Spot on!! Not renewing Bassett’s contract was a huge mistake. I’ll stick my head out and say that he was a defensive genius. When he exited Port he left ex-colleagues there who had a lot lessor talent in coaching than him.
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Disagree, we've been within a kick of a GF a few times. If we had major deficiencies in defense and forward, then we wouldn't have been that close.
I do agree around the midfield break even, however luckily it hasn't happened often in the past (aside from this season)
If you look at some of the finals we lost, you'll see that there are some that we absolutely got outplayed and had no chance - but others that we threw it away by not taking our chances. Even the ones we did win, we did that with horrible goal conversion.
Key finals losses that were clearly due to missing opportunities:
2017 vs WCE - 10.16 vs 12.6 (WCE Shuey duckgame)
2014 vs Hawks - 13.16 vs 15.7
But then you look deeper into matches where momentum matters - and you see games like against Sydney in last years PF
Qrtr time: Syd 4.0 vs 2.3
HT: Syd :9.1 vs 4.6
At this point, our heads drop and we continued to miss chances to bring us back, whilst they continued to kick accurately.
These are all just examples of times where Hinkley's gameplan has coached a winnable game, yet our players skills and more importantly, goal conversion has let us down. Yes, that is also Hinkley's responsibility - so it's not defending him, but it is saying that the gameplan is not what has cost us over time (yes of course, there are games where it has cost us)
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After Ken,
Support is a term i use loosely.
Josh will get no sympathy from me if he cant correct this train wreck.
He knows what he is up against, hell he is part of the problem to some degree.
He will get my support as I cheer him on to swim instead of sink, that is about it from me.
Support is a term i use loosely.
Josh will get no sympathy from me if he cant correct this train wreck.
He knows what he is up against, hell he is part of the problem to some degree.
He will get my support as I cheer him on to swim instead of sink, that is about it from me.
Do we know this as a fact? Hinkley would have had no prior relationship with Chad Cornes and Goldsack - and Sutcliff was here as a player for very long.
It feels more like a management directive to me, Ken in earlier days seemed happy with all the other assistants we had.
Virtually all of our assistant coaches are here due to being from Adelaide or having a wife wanting to live here.
It's pathetic to limit our net to meeting one of those two criteria.
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I don't disagree - my question is more whether this is a "Hinkley" boys club, or whether this is what he's been given. People love to blame Ken for anything and everything, and it's often misguided.
The Alberton boys club has gotten all too comfortable, happy to paddle in mediocrity. We need a disruptor. Someone who can question the decision making at all levels. Someone with just the right amount of crazy.
Might be time to bring back Choco...
Might be time to bring back Choco...
Replaced Schofield. We brought up Cornes to take over the defence. While also not replacing Michael Voss. You know it was the best at promoting from within to save money.
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Exactly - and this is why I don't think people saying "Ken handpicked the assistants", or "Hinkleys boys club" is fair.
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Yeah I don't get why people are worried about Choco or Monty being disruptive. We desperately need a real disruptor.
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Daren Reeves ain’t leaving a well sourced and structured SANFL gig for a sideways move. If we are serious about acquiring Rocks EI, IP and Elite Sport IQ bring him in as the Senior assistant. He will drive standards and bring a proven elite mindset, I am sure Carry and Rocks philosophies would see a very good program running underneath.
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Don't think Lade would be too keen to return to Port much less SA. Didn't he leave after two years because of personal reasons? Dew seems to have settled in QLD despite Port's interest in acquiring him at the end of last year as ab assistant. Schofield did leave Port despite being contracted for a more senior role at West Coast and if West Coast aren't keen to renew his contract, he could return to Port but I wouldn't hold my hopes for him at this stage.
As for the Corn, he did have a winning mentality as coach of the maggies. I'll give him that much but I feel he has overstayed his welcome at Port and should pursue new opportunities elsewhere. Both him and the club.
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Also as others have mentioned, I would have Chad take on the Magpies again, need to breed a winning culture within the ranks from top to bottom. Allow Chad to chase SANFL glories and keep him at arms length from any AFL insight/knowledge to stop the leaks.
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I wonder how many would return under different leadership? I think Koch hangs around for another 3 years, see the delivery of the Bowls Club facilities and the debt written off completely. See the sacking of Richardson and be done.
I’d be tapping James Hird on the shoulder. I don't give a flying f*** if you don’t like it, he’s done his time, & would install some much needed passion & belief into our mentally weak playing group.
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