Analysis Assistant Changes for 2023

[NoddyHolder]

Don't replace him. Kenny can take responsibility for the midfield. He does **** all else game day

 

[rumoursofwinter]

Yep, which is why its unfathomable they are allowing him to do it again. Its crazy.

Surely if ken is throwing you under a bus that a positive? Of ken says you are awesome to work with...that means you are a spineless fool?

 

[davesnothere]

Ok sign an assistant that we want coaching from about May onwards. Blake Caracella

Blake Caracella

Age

48

Ht

186cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.5

4star

K

10.1

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.7

4star

T

1.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

13.2

4star

K

8.8

4star

HB

4.4

4star

M

4.0

4star

T

0.6

3star

for example you're an assistant for 12 months and you are on a 3 year senior coaching contract at the end of that 12 months. Make it clear to everyone Ken is on his last 12 months and his contract will not be extended.

Ken has a problem with that he can walk. About May I think.

 

[Macca19]

Monty is the only competent one in our coaching group lol.

From what ive heard the opposite is true

 

[afl2004]

From what ive heard the opposite is true

Can't be worse then hinkley

 

[rumoursofwinter]

From what ive heard the opposite is true

The opposite is that he is the only one incompetent in our coaching group. That would mean everyone else is competent. Lol.

 

[Visenfest]

From what ive heard the opposite is true

Then I stand corrected. Regardless, if the only change made at the end of the season is one assistant moving on, we'll have again scapegoated someone to save Hinkley's job. This makes us an even less attractive proposition for quality coaching staff.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Wasn't Monty sort of promoted into the midfield line duties?

So that's two in consecutive years out of the midfield that is going to look to leave. Perhaps look at the common denominator?

 

[Chewy316]

Wasn't Monty sort of promoted into the midfield line duties?

So that's two in consecutive years out of the midfield that is going to look to leave. Perhaps look at the common denominator?

In the last 10 years we've seen three list rebuilds (13-16, 17--18 and 19-present), multiple coaching staff and structural changes (Richo, Walsh, Voss, Hart, Schofield, Montgomery, moving Bassett from back line to forward line, Cornes, Brown, Lobbe etc), not to mention added some big names who were on countless occasions dubbed the missing piece to the puzzle (Ryder in 2014, Dixon in 2015, Watts, Rockliff and Motlop in 2017). And we've also turned over the high performance department on multiple occasions going from Burgess to McKeown to Stuart Graham.

And yet for some reason or another we as a supporter base can't dare speak of changing the one last piece of the puzzle that hasn't been turned over yet, because you know, he's a good bloke and stopped Port going broke.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Whoever dropped Hayes is completely incompetent at managing the midfield. If Ken and Monty agreed on it then they are both awful.

Cant deny Monty's results in defence regardless though

 

[PowerBaz]

Wasn't Monty sort of promoted into the midfield line duties?

So that's two in consecutive years out of the midfield that is going to look to leave. Perhaps look at the common denominator?

The irony of stability in the club overall is a laugh when your line coach changes every other year.

 

[Finest of Wines]

It feels like the club are trying to test the infinite monkey theorem, but instead of using monkeys and typewriters to write the entire works of Shakespeare, they are using ken hinkley to try and win an AFL premiership

 

[portly]

From what ive heard the opposite is true

Chad, in my view, has never been in the line manager category. Skills yes.

Nathan, again in my view, is not a forwards coach, defensive maybe, but has barely an attacking thought in his head. The game has changed and left him behind.

Know nothing about the other guy.

So I doubt that Monty is the weakest link! Anyway, I preferred him in the back lines.

 

[Blinky Nyland]

We currently don't have a senior assistant. What line coach from another club could we get to come in to fill that role? Surely, given the doubts over Kenny's tenure, the position would suit soemone with senior coaching ambitions.

 

[Dark24]

Bring Schoey back as senior assistant and tell him the coaching job is his if he gets through the season.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

Surely it's going to be a transition strategy give what Koch has said about change of structure.

What a long year for them though having to pretend to care what Ken is trying to "teach" them.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

It feels like the club are trying to test the infinite monkey theorem, but instead of using monkeys and typewriters to write the entire works of Shakespeare, they are using ken hinkley to try and win an AFL premiership

Yes. It truly is the blurst of times.

 

[Capital Power]

Who's going to want to come here now? Ken's ego won't allow anything like an "understudy" (who could, heaven forbid, have his own ideas) and no assistant is going to want to be part of next year's failure.

 

[chachi11]

Leave Ken in the box on his own, piece of shît.

 

[gbear]

Bank the money and just leave Hinkley to coach on his own if he is so ****ing great

 

[JUSTWORK]

Bring Schoey back as senior assistant and tell him the coaching job is his if he gets through the season.

Not while Hinkley is here. Schoey hates Hinkley.

 

[JUSTWORK]

Monty is going, he'll be scapegoated.

 

[Capital Power]

I'm guessing that a large part of us only having a skeleton coaching staff this year is to pay the head coach's inflated salary. As this is now continuing next year, I guess we go bargain basement again?

 

[Loyal2Port]

Any chance someone can develop a game plan? Every time we kick out to the same spot, it makes me want to spew up

 

[Malibu#27]

From what ive heard the opposite is true

Im a little on your train however what I will say about our assistants is:

• Bassett - strength has been as a defensive couach, not suited to the forward coaches role .... (why move him from backend)
• Montgomery - his best time with u has been as defensive coach, appreared to add some different aspects to Bassetts work ... (why move him from backend), have seen nothing in his midfield work that excites me.
• Cornes - Little to no coaching acumen at the level, our defence has taken a massive step backwards.

• Voss
• Schofield

We lost both coaches, and replaced them with no-one, we placed our runner in as Defensive coach. Either we were throughly unprepeared for the idea that they may get opportunities, or we have been negligent in putting our coaching structure together.


For me, Monty or Basset back to defence, get a forward coach that teaches forward craft, and get a midfield coach.

Ultimately, for a club to announce the 4 flags in 5 crap and then rip the guts out of our coaching structure, suggests someone needs to find a new role.