duly led Port Adelaide to their 6th flag on the trot.

Then in 1960 and 1961 Port finished minor premier both years, but was knocked out in the prelim final both years (mind you by 2 points in 1961 PF to Norwood, despite 8 more scoring shots). Big Bob removed him as coach because he wasn't successful enough and brought Fos back to Port Adelaide. Fos coached anothe 3 premierships at Port Adelaide, in 1962, 63 and 65 (and lost the 1964 grand final, which has emptied South Adelaide's tank for 60 years and counting).

Koch and Richardson, you wouldn't in a billion light years make a decision like that, the sort of brutally ruthless cornerstone the Port Adelaide Football Club is built upon. But Geof Motley understood, and despite his sacking as coach continued on a legendary Port Adelaide player, adding premierships in 1962, 63 and 65.

Different Port Adelaide that.

 

[GremioPower]

Koch and Richardson, you wouldn't in a billion light years make a decision like that, the sort of brutally ruthless cornerstone the Port Adelaide Football Club is built upon.

We failed to do that with Choco before them. Last time we did it, it was in the end of 1998.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

I was reading Koch and Richardson's tributes to Geof Motley, which got me to thinking how Bob McLean appointed him as coach of Port Adelaide for the 1959 season after Fos had won 5 in a row because he thought we needed a playing coach to lead by example on the field. Motley duly led Port Adelaide to their 6th flag on the trot.

Then in 1960 and 1961 Port finished minor premier both years, but was knocked out in the prelim final both years (mind you by 2 points in 1961 PF to Norwood, despite 8 more scoring shots). Big Bob removed him as coach because he wasn't successful enough and brought Fos back to Port Adelaide. Fos coached anothe 3 premierships at Port Adelaide, in 1962, 63 and 65 (and lost the 1964 grand final, which has emptied South Adelaide's tank for 60 years and counting).

Koch and Richardson, you wouldn't in a billion light years make a decision like that, the sort of brutally ruthless cornerstone the Port Adelaide Football Club is built upon. But Geof Motley understood, and despite his sacking as coach continued on a legendary Port Adelaide player, adding premierships in 1962, 63 and 65.

Beautiful work, FF.

 

[Dupre]

What a pity Koch didn’t mention the other legend Fos Williams when he gave his tribute Geoff Motley, a great PA and South Australian player. Koch is an embarrassment

 

[Del165198]

What a pity Koch didn’t mention the other legend Fos Williams when he gave his tribute Geoff Motley, a great PA and South Australian player. Koch is an embarrassment

Hopefully Motley learned about Port Adelaide Football Club from David Koch before he passed away

 

[Doctor Feel]

Koch wouldn't mention Fos because he's an inconvenient yard stick.

 

[malcheski]

Koch wouldn't mention Fos because he's an inconvenient yard stick.

Either that or judging by his 01-04 claims probably thinks half of Fos' accomplishments didn't happen the way history dictates.

 

[manureid]

As if Koch even knew who Motley was. Would have had to be informed by some Club PR people. The closest Koch ever got to Geof Motley was hugging the bloody Crows President in Geof's players race.

 

[Jojay]

Our worst nightmare

 

[Duck Farmer]

When he joined us he was a buffoon with a large media profile who could generate interest and attract sponsors.

Now he's just a buffoon.

 

[El_Scorcho]

When he joined us he was a buffoon with a large media profile who could generate interest and attract sponsors.

Now he's just a buffoon.

Yep, the epitome of a poisoned chalice. He's sold to us as a big name who can push our media presence and narrative. What he does instead is completely embarrass the club time and time again while also destroying our culture.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Imagine finding out the real redeem team was Billy Frampton

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Billy Frampton

Age

28

Ht

201cm

Wt

100kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.1

2star

K

5.1

2star

HB

4.0

3star

M

3.1

3star

T

0.7

3star

MG

99.0

2star

D

8.5

2star

K

4.8

2star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.5

3star

T

0.5

1star

MG

99.0

2star

D

9.2

3star

K

5.6

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

1.0

3star

MG

107.0

2star

all along

 

[Steve Dore]

Imagine finding out the real redeem team was Billy Frampton all along

We should have taken more notice.

 

[Doctor Feel]

 

[Andre]

When he joined us he was a buffoon with a large media profile who could generate interest and attract sponsors.

Now he's just a buffoon.

A buffoon, who could theoretically generate interest and attract sponsors. Outside MG, at the start of his time, who has he really been responsible for? Sponsors from the China plan certainly aren't his to claim. Most of the sponsors jumped on board due to AO and a short term fitness/self-belief, before Hinkley took full control in 2015 and had us playing a shit style. Even discounting COVID, after an AO bounce to in the top 6 clubs for Memberships, we've drifted back down to the bottom half. As for sponsors, we're still in debt to around what we were in 2012. If he was actually doing the stuff he was meant to, there'd be some slack for opening his mouth about things he knows nothing about, but he hasn't delivered and doesn't deserve any.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

Koch wouldn't mention Fos because he's an inconvenient yard stick.

Understatement of the year.

 

[malcheski]

A buffoon, who could theoretically generate interest and attract sponsors. Outside MG, at the start of his time, who has he really been responsible for? Sponsors from the China plan certainly aren't his to claim. Most of the sponsors jumped on board due to AO and a short term fitness/self-belief, before Hinkley took full control in 2015 and had us playing a s**t style. Even discounting COVID, after an AO bounce to in the top 6 clubs for Memberships, we've drifted back down to the bottom half. As for sponsors, we're still in debt to around what we were in 2012. If he was actually doing the stuff he was meant to, there'd be some slack for opening his mouth about things he knows nothing about, but he hasn't delivered and doesn't deserve any.

He wasn't even responsible for MG, that came from the China venture. Just ask Lockhart Road

 

[Lockhart Road]

He wasn't even responsible for MG, that came from the China venture. Just ask Lockhart Road

Andrew Hunter was working on SAIC - MG’s parent corp. - for some time. The connection came via the local event manager for the Jiangwan Stadium matches in 2017, 2018 and 2019 … who actually told SAIC / MG that they should go with a bigger club like Collingwood or Essendon (with whom we were competing) … this at a time when Koch insisted on calling us things like ‘little battler club’ and ‘working class little club’ and refused to stop doing so even after directors and CEO told him to desist, more than once.

So PAFC landed MG / SAIC in early 2020 in spite of Koch not because of him.

The story of the last month or so of the chase is told on other threads. REH was involved, so he can have a crack at teling us all again what was the turning point and what was the closer. It’s a great story, and all true.

Would be a good ‘un for Tredders’ blog - an example of Koch’s ineptitude. And that was at a time when he theoretically had something to offer with his Sunrise platform. He has no platform at all now. What claim does he have to still be chairman?