News Tom Jonas sole captain for 2020

[Jonts]

I agree but under Ken there is a fair chance these guys go backwards in their skill and attitude towards the game. Jonas is the example of how low footy is prioritised by this list under Hinkley.

Oh yeah
Sack Hinkley.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

"We feel Ollie needs to get angry & have a great 2020 so we can get ridiculous overs in a trade"

way too much honesty... but yes.

 

[Ishikawa]

It's a shame the clubs decision has turned the direction of rabid pack's foaming on both Wines and Jonas.

Neither had their best years, but feel a lot of it has been magnified just to highlight the poor decision.

 

[Rigs]

I still want Ollie as solo captain

 

[EskimoPAFC]

I still want Ollie as solo captain

It's pretty unlikely, Cripps is only 24

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

I still want Ollie as solo captain

Praps he can do that at Carlton for ya.

 

[PowerBaz]

So will the club now expressly acknowledge co-captains didn’t work? Doubtful

I fully expect some PR spin about how it worked great last year but this is our 150th and we ought to honour tradition.

It would be the same as Marshall and Turnbull coming out saying they got it wrong blaming the 2016 storms on renewables......

The narrative will be we are listening to the members - and membership is down so we have ‘listened’ to the data.....

 

[raptalia]

Why are people asking for an apology before an announcement has even been made?

We are asking in the hope that Tredders and NINE has it right. I have to add that Caroline Wilson and Rucci have tipped one Captain over the past month.

 

[Winestoppable]

There will be a lack of acknowledgment from those within the club today that co-captains was a mistake. Expecting an already angry supporter base to be further angered after today.

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[gbear]

So will the club now expressly acknowledge co-captains didn’t work? Doubtful

I fully expect some PR spin about how it worked great last year but this is our 150th and we ought to honour tradition.

I doubt it. They cannot even admit re-signing Ken was a mistake, which will cost the club millions over the coming years.

 

[JUSTWORK]

I doubt it. They cannot even admit re-signing Ken was a mistake, which will cost the club millions over the coming years.

They could however come out and announce a "succession plan". For example announce Schofield is to take over as senior coach at the end of Hinkleys current contract. That would see a lot of members stay on who where otherwise going and may see a few thousand re join.

 

[Butters Made Me Do It]

Succession plan would be pointless BS that allows a delayed Hinkley decision and ’stability’ so its definitely something the club might do, but itd be for Voss or Bassett on the form of always taking the obvious worst option

 

[OneGreatClub]

Let’s see if the people who said they wouldn’t renew if we went with co-captains again actually renew or if that was just a pissant excuse like I believe it was.

Yes will be interesting

 

[portfan36]

Good.
Back to one captain at least and after Ollie sounded out Carlton, his position as captain was untenable.

So it looks like Wines will be asking for a trade next year?????

 

[Butters Made Me Do It]

If co-captains is the only reason people have to not renew, they were always going to renew.

Its a symbolic problem but there are so many other unaccounted for * ups and rotten eggs at PAFC that I doubt co-captains is the only issue any Port fan wouldve had with how Port is run

 

[FishingRick04]

What has Hartlett done to be a Vice Captain? Really, give it to Lycett.

 

[Visenfest]

But choosing neither Jonas nor Wines, the club would have to admit they stuffed up even more.
I am curious about the decision though.
Did Ollie choose to step down voluntarily?

The club did stuff up. They just don't have the guts to admit it.

I doubt Ollie stepped down voluntarily, though I don't know.

 

[1954]

Maybe I have become too cynical, but for info re the club returning to a sole captain to be leaked less than 24 hours after a way earlier than usual player ring a round in an attempt to get disenchanted members back on board, it has to at least suggest said ring a round may have been a flop, and once again those running this s**t show are being reactive instead of proactive.

 

[Nelso]

Not happy with Jonas as captain but our options are very limited.

I would be making Houston VC right now. That kid can handle everything that is thrown at him.

As far as I am concerned Wines can pack his bags right now. He is not committed to playing for Port long term.

 

[raptalia]

Listen to the last thing Timmy says,

We Exist To Win Premierships.

Wining is everything, someone tells you different. They aren’t Port Adelaide.

Ken Hinkley “can’t expect ‘em win every week”

Why aren't the likes of Timmy Ginever, George Fiacchi and Warren Tredrea on the Board of the PAFC instead of the AFL anointed corporate know nothings? Our esteemed Board of Directors, many of whom are overseas, oversaw this Co Captaincy shemozzle and they should be taking responsibility but we all know we will not hear a word from them. They will just sit back in anonymity and let the CEO take the heat. A halfway decent Board would send Hinkley packing, drop all this community bull s**t and get us back to where 'we exist to win Premierships'.

Timmy G for President.

 

[Marat]

Jonas just keeping the no 1 warm for our next premiership captain Daniel Houston

 

[Duck Farmer]

Happy that we are returning to a single captain wearing #1.

Still pissed that we threw out a unique tradition because of a Hinkley brainfart.

Jonas's reputation has suffered because of him having to defend the shitful situation the club put him and Wines in because they couldn't think five minutes ahead on the consequences of their action.

Happy to reset and give him a fair chance.

 

[Janus]

By 1985, Coca-Cola had been losing market share to diet soft drinks and non-cola beverages for many years. Blind taste tests indicated that consumers seemed to prefer the sweeter taste of rival Pepsi-Cola, and so the Coca-Cola recipe was reformulated. However, the American public's reaction to the change was negative, and "New Coke" was considered a major failure. The company reintroduced Coke's original formula within three months, rebranded "Coca-Cola Classic", resulting in a significant sales boost. This led to speculation New Coke formula had been a marketing ploy to stimulate sales of original Coca-Cola, which the company has denied.

Co-captains = New Coke

Single captain = Coke Classic

 

[Steve Dore]

There's good news and bad news.

The good news is that we've conceded that taking a dump on the tradition of a single captain wearing the number one and having half-captains to keep Hinkley happy may have been a misjudgment so we are reverting to a single captain.

The bad news is that the captain will be Tom "I'd rather be skiing" Jonas.

 

[RossFC]

Yes, Jonas is the man!: 49%
Someone else please: 49%
No, keep it the same: 2%