Certified Legendary Thread Sack(ed) Hinkley 15 - The End

[Doctor Feel]

Davies is probably more the one responsible for this, but Koch is not without blame.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

So it wasn't really an apprenticeship year was it?

Koch should just own up and say the boards mismanagement of contracts left the club owing Ken >$1.2 million at the end of 2024 and we had no choice but to keep him on

Koch and the board couldn't messed up that 2023 deal for Hinkley if they tried.

The banal horrors that Hinkley resided over that eventually nadired into 2025 is worthy of the board getting rid of at least half of their numbers it was so bad.

 

[Willsy10]

And BZT is about to get overtaken in the pecking order by a 19 year old midseason draftee, another triumph.

I don't care what Wingard did at Hawthorn. We failed to get the best out of him. That's on us, not anyone else.

The fact BZT may possibly be overtaken by Ramm doesn't mean BZT sucks, that might just mean Ramm is very good. I still think we will see plenty more football from BZT, i think he was very solid for us prior to last years injury, which admittedly has put his career in the cross roads. I'm hopeful he can return but back injuries can be really tricky to overcome and manage.

We got 2 All Australians, a Best and Fairest, 2 x leading goal kickers awards and a 147 games and 232 goals from Wingard. I think the argument can be made that we absolutely did get the best out of him. Clearly the best football of his career was at Port.

The Hawks who have won more AFL era flags than any other club, and had one of the best coaches of the modern era at the time, they really shouldn't have had much troubles getting the best out of Wingard but they clearly couldn't get as much out of him as we did.

 

[Duck Farmer]

Davies is probably more the one responsible for this, but Koch is not without blame.

True, but Davies is no longer our problem. Koch is still here.

 

[Contested Marx]

We got 2 All Australians, a Best and Fairest, 2 x leading goal kickers awards and a 147 games and 232 goals from Wingard.

potentially could've had 2 flags and a norm smith if we didn't pull a hard left at the Albuquerque turn off

 

[Schulzenfest]

potentially could've had 2 flags and a norm smith if we didn't pull a hard left at the Albuquerque turn off

"Dusty had a questionable attitude when he was here and didn't achieve much at the Giants, we were right to trade him for a pick in the teens and a mediocre half back flanker" - some Richmond fan in an alternative universe who still hasn't seen a premiership in their lifetime

 

[TazD]

Dusty, Chad, it doesn't matter because the clown wouldn't have won a flag anyway. Not even with the Vic team from last weekend. No amount of talent or drive from the playing group was ever going to overcome the Kenny Loserdom.

 

[El_Scorcho]

I think scores was level at half time but we had 10 more inside 50’s.
We had enough of the ball to win.

Imagine if we had an extra matchwinner in the forward line.

I don't care what Wingard did at Hawthorn. We failed to get the best out of him. That's on us, not anyone else.

Yep. Are there a ton of other cases of players who were blue chip superstars at 21 being washed up at 26, or does that only happen at Port Adelaide? Maybe Clayton Oliver?

A big part of having a strong club culture and coaches that players respect is keeping talented but wayward players focused and in line. We utterly failed to do that with Chad. We can blame symptoms or we can blame the cause, the rancid club culture under David Koch.

 

[tribey]

Yep. Are there a ton of other cases of players who were blue chip superstars at 21 being washed up at 26, or does that only happen at Port Adelaide?

There’s almost certainly a parallel universe where the boffins also sold Ollie’s dip across 2018-2019 for cents on the dollar, and he won his Brownlow in the HeArTLaNd.

“Say what you like about that, but we got 104 games out of James Aish!”

 

[bomberclifford]

Wingardium Levioisa was good but Chadbro didn't rate him so he had to GTFO.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Wingardium Levioisa was good but Chadbro didn't rate him so he had to GTFO.

Ah yes. Renowned forwardline guru Chadbro.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Turns out Wingard was actually shit if you watched him from behind the goals.

 

[Willsy10]

potentially could've had 2 flags and a norm smith if we didn't pull a hard left at the Albuquerque turn off

I doubt it.

I’m more pissed at the club leaving flags on the table picking Adam Morgan instead of Pavlich.

I don’t believe keeping wingard would’ve meant multiple flags.

 

[DaTBird187]

The Wingard trade lives on through whatever BZT does.

So its dead?

 

[Cheese Tastes Good]

Come Back Home Chad

 

[philreich]

How the heck was 2025 allowed to happen lol

It was merely an advertisement for why succession plans are a bad idea.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Turns out Wingard was actually shit if you watched him from behind the goals.

I watched our team from behind the goals once at the locker room in the hinkley era.

Turns out everyone was shit from behind the goals. Not sure what Chad Corner was seeing.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

It was merely an advertisement for why succession plans are a bad idea.

We love advertising bad ideas.

Why destroying club traditions is a bad idea

Why keeping an unsuccessful coach 13 years is a bad idea

Why August deadlines are a bad idea

 

[Freak Dodgeball Accident]

I watched our team from behind the goals once at the locker room in the hinkley era.

Turns out everyone was shit from behind the goals. Not sure what Chad Corner was seeing.

All of that Big Cummings is bad for your eye sight

 

[PortPortPort]

In the latest Fox Footy commentators line up article they mentioned Hinkley and Ricciuto doing special comments. My fear is Hinkley will be doing Port games.

 

[Launchpad McQuack]

In the latest Fox Footy commentators line up article they mentioned Hinkley and Ricciuto doing special comments. My fear is Hinkley will be doing Port games.

It will still be less traumatic than watching a Hinkley coached Port. Hearing his bitterness if Carr has even a moderately successful season may be somewhat enjoyable.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

In the latest Fox Footy commentators line up article they mentioned Hinkley and Ricciuto doing special comments. My fear is Hinkley will be doing Port games.

Just enjoy Hinkley crashing another person's car and not yours.

 

[Andre]

And BZT is about to get overtaken in the pecking order by a 19 year old midseason draftee, another triumph.

I don't care what Wingard did at Hawthorn. We failed to get the best out of him. That's on us, not anyone else.

Hinkley turned a Ferrari into a Corolla. That we then got a reasonable trade for a Corolla doesn't change he still wrecked a Ferrari.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

It will still be less traumatic than watching a Hinkley coached Port. Hearing his bitterness if Carr has even a moderately successful season may be somewhat enjoyable.

Hinkley trying to justify why Port looks so much better under Carr could be kind of amusing at times.

 

[Scholz Supremacy]

Hinkley will be insufferably smug commentating games that we’re losing…but deliciously salty when commentating games that we’re winning.