Opinion Kane Cornes media career thread

[Progressive Aggresion]

It's been about five years since KC started his journalism career, working with the AFL official site, FivaAA, FootyOnNine and SEN throughout this timespan.

It goes without saying that he's stirred up a lot of people over the years, and its uncertain whether this has been for better or for worse considering the current AFL journalism climate.

Do supporters on here still value his thoughts? Or Separate his on field achievements from his current ventures? What is the severity of impact that his media career has made on your thoughts of him as a player and person?

 

[Papa G]

Kane Kornes did 1 good thing. Blanket Simon Black in the 2004 Grand Final.

Everything else is just a massive pile of excrement.

 

[PowerLil]

Lost all credibility in my eyes when he backed away from criticising Hinkley when contacted by the club. Just another puppet.

 

[El_Scorcho]

He should criticise Hinkley more but otherwise he's fine. I don't agree with everything he says but I don't agree with everything anyone says.

He was an incredible tagger who could hurt you the other way. Absolutely in our AFL era best 22. He certainly hasn't hurt his reputation enough to overshadow that.

 

[edgie]

Club champion is strong but he's been the best player at his role, not only at Port but maybe the whole AFL. Depends if you value the role or not.

As a journo he's s**t because he so far up Ken's arse with the rest of them. He lacks any critical thought toward the issue and clearly does not apply to same standards to reporting on Port as his does other coaches.

 

[Jonts]

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[TeeKray]

As much of a dickhead as he is, it's good that we finally have an ex player in the football media.

 

[Papa G]

He should criticise Hinkley more but otherwise he's fine. I don't agree with everything he says but I don't agree with everything anyone says.

He was an incredible tagger who could hurt you the other way. Absolutely in our AFL era best 22. He certainly hasn't hurt his reputation enough to overshadow that.

Nup

Lade Schulz Wingard
R.Gray Tredrea Westhoff
Pickett Wines P. Burgoyne
Montgomery C. Cornes G Wanganeen
Wilson Wakelin S Burgoyne

Primus Francou Boak

Carr James D. Motlop Butters

 

[El_Scorcho]

Nup

Lade Schulz Wingard
R.Gray Tredrea Westhoff
Pickett Wines P. Burgoyne
Montgomery C. Cornes G Wanganeen
Wilson Wakelin S Burgoyne

Primus Francou Boak

Carr James D. Motlop Butters

He's well ahead of all 4 of your bench players. Also well ahead of Pickett and Westhoff.

 

[Papa G]

He's well ahead of all 4 of your bench players. Also well ahead of Pickett and Westhoff.

Is he? Because he played more games? Of the similar positions/size I'd take Carr, James, Picjkett and Butters over Kane Cornes any day of the week.

Westhoff was the most versatile player we've had in our AFL era and D. Motlop, well that's just a bit of a personal fave.

 

[edgie]

Don't think of Kane Cornes

Kane Cornes

Age

41

Ht

183cm

Wt

78kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

23.5

5star

K

12.5

5star

HB

11.0

5star

M

5.2

5star

T

3.3

5star

CL

2.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

13.0

4star

K

7.6

3star

HB

5.4

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.2

3star

as a player for Port, think of him as a special ability to turn one of the other sides best players in to 30 possessions going our way.

 

[Power Raid]

I'm with Jack Watts on this one

I never rated his role and dislike sensationalist journalism

 

[PatientMental]

Champion player, now full time s**t stirrer who really needs to grow a spine and stir s**t up at Alberton and go on the offensive instead of gargling hinks balls

 

[Wargreymon90]

I listen to SEN a fair bit. It is easy to distinguish his legitimate opinions from his clickbait “opinions”.

When he isn’t trying to make headlines, his opinions are actually quite reasonable. He isn’t afraid to call out the afl on their bullshit and highlights vic bias in the national football media.

On the other hand, I despise when he goes after young players. It’s bullying and it’s pathetic.

 

[Steve Dore]

I used to think that it was highly likely that the rumours of Tony McGuinness being Kane's father were true but since he's been in the media it is very clear that he is the son of Graham.

Say anything to get attention except call out Kenny Hinkley.

 

[ctpower]

His breakfast show on SEN is pretty good.

 

[JimmyBC]

I don't think of him or his brother as Port Adelaide people tbh but he's pretty harmless really.

 

[El Zorro]

Nup

Lade Schulz Wingard
R.Gray Tredrea Westhoff
Pickett Wines P. Burgoyne
Montgomery C. Cornes G Wanganeen
Wilson Wakelin S Burgoyne

Primus Francou Boak

Carr James D. Motlop Butters

What has Butters done to be in our AFL all-time best 22? FFS, we are not the SUNS!

 

[Papa G]

What has Butters done to be in our AFL all-time best 22? FFS, we are not the SUNS!

Yes Butters is more on potential, but even knowing what Kane did and Butters has a much smaller sample size, I'd still take Butters.

....pssst, if you can't tell, I've never rated Kane Cornes.

 

[Steve Dore]

His breakfast show on SEN is pretty good.

If I ever get to the stage of starting off my day listening to a Cornes please have me euthanised.

 

[Spadge]

He rustles the crowies jimmies... thats good enough for me

 

[FrankDrebin]

Is capable of making a good point or have an interesting opinion on a topic, but often it gets overlooked or not taken seriously due to some of the deliberate stirring he does just to make sure he's getting the attention. As someone else mentioned its pretty obvious when he takes a contrarian position just to be different / make a headline (similar to his Dad). Also horribly biased towards Hinkley, although i think even that is starting to wane ever so slightly.

 

[dirty2]

Don't listen to kane... Wouldn't have a clue what he says.... Except when I see it on here...

 

[Progressive Aggresion]

He should criticise Hinkley more but otherwise he's fine. I don't agree with everything he says but I don't agree with everything anyone says.

He was an incredible tagger who could hurt you the other way. Absolutely in our AFL era best 22. He certainly hasn't hurt his reputation enough to overshadow that.

I think it was more so a problem in 2019 when Kane Cornes was inducted into the hall of fame for the club that year and clearly had some internal exchanges with the higher - ups which rubbed off on him and potentially skewed his own bias to the coach.

In the last 2 years though, I think he's expressed more criticism towards him, not Tredrea levels of suspicion, but certainly hasn't been sucking him off as much as people claim he has:

Port icon tells club to 'harden up' after backlash

'They've got more things to worry about'

wwos.nine.com.au

"They failed at the first hurdle": Cornes warns Hinkley against taking it easy on players

Kane Cornes hopes Ken Hinkley was harsher on his players than his press conference suggested, after a heavy loss to West Coast.

www.sen.com.au

Coach’s call ‘cost them a premiership’

Former Port Adelaide premiership star turned media personality Kane Cornes has taken the gloves off and hit out at his old club.

www.news.com.au

Only a few examples I can recall.

 

[raptalia]

Kane could s**t can Hinkley 9 times in 10 articles or interviews but praise him in the last one. It is the last one that some people will choose to remember.

I am not sure why anyone would want to start a thread like this but a Club champion is forever a Club champion the achievement is in the record books and no one can erase it. Kane's name appears 4 times on the PAFC honour roll and that is undeniable. Maybe an average football can have one outstanding season and jag a B&F but not four of them.