Opinion Ken Hinkley Envy

[Biggy_Boy]

Well tonight it looks like Hinkley will be the winner

But Scott beat him in more H&A games.

 

[ATSAM]

But Scott beat him in more H&A games.

Ah yes I forgot that. Scott is the best, has the best H&A record. Matters little of course right now.

 

[Biggy_Boy]

Hinkley willing to go through some pain for a few years falling out of the 8 and re-jigging his side to get it how he wants. This is the result. Quick, skillful young side that executes how he wants. Scott has realised his vision too, though. Slow, lumbering, old and completely one-dimensional.

But making finals = good. Who cares if you always lose them.

 

[Biggy_Boy]

Ah yes I forgot that. Scott is the best, has the best H&A record. Matters little of course right now.

H&A is all that matters. Who really wants to see their side play in a GF? It's that QF game everyone strives for, and it doesn't matter if you lose it. Just getting there is enough.

 

[My Tilly]

Since this thread was started, Geelong have gone 4-9 in the finals compared to Port Adelaide 2-2.
Neither side has made it to a grand final.

Unfortunately for us, one team looks perfectly poised to get over that particular hurdle.

 

[AM]

We should all be sparing a thought for catempire at this tough time.

 

[David the Cat]

We should all be sparing a thought for catempire at this tough time.

* him.....

 

[David the Cat]

Since this thread was started, Geelong have gone 4-9 in the finals compared to Port Adelaide 2-2.
Neither side has made it to a grand final.

Unfortunately for us, one team looks perfectly poised to get over that particular hurdle.

Oh really?....they have zero chance of getting over that hurdle in 2020.........meanwhile...

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Not as brave as you David, was waiting to see if we won tomorrow before bumping that nugget.

 

[David the Cat]

Not as brave as you David, was waiting to see if we won tomorrow before bumping that nugget.

I wasn't forecasting a win...but last time I looked, we are still alive, and they aren't. He's writing us off, as per usual, before the ball is even bounced.

Wouldn't you just love running up the race in a Prelim with a teammate saying "Gee, I reckon Port will win one before us"

Of course that would never happen because with that mindset, its unlikely that you'd ever get that far, at any decent level.

What sort of supporter writes his team off before the game has even started.

We are right in this...the odds are perhaps stacked against us, but where there's life, there's hope....for most anyway.

 

[Mr Meow]

Since this thread was started, Geelong have gone 4-9 in the finals compared to Port Adelaide 2-2.
Neither side has made it to a grand final.

Unfortunately for us, one team looks perfectly poised to get over that particular hurdle.

Interestingly if Geelong win tonight it will be 6-9 (40%) vs Port's 2-3 (40%) and Geelong would have made it to a grand final. Don't worry - I think Brisbane are deservedly slight favourites - just sayin'.

 

[Biggy_Boy]

Interestingly if Geelong win tonight it will be 6-9 (40%) vs Port's 2-3 (40%) and Geelong would have made it to a grand final. Don't worry - I think Brisbane are deservedly slight favourites - just sayin'.

Still a lot more chances blown than Port either way, so not really comparable. I believe this was the first time Port actually finished top 4 under Hinkley, right? The made a PF from outside the 4 in 2014 and pushed Hawthorn to the edge, which is a far better finals performance than we've seen from Geelong since 2011.

That said, and I'd readily concede, it's not to say Hinkley is better than Scott. Scott has of course got those finals chances a lot more than Hinkley. What I would say about Port under Hinkley, though, is that he's basically built two groups (initially in that 2013/14 period) and now, after stepping back a bit in the mid-2010s, that have both been comprised of some very exciting young prospects. Hinkley seems to have a penchant for developing young players and reconstructing competitive sides around them. It's perhaps just a matter of his gameday nous that lets him down. They played pretty dumb against Richmond, but then again, many times (including Geelong earlier in the year and the prelim last year) do as well.

 

[Chinacats]

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Oh really?....they have zero chance of getting over that hurdle in 2020.........meanwhile...

A pet hate trolling predictions then laughing at them if they’re wrong and all too quiet if they’re correct. Why do people do this? All over bigfooty. All clubs and all threads. Terrible.

 

[Pollywaffle]

A pet hate trolling predictions then laughing at them if they’re wrong and all too quiet if they’re correct. Why do people do this? All over bigfooty. All clubs and all threads. Terrible.

Better go join the dolphins. Human nature i'm afraid.
A pinch of salt needed I think..

 

[Biggy_Boy]

Hinkley willing to go through some pain for a few years falling out of the 8 and re-jigging his side to get it how he wants. This is the result. Quick, skillful young side that executes how he wants. Scott has realised his vision too, though. Slow, lumbering, old and completely one-dimensional.

But making finals = good. Who cares if you always lose them.

Good post.

 

[Seeds]

Good post.

Awesome self bump.

 

[catempire]

We should all be sparing a thought for catempire at this tough time.

 

[Mr Meow]

Good post.

I think if he blows a second consecutive home prelim with a roaring crowd, it's not that impressive. They still haven't passed that hurdle yet.

 

[Biggy_Boy]

I think if he blows a second consecutive home prelim with a roaring crowd, it's not that impressive. They still haven't passed that hurdle yet.

Yeah, you wouldn't want to keep blowing prelims...

 

[Nankervis brothers]

H&A is all that matters. Who really wants to see their side play in a GF? It's that QF game everyone strives for, and it doesn't matter if you lose it. Just getting there is enough.

Gold—three weeks after this post we played in a GF.

 

[Biggy_Boy]

Gold—three weeks after this post we played in a GF.

1 out of 7 ain't bad.

 

[My Tilly]

Gold—three weeks after this post we played in a GF.

You rarely make a prediction yourself. You just sit back, wait after the result and then go fishing for posts.

 

[Nankervis brothers]

You rarely make a prediction yourself. You just sit back, wait after the result and then go fishing for posts.

I don't fancy myself a seer, or confuse following a football team with fortune telling.

 

[David the Cat]

You rarely make a prediction yourself. You just sit back, wait after the result and then go fishing for posts.

Well that's better than making a prediction, and then when its found to be totally wrong, racing back to the prediction and deleting it in the hope nobody sees it.

Frankly I dont think you're in any position to critique Nankervis brothers posting...

 

[goyoucatters]

Well that's better than making a prediction, and then when its found to be totally wrong, racing back to the prediction and deleting it in the hope nobody sees it.

Frankly I dont think you're in any position to critique Nankervis brothers posting...

The greatest thing about those who go in for predictions around here is how they are so often the first to point back to their own 'special insight' on the occasions when they do actually come to pass. Kind of says it all about what's really going on when posters feel the need to do that.