Coach Josh Carr - AFL Senior Coach

[Peninsula Boy]

It's just music to my ears.

 

[Willsy10]

It's amazing that Garry Lyon sat and listened to Carr in that interview yesterday and then still proceeded to name Port as one of his bottom 4 teams.

This no Ken no Port narrative is ridiculous.

the way the two coaches speak couldn't be more different and i know which one i would rather play for.

 

[Powertron]

In a very nice, intelligent and diplomatic way, Carr has changed the narrative on the word rebuild that had been corrupted by Koch to mean we won't be in the bottom 4 ever like it is some kind of acheivement.

To say that the Lions who are looking at history in the face of threepeating this year and say they should be rebuilding shows you that Carr is massively interested at constant improvement even when you are on top of the heap. That kind of attitude goes a very long way to winning premierships and shows that we are not only in good hands but he is looking to set up a winning dynasty at Port.

Out of everything over the preseason, the juicy nuggets that Carr has provided and that the coaching staff have also expressed have been nothing short of the Creed.

Get excited. Get very excited.

All we need is Koch and the board not to get in the way.

To be fair the boards track record on interference with football matters is limited - their inaction has historically been the main issue.

Hopefully that continues.

 

[Watto71]

I love listening to Carr speak about our club.
He is the reason I've become a member for 1st since 2019

 

[Lefti93]

It's amazing that Garry Lyon sat and listened to Carr in that interview yesterday and then still proceeded to name Port as one of his bottom 4 teams.

This no Ken no Port narrative is ridiculous.

the way the two coaches speak couldn't be more different and i know which one i would rather play for.

Garry Lyon, now there's a ****wit.

 

[Lefti93]

He's a likeable campaigner Josh is.

 

[RossFC]

Garry Lyon, now there's a ****wit.

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[Lefti93]

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I wish David was on that wheel, and I had hot pies.

 

[Doctor Feel]

I wish David was on that wheel, and I had hot pies.

That we could smash into his face and hold it there?

 

[Lefti93]

That we could smash into his face and hold it there?

It hadn't previously occured to me, but now that you mention it. Yes, indeed.

 

[Shaucob_Burjan]

Only a minor thing, but after Josh mentioned how supported he feels with the coaches around him, he mentioned a recent chat with Matty Primus who was only 35 when he got the Senior Job and had very little support around him. I am certainly not saying Primus would have gone on to be a multi premiership coach but Primus has often been the butt of many a joke about his coaching tenure at Port and he never really had a chance.

I recall Chris Scott not getting the job was because he told the club that he wouldn't succeed with no support/good assistants which was an enough reason for them to pick Primus instead.

 

[HHHAMMERtime]

I honestly love the way Carr speaks about each of his players. You can tell how genuinely he cares about his troops just by how he talks about them. Compare that to old mate stinkers saying
‘we would have lost by even more if we played some of our other players’

I’m so confident Carr will take us in the right direction and the club feels a genuinely exciting place to be. Almost feels like it’s getting back to the early 2000s. Exciting times ahead!

 

[Ford Fairlane]

 

[Doctor Feel]

"Air lifting to game plan"

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Interesting quote from the article

Last year, Port players felt some teammates were getting matches when they did not deserve it, hurting selection integrity.

Carr sounds more collaborative with coaches and players, favours team structure over stars winning games, more level headed or not as emotional as Hinkley,

“Carry’s pretty softly spoken but knows when to put the foot down and he’s got a lot of respect from not only his own career, but his coaching career,” Rozee said on FIVEaa.
“He’s a fair bit younger than Kenny so he’ll have a different relationship with a lot of the boys.”

Carr's strengthened the connection between admin and the football department.

He's scaled back the ice baths.

Game plan no longer corridor focused, which has taken pressure off the players.

As mentioned, more emphasis on strength and conditioning, not just running.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Corridor focused footy was literally Geelong 2007. Ken actually just wheeled out a nearly 20 year old gameplan and called it a day for 13 years.

Remember the Inside Port Adelaide days? THE RUNWAY.

Turns out for the entire 13 years all they ever did was RUNWAY but then end up kicking wide to the pocket anyway.

God damn, what a useless cretin.

The whole workery hardery longery meme was actually totally true. That was the extent of his coaching. Corridor + workery hardery.

THIRTEEN
T H I R T E E E E E E E E N!

 

[Jojay]

Love when these paywalled articles are posted on twitter/ X ... just use Grok to summarise, and it pretty well gives the gist.

"Matt Turner's post promotes his article detailing the Port Adelaide AFL coaching transition from Ken Hinkley to Josh Carr

Josh Carr

Age

46

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

, emphasizing a shift from talent-driven recruitment to team-focused ruthlessness in selections and delistings.

Carr and Hinkley maintained a professional but distant relationship, with no post-transition contact; Carr's collaborative, level-headed style contrasts Hinkley's emotional, father-figure approach, fostering openness among players.

Specific changes include more gym emphasis for strength gains, scaled-back ice baths, and a game plan prioritizing defensive corridor protection over risky direct attacks, injecting fresh energy into a previously "stale" club environment."

 

[Port 2004]

I still blame wee licker and the rest of them at the sanfl for sucking us dry financially during 2011/12 and causing us to run the club on a shoestring budget and therefore matty primus being hamstrung.

They sucked us dry for decades. Consistently the most attended club year in and year out,finals pretty much every year. They would have been ****ed without us.

 

[PatientMental]

An entire article of players just shitting on ken.

Amazing

 

[Doctor Feel]

An entire article of players just shitting on ken.

Amazing

I reckon its shitting on Chad Corner just as much.

 

[Duck Farmer]

Carr will be a brother figure for them.

 

[VineValerian]

Love when these paywalled articles are posted on twitter/ X ... just use Grok to summarise, and it pretty well gives the gist.

"Matt Turner's post promotes his article detailing the Port Adelaide AFL coaching transition from Ken Hinkley to Josh Carr, emphasizing a shift from talent-driven recruitment to team-focused ruthlessness in selections and delistings.

Carr and Hinkley maintained a professional but distant relationship, with no post-transition contact; Carr's collaborative, level-headed style contrasts Hinkley's emotional, father-figure approach, fostering openness among players.

Specific changes include more gym emphasis for strength gains, scaled-back ice baths, and a game plan prioritizing defensive corridor protection over risky direct attacks, injecting fresh energy into a previously "stale" club environment."

Scaled back ice baths

Don’t tell that to JHG!!!

 

[Tibbs]

Scaled back ice baths

Don’t tell that to JHG!!!

Who's JHG?

 

[Scholz Supremacy]

I’m absolutely loving all this “No Hinkley = No Port”.

All these so called football experts are in for the shocks of their lives when they realise Ken Hinkley wasn’t all he was cracked up to be.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Matty Primus on Josh Carr

Josh Carr

Age

46

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

as a coach:

“He'll have a clear vision for how they want to play. He'll be big on contest and defence; they'll be the rockbed. He'll be pretty big on the team stuff.

“He's as good a team player as I played with and I'm sure that will shine through with his coaching.

“He's a strong communicator. I think having a good coaching group underneath him will allow him to be really strong in that area because he certainly was as a player.”

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A former teammate offers insight into new Port Adelaide coach Josh Carr.

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