Opinion Sack Hinkley 10 - UnTENable

[TazD]

What did we ever do to Andrew Mackie to make him hate us so much?

With the power of prescience he saw that we were going to stiff him on the Ratugolea trade.

 

[Duck Farmer]

When you have 35,000 happy clappers that don't care about winning as long as the game day experience is okay, Hinkley will never feel any pressure.

The game day experience is shït.

 

[Steve Dore]

The game day experience is shït.

In all the surveys where the club asks me what can they to do to improve my game day experience I respond "win". I don't give a rat's about all of the other faffery that goes on pregame and during the breaks to keep the theatre goers entertained.

 

[Ilias M]

"That’s where it starts and end"

~ Daniel Norton

Now reality....

The great Ken Hinkley — who has been wonderful for Port Adelaide in the pursuit of a stable dynasty — has a 10-11 record in Showdowns versus:

• Brenton Sanderson

Brenton Sanderson

Age

50

Ht

185cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.7

4star

K

11.0

4star

HB

4.6

3star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

22.4

5star

K

16.0

5star

HB

6.4

4star

M

6.4

5star

T

1.6

4star

(3-1)
• Phil Walsh (1-0)
• Scott Camporeale

Scott Camporeale

Age

48

Ht

180cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.9

5star

K

14.9

5star

HB

6.0

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.9

4star

No current season stats available

D

16.0

4star

K

11.4

4star

HB

4.6

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.0

4star

(0-1)
• Don Pyke (2-6)
• Matthew Nicks

Matthew Nicks

Age

48

Ht

187cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.6

3star

K

9.4

4star

HB

4.2

3star

M

4.1

4star

T

1.7

4star

G

0.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.6

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

2.2

2star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.4

3star

(4-3)

Hinkley's contract years.

2014 Port 5th Carlton 13th
2015 Port 9th Carlton 18th
2016 Port 10th Carlton 14th
2017 Port 5th Carlton 16th (Hinkley contract year.)
2018 Port 10th Carlton 18th
2019 Port 10th Carlton 16th
2020 Port 1st Carlton 11th (Hinkley contract year.)
2021 Port 2nd Carlton 13th
2022 Port 11th Carlton 9th
2023 Port 3rd Carlton 5th (Hinkley contract year.)

Winning streaks
Port Adelaide 2023, 13 wins, straight sets exit
Geelong 2022, 16 wins, Premiership
Collingwood 2011, 14 wins, Grand Final
St Kilda 2009, 19 wins, Grand Final
Geelong 2009, 13 wins, Premiership
Geelong 2008, 15 wins, Grand Final
Geelong 2007, 15 wins, Premiership
Brisbane 2001, 15 wins, Grand Final
Essendon 2000, 20 wins, Premiership
Carlton 1995, 16 wins, Premiership

First coach in VFL/AFL history to fail to make a grand final in his first 11 years in his first senior coach job

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[bomberclifford]

Hinkley is possibly the league's most polarising coach. There are clubs who would give almost anything for a coach to have their side competing consistently; he's led Port to finals in six of his 11 seasons at the helm including three of the past four. Has he had the best or second best list in the competition in any of those years? Probably not. But that won't stop the critics from circling; after all, there were calls of his position being 'untenable' after two losses to start 2023.

What more can he do? He's dragged a literal sack of potatoes into the finals in 6/11 years.

 

[PowerLil]

The comments by Daniel Norton were truly embarrassing. We're a football club. We're in the business of winning flags. It's not a love in or a popularity contest. How did we get here? I hate it.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

"That’s where it starts and end"

~ Daniel Norton

Now reality....

The great Ken Hinkley — who has been wonderful for Port Adelaide in the pursuit of a stable dynasty — has a 10-11 record in Showdowns versus:

• Brenton Sanderson

Brenton Sanderson

Age

50

Ht

185cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.7

4star

K

11.0

4star

HB

4.6

3star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.4

3star

No current season stats available

D

22.4

5star

K

16.0

5star

HB

6.4

4star

M

6.4

5star

T

1.6

4star

(3-1)
• Phil Walsh (1-0)
• Scott Camporeale

Scott Camporeale

Age

48

Ht

180cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

20.9

5star

K

14.9

5star

HB

6.0

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.9

4star

No current season stats available

D

16.0

4star

K

11.4

4star

HB

4.6

4star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.0

4star

(0-1)
• Don Pyke (2-6)
• Matthew Nicks

Matthew Nicks

Age

48

Ht

187cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.6

3star

K

9.4

4star

HB

4.2

3star

M

4.1

4star

T

1.7

4star

G

0.7

4star

No current season stats available

D

6.6

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

2.2

2star

M

2.2

3star

T

1.4

4star

G

0.4

3star

(4-3)

Hinkley's contract years.

2014 Port 5th Carlton 13th
2015 Port 9th Carlton 18th
2016 Port 10th Carlton 14th
2017 Port 5th Carlton 16th (Hinkley contract year.)
2018 Port 10th Carlton 18th
2019 Port 10th Carlton 16th
2020 Port 1st Carlton 11th (Hinkley contract year.)
2021 Port 2nd Carlton 13th
2022 Port 11th Carlton 9th
2023 Port 3rd Carlton 5th (Hinkley contract year.)

Winning streaks
Port Adelaide 2023, 13 wins, straight sets exit
Geelong 2022, 16 wins, Premiership
Collingwood 2011, 14 wins, Grand Final
St Kilda 2009, 19 wins, Grand Final
Geelong 2009, 13 wins, Premiership
Geelong 2008, 15 wins, Grand Final
Geelong 2007, 15 wins, Premiership
Brisbane 2001, 15 wins, Grand Final
Essendon 2000, 20 wins, Premiership
Carlton 1995, 16 wins, Premiership

First coach in VFL/AFL history to fail to make a grand final in his first 11 years in his first senior coach job

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Great to pay someone hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to say "How's it going"

 

[Kingfish73]

The comments by Daniel.Norton were truly embarrassing. We're a football club. We're in the business of winning flags. It's not a love in or a popularity contest. How did we get here? I hate it.

 

[JimmyBC]

Bet Kenny has Norts, Rooch & Gerard over for barbies with the blinds at half mast.

 

[TazD]

Why isn't Kind Kenny sharing the love with Tredders?

 

[Capital Power]

Donuts is the coach under the most pressure in 2024

ESPN's AFL Coaching Pressure Power Rankings for 2024

Safe as houses? Sitting comfortably? Or is the blowtorch being warmed up? Which AFL coach is under the most pressure heading into 2024? Matt Walsh takes a look.

www.espn.com.au

Under pressure? Pffft.. he has a two year contract and Koch by the short and curlies. He gives a flying ****, he can't lose whatever happens.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

He's actually massively favoured by tumbling down the ladder in 2024

That way when we "bounce back" in his next contract year in 2025 he can show he's coaching at the "top of his game" and "saving us" from the terrible position we were in in 2024.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

2014 Port 5th
2015 Port 9th
2016 Port 10th
2017 Port 5th (Hinkley contract year.)
2018 Port 10th
2019 Port 10th
2020 Port 1st (Hinkley contract year.)
2021 Port 2nd
2022 Port 11th
2023 Port 3rd (Hinkley contract year.)

By the way, a simple analysis of this.

He's had 7 non-contract years since his first season. In those years the change on the previous season's ladder position has been:
-4, -1, -5, 0, -1, -9

He's had 3 contract years since his first season. In those years the change on the previous season's ladder position has been:
+5, +9, +8

In the last decade he has never improved the club in a non-contract year, or failed to improve the club in a contract year. Not once.

 

[Peninsula Boy]

2014 Port 5th
2015 Port 9th
2016 Port 10th
2017 Port 5th (Hinkley contract year.)
2018 Port 10th
2019 Port 10th
2020 Port 1st (Hinkley contract year.)
2021 Port 2nd
2022 Port 11th
2023 Port 3rd (Hinkley contract year.)

By the way, a simple analysis of this.

He's had 7 non-contract years since his first season. In those years the change on the previous season's ladder position has been:
-4, -1, -5, 0, -1, -9

He's had 3 contract years since his first season. In those years the change on the previous season's ladder position has been:
+5, +9, +8

In the last decade he has never improved the club in a non-contract year, or failed to improve the club in a contract year. Not once.

Its very depressing reading. The idea that the team plays for the coach and not the jumper.

The microcosm of that could be the 13 wins in a row last year where the boys absolutely flogged themselves to wins and then finishing with a 3 and 6 and out is straight sets.

There was a definite divide during the season which could be attributed to Kenny hitting the marks for an extension midway in the season. Maybe there were other reasons but I would have preferred the boys working their guts out towards the end of the year and in finals.

 

[Butters and Pepper]

We can say what we like about the Camrys, but at least when they had a festering sore - Sando, Trigg, Burton etc - at least they'd take action to remedy it.

Meanwhile down at Alberton we are indulging in record, never before seen levels of staleness, mediocrity and stupidity.

 

[chiwigi]

The comments by Daniel.Norton were truly embarrassing. We're a football club. We're in the business of winning flags. It's not a love in or a popularity contest. How did we get here? I hate it.

Daniel Norton is one of the big reasons we have 'got here'. He has been the propaganda arm for ' close enough' for a decade.

 

[PowerLil]

Daniel Norton is one of the big reasons we have 'got here'. He has been the propaganda arm for ' close enough' for a decade.

I gathered that from as much of the interview I could stand. Loser with a capital 'L'.

 

[Harlott]

That’s all great how wonderful Ken is and that he’s one of the best and most caring people he’s met in football.
I’m coming around to the notion they think he deserves a premiership and that’s why he’s had 12 years in the seat. So far.

 

[TeeKray]

That’s all great how wonderful Ken is and that he’s one of the best and most caring people he’s met in football.
I’m coming around to the notion they think he deserves a premiership and that’s why he’s had 12 years in the seat. So far.

He's a textbook psychopath. He'd probably come across as caring to people he wants something out of and to everyone else he'd be a total arsehole.

 

[TazD]

He's a textbook psychopath. He'd probably come across as caring to people he wants something out of and to everyone else he'd be a total a-hole.

 

[tribey]

The comments by Daniel.Norton were truly embarrassing. We're a football club. We're in the business of winning flags. It's not a love in or a popularity contest. How did we get here? I hate it.

The bit where he described Hinkley as ‘authentic’ particularly tickled me.

Spurns pressure and accountability at every turn, has promised a flag every year for the past 4 or 5 before shrugging his shoulders and throwing everyone else under the bus when it doesn’t happen, and reacted to the ‘SACK HINKLEY’ sticker like it was some sort of taboo slur more in keeping with the events leading up to Kristallnacht.

 

[El_Scorcho]

Does any other club flog the living s**t out of their propaganda machine purely to try to get people to like the coach?

 

[tribey]

Does any other club flog the living s**t out of their propaganda machine purely to try to get people to like the coach?

If we’re judging coaches by virtue of their likeability and personality, Russell Ebert was a saint with more footy credits in the bank than Warren Buffet — and they ran out after just 5 years.

Hinkley’s bullsh¡t resume and brainless drivel is still bolstering his presence here for reasons that just don’t hold up under the most superficial scrutiny.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Does any other club flog the living s**t out of their propaganda machine purely to try to get people to like the coach?

You don't need to. If they aren't successful you move them on.

 

[Powerade 08]

The comments by Daniel.Norton were truly embarrassing. We're a football club. We're in the business of winning flags. It's not a love in or a popularity contest. How did we get here? I hate it.

I really don’t like that guy. Comes off as another suburban shitter like Richardson.

and doing podcast interviews? who are you