Mega Thread Port Forum 'General AFL Talk' Thread Part 12

[Established1870]

Why not - NOT have both.....

Not sure that works, but you get the gist.

Don Pyke is a walking, talking robot but he's also a decent coach.

 

[John the Butcher]

Bull sh!t

 

[Schulzenfest]

Or just neither

That's fine too. The point being though that we have much more reason to sack our coach than they do to sack theirs and yet they're the club that's pulled the trigger.

Say what you like about the Crows but at least they know when to cut their losses. Hinkley would've been gone three years ago if we ran our club like they do theirs. And we'd be so much better for it.

 

[RossFC]

Well that sucks.

 

[tribey]

Lol.

 

[Grave Danger]

Maybe Peter Bell wasn't speaking to just Schoey when he was in Adelaide last week...

 

[philthy05]

Well when you don’t have to run everything past an afl appointed board you can do what you like I guess.

 

[spookism]

Don Pyke is a walking, talking robot but he's also a decent coach.

Maybe.
But it's clear all of his off-field non-game day stuff was cancer.

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

Bassett is not really the Camry type personality I wouldn't get ya hopes up on that one.

 

[Harlott]

gotta be kidding me. We are the least ruthless club in the comp. our biggest rivals sack their coach if they have 2 years without finals. We get one final loss in 5 years and its all good.

Jesus

Depends how you look at it. St Kilda go through coaches, as do other clubs frequently with jacks**t to show for it. Are they ruthless therefore successful? Fwiw I don't think Hinkley should stay as we have nothing to show for it either.

 

[philthy05]

Feels like pyke is the scapegoat here for Adelaide being a shit team, when there’s plenty of other reasons for that

Hopefully they ignore those

 

[jac147]

Wow you really take a reserves GF seriously huh

What I was trying to highlight is taking the Port Adelaide Football Club NAME off the front pages of that scrap food wrapper. This Billy/AJ thing will now die a death and yes give the team a bit of breathing space for the GF. Excuse me for being excited about the GF.

 

[Dylan8]

Adelaide more ruthless than Port Adelaide again

 

[afl2004]

Ben rutten

 

[ploppy]

Compare the pear
Ken 85 wins 68 losses 55% W\L after 7 years STAYS as port coach.
Don 56 wins 36 losses 60.2% W\L after 4 years sacked from crows.

Who exists to win premierships more?

 

[Schulzenfest]

Maybe.
But it's clear all of his off-field non-game day stuff was cancer.

Is that him or is that Burton?

'Collective Mind' wasn't Pyke's idea.

 

[Granny Duurs is Lovely]

I think there's a pretty good chance he did genuinely quit. Look at all the other people looking to leave the club - wouldn't surprise me if the coach walked out on them too rather than being sacked for the mess around him.

 

[RossFC]

If they take Bassett, they'll score 60 points every week.

 

[Established1870]

Maybe.
But it's clear all of his off-field non-game day stuff was cancer.

Burton, Chapman, Fagan, Ricciuto and Camporeale are the actual cancers in that club. The media was saying the players wanted him to stay. He couldn't have been that bad,

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

Hinkley goes about his swing with very little internal pressure lol just highlights it again.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Adelaide more ruthless than Port Adelaide again

How?

By sending a loaded questionnaire to their players trying to give them reasons to sack a coach because they wouldn’t man up and do it anyway?

Oh the players wanted you gone...

Pyke has walked before he was pushed but they’ve done it in a gutless way.

And yes sure we are being piss weak by doing nothing.

 

[PowerBaz]

Hinkley goes about his swing with very little internal pressure lol just highlights it again.

This is why we all got excited about having a crack at the tribunal last night - because it felt like we stood for something,

We are a spinless mediocre organisation.... run by spinless people.

I wonder how the boyz are doing in Bali, might get a bit of water skiing in too....

 

[edgie]

Why does this have anything to do with what Port has chosen to do. We lack a spine because we aren't in complete disarray like the Crows? Yeah Hinkley is one of the luckiest man's alive but i would still rather be in our position than the Crows are right now. That club is on the nose big time.

Because they are our direct competition. They are taking steps to ensure onfield success and we aren't. We aren't going to be able to get by on the classic Port supporters + kids growing up with the early 2000s team. We are in danger of losing the next generation of support unless we get more serious in pursuit of flags.

 

[PowerBaz]

How?

By sending a loaded questionnaire to their players trying to give them reasons to sack a coach because they wouldn’t man up and do it anyway?

Of the players wanted you gone...

Pyke has walked before he was pushed but they’ve done it in a gutless way.

And yes sure we are being piss weak by doing nothing.

Guess what, the Crows have renewed enthusiasm for 2020, we have pitchforks.

 

[Tredz]

Adelaide Crows Coach Don Pyke has resigned