Universal Love Keith Thomas

[bomberclifford]

He won't be. Next year's aim is stability - i.e. a mid-table also ran.

Ignoring the mid-table also ran comment, stability is most definitely high on the agenda.

People have either forgotten, or didn't fully grasp, how far back we were coming from, not just in an on-field sense, but off-field as well.

This year and next were always going to be about stability and consolidation after a massive transitional process. From a board/strategic perspective I totally get why they wanted to extend Hinkley, or at the very least, ensure he didn't leave for Gold Coast.

Set your plan and work to it. This will at times clash with the supporter expectation, but ultimately, a board and CEO need to have calmer heads than that. Their goal was to extend Hinkley for 2 years, his manager's goal was to get longer. The board made the call that in the long term benefits of the club, it is better to cede the extra year than pull down the entire plan. Remember, we've lost Burgess already this year, losing Hinkely as well would send out a ripple of negativity to the vast majority of our membership. Not everyone thinks like us obsessed freaks on BigFooty.

So far along this journey, KT, Koch et al have rarely let us down. Yes they've made some missteps, but on the whole we're on an upwards trajectory.

I trust KT. He's a good operator.

Koch has also shown that he's capable of listening.

 

[Tredz]

FFS here we join again

Probably a masturbating 14 year keyboard warrior alone in his bedroom thinking his being funny. Best to just ignore him/her, responding only encourages them.

But you have to laugh about it.
I bet those turning on Keith have never spoken to him, you might learn something if you do.
I found him very good to converse with.

Not to mention, soooo very casual.

 

[Portology]

We have already done a mini rebuild under Ken. We have added some great youngsters the last few years.

There is no reason to think they won't be better next year.

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That's true. There has been a mini rebuild of KPP over a few years, and this year will hopefully see another mini-rebuild, more of a transition, in midfield and HFF. Many of the kids we already have will be better, individually speaking. Off the top of my head only Logan, Arch, Impey and Snelling took notable backwards or 'sideways' steps and Snelling seemingly turned a corner towards the end of the season. So, good.

But will the system they all work within be better, or will it chew them up and spit them out? That's where the conditions KT laid down have to enable some real change in the systems around Ken as a part of this "stability" of which a few speak. We'll see.

Being hung out to "119" a Grand Final is one thing. You wonder whether you're good enough at all. Being hung out to lose fairly regularly after dominating games is another kind of psychological torture. You wonder whether even your best will ever be good enough.

 

[Macca19]

Geebus. This board can really turn on its own rather quickly.

Its become the Port Adelaide way. Why back em in when you can tear them down instead.

 

[TeeKray]

It's staggering that anyone could get out the pitch forks for KT. I cannot recall an occasion in his 6 years as CEO when he has set a foot wrong in any way at all.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

We have already done a mini rebuild under Ken. We have added some great youngsters the last few years.There is no reason to think they won't be better next year.

A mini rebuild? It almost a complete rebuild. In December 2013 ( 15 months after Ken arrived) we still had the Primus 26 ( ie cut 18 in 2 post seasons) as I started a thread about. We are now down to the Primus 13 out of 45 and by December could be down to 9 or 10 if Ah Chee, Trengove and Young get the bullet as expected and if we could get out of Lobbe contract it would be 9. From that thread

1. Ah Chee 2nd rd pick #45……...
2. Boak 1st #5………………….…….…
3. Broadbent 3rd #38………………..
8. Ebert 1st #13……………….…..…
9. Gray 4th #55…………………….….
10. Hartlett 1st #4…………....…….
12. Jonas RE #16……………………..
13. Lobbe 1st #16………………….…
18. Pittard 1st #16
23. Trengove 2nd #22
24. Westhoff 5th #71
25. Wingard 1st #6
26. Young 2nd #36

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

If there isnt a premiership by 2020, then the 3 K's Koch, KT and Ken, will be gone by November 2020. And probably the 4th K, Kevin Osborn joins them. They have backed each other in. No premiership will be a joint responsibility and will be time for new leadership all round. Forget 2021.

And Ken will get a nice $800k payout and we will probably blow our 2021 Footy Department Spending cap as a result, unless there is some out clause.

 

[raman]

It's staggering that anyone could get out the pitch forks for KT. I cannot recall an occasion in his 6 years as CEO when he has set a foot wrong in any way at all.

Well I heard about a recent premature contract extension...

 

[_PowerFromPort]

It's staggering that anyone could get out the pitch forks for KT. I cannot recall an occasion in his 6 years as CEO when he has set a foot wrong in any way at all.

This radio interview back in March left me a bit speechless, especially the part where he tried to explain the new TV rights deal and loss of two Port away games

 

[Andre]

A mini rebuild? It almost a complete rebuild. In December 2013 ( 15 months after Ken arrived) we still had the Primus 26 ( ie cut 18 in 2 post seasons) as I started a thread about. We are now down to the Primus 13 out of 45 and by December could be down to 9 or 10 if Ah Chee, Trengove and Young get the bullet as expected and if we could get out of Lobbe contract it would be 9. From that thread

1. Ah Chee 2nd rd pick #45……...
2. Boak 1st #5………………….…….…
3. Broadbent 3rd #38………………..
8. Ebert 1st #13……………….…..…
9. Gray 4th #55…………………….….
10. Hartlett 1st #4…………....…….
12. Jonas RE #16……………………..
13. Lobbe 1st #16………………….…
18. Pittard 1st #16
23. Trengove 2nd #22
24. Westhoff 5th #71
25. Wingard 1st #6
26. Young 2nd #36

Ah Chee, Broadbent and Lobbe are the three left I’d like gone this year.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Nice article by Richard Earle on KT which I think is only online and I didnt see it in today's paper.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...s/news-story/2f1f26c3db929e83076cd6cb5acf3043
KEITH Thomas has fronted the media in some big and difficult moments in his time as Port Adelaide chief executive.

He fronted up in the devastation of losing popular player John McCarthy on an end of season trip to Las Vegas in 2012, the abhorrence of racial abuse towards Paddy Ryder and Eddie Betts at a game in 2017, and the disappointment of Jarman Impey’s drink driving car crash in 2016. On Thursday at Alberton it was to defend the character of one of his players, Sam Powell-Pepper, and you could sense this was deeply personal. That’s the football club and Port Adelaide way. Staunchly loyal and fiercely protective of their own and that instinct is only heightened when the player in question is 20 years old. “I know the person that he is,” Thomas declared of Powell-Pepper who is serving a three-game ban by the AFL for being drunk in public and making inappropriate contact with a female at a nightclub on April 8. He chose to withhold the exact nature of the contact between Powell-Pepper and the woman, but still hold a press conference knowing the questions would come and they did.

He remained calm, firm, direct and defiant.
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At Port Adelaide, president David Koch is so often the public face of the club. He is the flamboyant TV host and spokesman who with a platform to deliver his message does so whether the club always approves or not. His profile has helped put Port Adelaide back on the national agenda.

But word is behind closed doors Thomas is the man who gets things done at Alberton. In good times and in bad. And on Thursday we saw that after Thomas took aim at Channel 7 for what he claimed was irresponsible and potentially destructive reporting of one of his players. Thomas said many things but the clearest message he sent was that if you want to go after one of his players or staff, you’ll have to go through him first.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...s/news-story/2f1f26c3db929e83076cd6cb5acf3043

 

[FishingRick04]

He’s the CEO of course he’s the one ettingnit done and ensuring the board strategy is being implemented!

He’s got a tough and thankless job at times, being a leader is a lonely job.

 

[Portmagpies36]

Keith Thomas would walk in to a job ln any other AFL club, we are extremely lucky to have him.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

"If you want to go after one of his players and staff, you have to get through him first"

One of the most Port Adelaide things I have heard said about us in a long time.

If we can take that approach to our on field stuff things will turn around quick

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[rogerjames]

But he was also very mindful of the female involved. I thought he got the balance right. I'm much happier when KT gets on the front foot with the vfl and media. Imo it puts the club in a better light.

 

[Andre]

"If you want to go after one of his players and staff, you have to get through him first"

Adelaide and St. Kilda head coach appointments. Is this a new patented Dom line in the sand ‘THIS time it’s for real’?

 

[Hopam002]

Adelaide and St. Kilda head coach appointments. Is this a new patented Dom line in the sand ‘THIS time it’s for real’?

Lol. People leaving to become a head coach is not a failure of the club.

 

[PepeSilvia]

Nice article by Richard Earle on KT which I think is only online and I didnt see it in today's paper.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...s/news-story/2f1f26c3db929e83076cd6cb5acf3043
KEITH Thomas has fronted the media in some big and difficult moments in his time as Port Adelaide chief executive.

He fronted up in the devastation of losing popular player John McCarthy on an end of season trip to Las Vegas in 2012, the abhorrence of racial abuse towards Paddy Ryder and Eddie Betts at a game in 2017, and the disappointment of Jarman Impey’s drink driving car crash in 2016. On Thursday at Alberton it was to defend the character of one of his players, Sam Powell-Pepper, and you could sense this was deeply personal. That’s the football club and Port Adelaide way. Staunchly loyal and fiercely protective of their own and that instinct is only heightened when the player in question is 20 years old. “I know the person that he is,” Thomas declared of Powell-Pepper who is serving a three-game ban by the AFL for being drunk in public and making inappropriate contact with a female at a nightclub on April 8. He chose to withhold the exact nature of the contact between Powell-Pepper and the woman, but still hold a press conference knowing the questions would come and they did.

He remained calm, firm, direct and defiant.
................
At Port Adelaide, president David Koch is so often the public face of the club. He is the flamboyant TV host and spokesman who with a platform to deliver his message does so whether the club always approves or not. His profile has helped put Port Adelaide back on the national agenda.

But word is behind closed doors Thomas is the man who gets things done at Alberton. In good times and in bad. And on Thursday we saw that after Thomas took aim at Channel 7 for what he claimed was irresponsible and potentially destructive reporting of one of his players. Thomas said many things but the clearest message he sent was that if you want to go after one of his players or staff, you’ll have to go through him first.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...s/news-story/2f1f26c3db929e83076cd6cb5acf3043

Reece Homfray, not Richard Earle.

 

[Joelg]

Keith Thomas would walk in to a job ln any other AFL club, we are extremely lucky to have him.

We get a little narrow in Adelaide. Unlikely

 

[Joelg]

Nice article by Richard Earle on KT which I think is only online and I didnt see it in today's paper.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...s/news-story/2f1f26c3db929e83076cd6cb5acf3043
KEITH Thomas has fronted the media in some big and difficult moments in his time as Port Adelaide chief executive.

He fronted up in the devastation of losing popular player John McCarthy on an end of season trip to Las Vegas in 2012, the abhorrence of racial abuse towards Paddy Ryder and Eddie Betts at a game in 2017, and the disappointment of Jarman Impey’s drink driving car crash in 2016. On Thursday at Alberton it was to defend the character of one of his players, Sam Powell-Pepper, and you could sense this was deeply personal. That’s the football club and Port Adelaide way. Staunchly loyal and fiercely protective of their own and that instinct is only heightened when the player in question is 20 years old. “I know the person that he is,” Thomas declared of Powell-Pepper who is serving a three-game ban by the AFL for being drunk in public and making inappropriate contact with a female at a nightclub on April 8. He chose to withhold the exact nature of the contact between Powell-Pepper and the woman, but still hold a press conference knowing the questions would come and they did.

He remained calm, firm, direct and defiant.
................
At Port Adelaide, president David Koch is so often the public face of the club. He is the flamboyant TV host and spokesman who with a platform to deliver his message does so whether the club always approves or not. His profile has helped put Port Adelaide back on the national agenda.

But word is behind closed doors Thomas is the man who gets things done at Alberton. In good times and in bad. And on Thursday we saw that after Thomas took aim at Channel 7 for what he claimed was irresponsible and potentially destructive reporting of one of his players. Thomas said many things but the clearest message he sent was that if you want to go after one of his players or staff, you’ll have to go through him first.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport...s/news-story/2f1f26c3db929e83076cd6cb5acf3043

We look like an average team, with trades in that lock us in to Rockliff, Motlop, Watts for 3 plus years. Meanwhile the new batch of 20/21 year olds improve and surpass others.
KT is very good, but has locked in a strategy for next 5 years. Big call and should be paraded through the streets if we get one in this time frame on a throne but if we are in rebuild 3 years from today. I am not sure he is the guy?!

 

[ab56452001]

Probably a masturbating 14 year keyboard warrior alone in his bedroom thinking his being funny. Best to just ignore him/her, responding only encourages them.


Not to mention, soooo very casual.

I have spoken to him , and I don't doubt his management ability nor his passion , even more so Kochie , but , and its biggun , I/we believe that after weighing up all the pro's and con's of KH's resigning, they got it wrong , and I thought that before the Season even started . If their business model starts turning to shyte and there's no uplift in sight the board may have to intervene , we could nor should we wait till OUR Club declines to the depths of 2011.

 

[1954]

This is obviously only an opinion, but KT is beginning to look extremely tired to me, and it won't surprise me greatly if he is the first of the trilogy of K's to leave the club.

 

[tribey]

This is obviously only an opinion, but KT is beginning to look extremely tired to me, and it won't surprise me greatly if he is the first of the trilogy of K's to leave the club.

His once mighty emails are none too flash these days,



What are we, 80's Centrals?

 

[Ford Fairlane]

His letters are now haikus.

 

[RossFC]

We are really pushing the record crowd crap after 4 years of awful performances.

"I believe this game is worthy of a record Port Adelaide crowd." - KT