Opinion Sack Hinkley 9 - I Am Become Donuts, Destroyer Of Ports

[EskimoPAFC]

Why is anyone OK with a succession plan?

If Carr is the best available candidate, then he'll win the role in a competitive open selection process. If he's not, we shouldn't be offering him the job first.

Just once, it would be nice if this club took recruitment seriously.

I'm at the point where I'll accept anything that puts an end date on this nightmare and a timeframe on Port Adelaide returning.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Gerard Wankly at his absolute pretentious best. Imagine being so infatuated with the part time Greyhound trainer that you’re willing to label half of all Port supporters the ‘Lunatic Fringe’.

I'm collecting names for my Traditional Port Values Supporters group.

The White Noise
The Lunatic Fringe
The Lack Of Intelligence

Any more?

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[John the Butcher]

When does cricket season start?
The strikers seem to have more genuine ballz in the management than PAFC lol

 

[Us against the rest]

Why is anyone OK with a succession plan?

If Carr is the best available candidate, then he'll win the role in a competitive open selection process. If he's not, we shouldn't be offering him the job first.

Just once, it would be nice if this club took recruitment seriously.

There is talk of Carr saying he's not quite ready to take over the role of head coach just yet. Only here say so who knows.

 

[Waspy79]

Kock backed the club into a corner by putting a timeframe on negotiations. What a ridiculous thing to do.

 

[MrMeaner]

Let's hope they at least add a last right of refusal into Carr's contract.

I.e. if he gets a senior coaching gig elsewhere we have the chance to math it.

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[240volt]

I'm at the point where I'll accept anything that puts an end date on this nightmare and a timeframe on Port Adelaide returning.

If he wins a premiership this thread will be longer than War and Peace.

 

[snozulu]

I'd be more than happy for Ken to be sacked now and Carr to take over next year. He is obviously the brains in the box and responsible for the winning streak. Seeing as we have had a taste of Carr i think it's worth giving him a shot as senior coach.

 

[Us against the rest]

I'm collecting names for my Traditional Port Values Supporters group.

The White Noise
The Lunatic Fringe
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Imagine how WGT felt when he was told to go and learn about Port Adelaide.
A Port champion, premiership player, captain, with Port in his family and veins.

So you could use, (Go and learn about our club)

 

[MrMeaner]

I'm collecting names for my Traditional Port Values Supporters group.

The White Noise
The Lunatic Fringe
The Lack Of Intelligence

Any more?

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I'm sure I've seen that line up at Cherry Bar.

 

[El Zorro]

You are 100% correct.

They also stand up in big moments when the game is to be won.

Completely different nucleus this year and I think we do very well in finals.

Unpopular opinion but previous years finals falirues was as much to do with the players as it was with the coach.

Inside the 4 walls I think this is known, with an emphasis on recruiting competitors that will stand up in big moments.

Showdowns are not important games for this group of players?

 

[Waspy79]

Not a fan of them, but just saying ....

How Simon Goodwin and Melbourne learned from John Longmire and the Sydney Swans succession plan

Melbourne the new Sydney? Goodwin’s grand plan

www.foxsports.com.au

Must admit I had forgotten Goodwin worked under Roos.

I had the Buckley/Malthouse and Mitchell/Clarkson mess top of mind. Where we are at reminds me of the Hawks mess.

 

[240volt]

Kock backed the club into a corner by putting a timeframe on negotiations. What a ridiculous thing to do.

Yep that was about as stupid as you can get.
Should have been when season ends including finals.
You wouldn’t believe a professional sporting organisation could be so unprofessional.

 

[El Zorro]

You can’t be serious, no way is any coach going to get or take a one year offer.
What’s the point of one year? Totally ridiculous.
The Titanic is about to slip under the water and there’s nothing nobody can do to stop it.

I am serious about what I will accept as a supporter and member. I am already being exceedingly accommodating given that Hinkley has overstayed for at least 5 seasons. The club will do whatever Koch wants and that is out of my hands.

 

[philreich]

I agree.

It's like we all know it will implode and become untenable so why f**k around with it. Just let him go.

Nothing has changed for me - as long as Ken is being paid to remain at Alberton, I'll continue to watch games on TV.

 

[cosmicwinduptoy]

Seems a little out of character for this board to appoint a new coach or successor without a formalized selection process.

 

[finbarr]

You just know Whateley's preferred label was "Deplorables" but thought better of it and checked himself.

 

[agmsy]

There is talk of Carr saying he's not quite ready to take over the role of head coach just yet. Only here say so who knows

He's just moved to Adelaide to be closer to his wife's family and, if he's going to get a senior coaching job one way or the other, it's probably better for Carr and his family to take a job in Adelaide in the next year or two than to move to Melbourne right now.

I'm at the point where I'll accept anything that puts an end date on this nightmare and a timeframe on Port Adelaide returning.

If we choose to expend our energy on media spin after promoting from within rather than expending that energy on a proper recruitment process, then we're not Port Adelaide - we're still the Keninkley Football Club.

 

[cosmicwinduptoy]

He's just moved to Adelaide to be closer to his wife's family and, if he's going to get a senior coaching job one way or the other, it's probably better for Carr and his family to take a job in Adelaide in the next year or two than to move to Melbourne right now.



If we choose to expend our energy on media spin after promoting from within rather than expending that energy on a proper recruitment process, then we're not Port Adelaide - we're still the Keninkley Football Club.

I reckon the Butters, Rozee, JHF aspect has been undersold in a lot of the Carr decision discussions.

He's no fool. He knows how good this midfield can be and when it will likely peak.

 

[dirty2]

If wanting hinkley out makes me a lunatic then I don't want to be ****ing normal

 

[Duck Farmer]

It's been fairly obvious during his tenure that if Koch had been around in the days of eunuchs guarding the sultan's harem there would have been no need for him to be given the snip to get the gig because his cojones wouldn't have been prominent enough for a snip to be necessary, but geez if there is any truth to kern getting 2 more years with no succession plan in place for Carr they must be microscopically small.

All of the kids coming out of Koch's harem would look like Hinkley.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Speaking of eunuchs guarding the harem, Chris Davies looks like Happen from the Witcher 3.

 

[Andre]

If they announce a succession plan, the first thing (other than when) they need to do as part of it, is give Carr the official title of Senior Assistant. At present we've got Cornes, Carr and Bassett on the website getting equal billings as forwards, midfield and defensive coaches.

No one sane wants Hinkley, but if we get Carr as Senior Assistant and promised head coach AND get rid of the dead wood of Bassett, then until Carr takes over it'd be like 2013 at Football Park, when we knew AO was on the way. The promised land is coming, so you can hold on, even if stuck in purgatory awhile longer yet.

 

[shewho]

This is what should happen:

1. KH is Re-signed on a 3 year contract- with a secret clause that if Josh Carr

Josh Carr

Age

44

Ht

179cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.8

4star

K

10.6

4star

HB

7.2

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

3.3

5star

CL

2.0

4star

No current season stats available

D

12.2

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

5.0

4star

M

2.6

3star

T

0.8

3star

wants to take over in 2024, 2025 or 2026, KH sees out his contract as Football Manager
2. Josh steps up as senior coach when he is ready to- 2024, 2025 or 2026.
3. There is no announcement of a succession plan- Ken is the coach until he isn’t.
4. Josh and KH come to an understanding but share it with no one- certainly not BigFooty.com.
5. Being Football Manager means Ken still has his skin in the game and gets to help bring to fruition what he started. He would work with the players, which he is good at, but Josh pulls the strings.

 

[El Zorro]

This is what should happen:

1. KH gets the **** out of my club

Just a small amendment.