Coaches a team first over individual to avoid individual blame but we all know Ken relies on individual brilliance to drag his shit game plan over the line.I've been critical of Hinkley in terms of developing key talls especially KPD.
What makes it a bit more irritating is that the Crows are pretty good at it. Because Ken coaches a team philosophy over individual, players get away with not defending one on one and when they get a bag kicked on them it is the team's problem. Well, it's both.
Down at the Crows, they play hard, contested ball all over the ground and it seeps into their defensive players. In the first Showdown this year, the rookie Michelanney was super impressive, got smashed by one of our guys, and eventually came back on and played his tail off. Very impressive. The latest Showdown Hinge was super impressive and even commanding down back.
After our loss to Brisbane in the Finals, Aliir was unlucky enough to have a chat with 5AA after the game. He had Daniher kick 5 on him and he just trotted out essentially that it was a team problem and didn't even really think to question his own game. Such is the lack of accountability down at Alberton.
Same reason a few injuries decimate what little team structure we have while other teams seem to be able to carry on with fringe players stepping in to play a role