Coach Has Ken Hinkley Been Found Out?

[Greenfinger]

Have to disagree

How so? Played injured players all through finals due to lack of depth . Do you rate their backline ? Massive blowouts all year due to how weak it is

 

[Swanssince91]

How so? Played injured players all through finals due to lack of depth . Do you rate their backline ? Massive blowouts all year due to how weak it is

Most of the squad is young

 

[Greenfinger]

Most of the squad is young

Most of the squad is young

2023 average age per team

27.4 years - Geelong

26.9 - Collingwood

26.7 - Richmond

26.6 - Western Bulldogs

26.2 - Brisbane

25.9 - Melbourne

25.6 -Port Adelaide

25.5 - Carlton

25.4 - North Melbourne

25.3 - West Coast

25.2 - Sydney

25.2 - St Kilda

25.2 - Greater Western Sydney

25.2 - Essendon

25.1 - Gold Coast

24.7 - Fremantle

24.7-Adelaide

24.4-Hawthorn

Not true . 7th oldest squad . They have both extremes. In continual rebuild

 

[Swanssince91]

2023 average age per team

27.4 years - Geelong

26.9 - Collingwood

26.7 - Richmond

26.6 - Western Bulldogs

26.2 - Brisbane

25.9 - Melbourne

25.6 -Port Adelaide

25.5 - Carlton

25.4 - North Melbourne

25.3 - West Coast

25.2 - Sydney

25.2 - St Kilda

25.2 - Greater Western Sydney

25.2 - Essendon

25.1 - Gold Coast

24.7 - Fremantle

24.7-Adelaide

24.4-Hawthorn

Not true . 7th oldest squad . They have both extremes. In continual rebuild

They have a few old players that bump the age right up.
Boak 35
Jonas

 

[Greenfinger]

They have a few old players that bump the age right up.
Boak 35
Jonas

13 players over 25

 

[Swanssince91]

13 players over 25

Their best players are under 25

 

[blackcat]

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I am sure the forehead and face correlation is zero percent

it is like his face was transplanted to his head

There is a Hollywood feature film , high-concept that plagiarised this mythos as treatment

Nicholas Cage Coppola v John Travolta

 

[El Doederino]

He got found out 12 months ago.

Kochie flinched.

Flinched again

 

[WillHayward]

So they bring in Sweet, Zerke Thatcher and Ratugolea.

Does that bridge the gap?

 

[kranky al]

This years ”roight in front of me” moment:

 

[WillHayward]

This years ”roight in front of me” moment:

I feel like this bloke is putting it on.

 

[Foucault1989]

This years ”roight in front of me” moment:

Good on ya Stu.

Let the big boys take it from here. Ken's got this, he just needs more time with the lads.

 

[Crankyhawk]

Man, I don’t get your club. Why sign him so early? And isn’t the AFL involved in your board appointments?

theory among some port supporters is that the AFL want to keep port mediocre to generate money but no ultimate success.

 

[kranky al]

theory among some port supporters is that the AFL want to keep port mediocre to generate money but no ultimate success.

The AFL : what is a port? Are they the dockers? OH THAT PORT?

Um yeah I guess they do exist.

 

[Shadow89]

This years ”roight in front of me” moment:

Hilarious! Around 33 mins in for anyone who wants to skip to it

 

[Schulzenfest]

Is Hinkley now the longest serving coach at the one club without making a Grand Final? I‘m pretty sure Brad Scott had that honour at North Kens been at Port longer now.

'Now'? He already held that honour by about Round 10. Last year.

 

[Sharaz Jek]

Apart from a very small, very vocal part of the Port board here, I would say 99% of Port supporters are fine with this.

They're idiots.

 

[Taper]

theory among some port supporters is that the AFL want to keep port mediocre to generate money but no ultimate success.

Pass mark for clubs controlled by the AFL is finals and not being a basketcase.
Pass mark for clubs controlled by members is premierships.
This is why Hinkley and Longmire are contracted through to 2025 despite 11 seasons without silverware.

 

[Xtreme]

Just unlucky GWS played brilliantly

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Koch re-signed him for two more years in August, because he didn't want the contract situation to become a distraction come finals.

Cunning plan didn't quite work out...

The 13 game record winning steak heaped the pressure on to re-sign Ken.

 

[Rich01]

What was Josh Carrs role in the last two finals losses?
When they won a dozen in a row he was lauded as the brains trust of the coaching dept that made all the on field calls while Kenny gave encouragement on the bench.

Why hasn’t he taken any heat this finals series?

 

[Swanssince91]

Pass mark for clubs controlled by the AFL is finals and not being a basketcase.
Pass mark for clubs controlled by members is premierships.
This is why Hinkley and Longmire are contracted through to 2025 despite 11 seasons without silverware.

Wasn't Scott still contracted after 11 seasons without silverware?

 

[ibd77]

* Hinkley - how good is Kingsley!?!

We have a history of our support coaches or ex-players exceeding Ken's performance records.

 

[ibd77]

why did port re-sign kenny pre-finals, diabolical decision

AFL tells Koch to jump, then Koch jumps.

It's no coincidence that the media is soft of Ken. It helps our commercial appeal and feeds our zombie fan base. There is no football reason for Ken to be still our coach.

 

[ApplecrossWC]

People love to stick the boots in don't they?

There is an incredible amount of people from all clubs sticking the boot in. People love to laugh at Port, rightly so.