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You sure can Toots.Because I can luv.
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Ligma
Hopefully they persist with it.The booing is not on. But Ken is no good for Port and coaching Port is clearly no good for Ken. It really seems untenable.
They are the 2nd youngest side in the comp and only have 1 more player than us with over 100 games experience going into this seasonCheck out their list profile.
They have a large core of players in the 23-28 age bracket, plus another 4 good players that are 30+.
Compare these players to our players in that range and that is why they are ahead of us. It's not about the young players.
They are the 2nd youngest side in the comp and only have 1 more player than us with over 100 games experience going into this season
I'll give you a hint.They are the 2nd youngest side in the comp and only have 1 more player than us with over 100 games experience going into this season
Ken loses 140th game = laughter
Ken loses 150th game = laughter
Ken loses Showdowns in prison bars = laughter
Ken loses prelims = laughter
Ken loses elimination finals = laughter
Ken loses Russell Ebert tribute game = laughter
Ken loses premiership reunion game = laughter.
Ken saves his own skin in a meaningless mod season game against a bottom 4 team = tears
I hate him because he is another version of B Scott. Not really hate him so much, but I end up sympathising with Port supporters.I don’t really get the Ken Hate on here. Is it because of the JHF legacy or something else?
Except that when he took over there they were in much worse shape than North had got under Laidley. I get that gratitude wears off after a while, and you can you get frustrated by watching your club seeming to hit a ceiling, but he took them from a terrible state into being mostly pretty good and on the whole they don’t seem seem to have much to complain about - nothing that warrants the carry on we are seeing.I hate him because he is another version of B Scott. Not really hate him so much, but I end up sympathising with Port supporters.
I don't hate him, just find Port supporters funny. We'd have killed for his H&A results under Bard.I don’t really get the Ken Hate on here. Is it because of the JHF legacy or something else?
I can see that POV but mine is fundamentally different. I assume I started following North when they won the 1977 flag. I was 4, I don't really remember. But I do remember a distinct pull towards Richmond when they won in 1980.Except that when he took over there they were in much worse shape than North had got under Laidley. I get that gratitude wears off after a while, and you can you get frustrated by watching your club seeming to hit a ceiling, but he took them from a terrible state into being mostly pretty good and on the whole they don’t seem seem to have much to complain about - nothing that warrants the carry on we are seeing.
I love Ken. If it upsets the Pooort supporters that he's coaching them, he's alright by me.I don’t really get the Ken Hate on here. Is it because of the JHF legacy or something else?
Hinkley already has it with 263. Bill Stephen 258, Brad Scott 249.They are both likely to break the all-time record for games coached without a GF, I think there's only one guy ahead of them
Ken was at our game on the weekend. Watched for a half then left.
You can do it, Brad...Hinkley already has it with 263. Bill Stephen 258, Brad Scott 249.
Think this is an attempt to downplay Mitchell as a coach?Let's not forget that Mitchell inherited a side coached bt Clarkson. Clarkson inherited a side coached by Scott and a number of others, none of whom have coached at the senior level again.
And they have a winning culture over many decades. When you are playing with premiership players or seeing them in the corridors of the club, you understand not only what is required to be successful, but also the expectation that you have to be successful.
Think this is an attempt to downplay Mitchell as a coach?
Tactically he has proven to be very good, don't think dismissing it/putting it down to Clarkson is at all fair.
No one expected Hawthorn to be where they are and they have been competitive against most opposition. He has done very, very well.
Definitely mate but it's only a component of it. Development and fitness are definitely issues for us as is drafting - we've lacked good ball users for the best part of 15 years to be honest.Not downplaying Mitchell at all, but when you have a winning culture to build on, it is easier to implement tactics, etc.
How many of us have bemoaned the lack of a winning culture, skills development, fitness, etc since the Scott days? That is not easy to fix, before you even start to think about tactics during game day.
This is based on a question comparing us to Hawthorn and why aren't we as good. The answer is that Hawthorn has decades of stability based on the Clarkson era and a few good older players. Mitchell is a good coach but he wouldn't be doing much better with our situation than Clarkson has in the last two years. If he was doing better at all.Think this is an attempt to downplay Mitchell as a coach?
Tactically he has proven to be very good, don't think dismissing it/putting it down to Clarkson is at all fair.
No one expected Hawthorn to be where they are and they have been competitive against most opposition. He has done very, very well.