Certified Legendary Thread Sack Hinkley 14 - SUCKcession (Stepping down when out of finals contention)

[tribey]

“Someone has to lose. It’s a tough competition. We’ve been brave, we keep turning up”.

This popped up for me the other day, and I’d intended to compare Fergie’s attitude to that performance — fuming despite winning a cup final with little Aberdeen over one of the biggest clubs in the UK at the time — specifically to Hinkley bristling at criticism of our diabolically poor second half against the Hawks in 2017 having gone into the halftime sheds leading 62-3.

And the wholly predictable ‘picked up where we left off’ first quarter belting suffered against Essendon the following week.

In the same vein, how many times were we left to conclude after winning games against vastly inferior opponents in 2021 — having started slowly and generally played well below our best — that if we’d come up against anyone remotely good we’d have been comfortably defeated?

Only to have superficial cucks and idiots deride us as ‘negative’, or ‘never happy’, sweeping a dreadful performance under the rug while chugging bathwater mixed with toxic positivity, because the end apparently justified the means.

And lo and behold, with a Grand Final finally beckoning, the Christmas Island Bulldogs shattered our entire premiership window in the space of 10 minutes.

There are so many levels between a quality coach — let alone a legend like Ferguson — who can set standards in pursuit of the bigger picture and our permanent plonker, that it’s legitimately insane he’ll be widely considered a ‘Port icon’ worthy of eternal gratitude when he leaves.

Whatever the potential left in this squad — and there are obvious plus points — Josh Carr is going to inherit a culturally moribund football club now congenitally incapable of reliably performing in big games, because serving up sh¡t, win or lose, has been greeted with a smirking shoulder shrug.

 

[Bump Bailey]

This popped up for me the other day, and I’d intended to compare Fergie’s attitude to that performance — fuming despite winning a cup final with little Aberdeen over one of the biggest clubs in the UK at the time — specifically to Hinkley bristling at criticism of our diabolically poor second half against the Hawks in 2017 having gone into the halftime sheds leading 62-3.

And the wholly predictable ‘picked up where we left off’ first quarter belting suffered against Essendon the following week.

In the same vein, how many times were we left to conclude after winning games against vastly inferior opponents in 2021 — having started slowly and generally played well below our best — that if we’d come up against anyone remotely good we’d have been comfortably defeated?

Only to have superficial cucks and idiots deride us as ‘negative’, or ‘never happy’, sweeping a dreadful performance under the rug while chugging bathwater mixed with toxic positivity, because the end apparently justified the means.

And lo and behold, with a Grand Final finally beckoning, the Christmas Island Bulldogs shattered our entire premiership window in the space of 10 minutes.

There are so many levels between a quality coach — let alone a legend like Ferguson — who can set standards in pursuit of the bigger picture and our permanent plonker, that it’s legitimately insane he’ll be widely considered a ‘Port icon’ worthy of eternal gratitude when he leaves.

Whatever the potential left in this squad — and there are obvious plus points — Josh Carr is going to inherit a culturally moribund football club now congenitally incapable of reliably performing in big games, because serving up sh¡t, win or lose, has been greeted with a smirking shoulder shrug.

100% to all of this.

We've certainly won our fair share of games from 2020-present. More than our fair share to be honest.

But a lot of the time it feels like we've just skated through. And the coaches seem satisfied with that.

Us ungrateful, unreasonable fans cry "unsustainable" and lo and behold, it proves to be the case when it really counts.

 

[gbear]

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Almost in double digits! #sackhinkley

 

[Bump Bailey]

cLasSic kEnNy

 

[dirty2]

Imagine no hinkleys... It's easy if U try...

No losers in the coaches box.... Or boundary line to...

I think you all get the jiff.

 

[PowerLil]

Ken Hinkley is such a w*nker. Proves it time and time and time again. Unclassy.

 

[dirty2]

Ken Hinkley is such a w*nker. Proves it time and time and time again. Unclassy.

He is just so embarrassing...

 

[Rigs]

And what the hell has Ken got to say, as someone that’s achieved nothing in his career, to Max Gawn

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Max Gawn

Age

33

Ht

209cm

Wt

110kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.1

4star

K

7.4

3star

HB

6.7

4star

CL

2.8

4star

HO

35.3

5star

D

18.5

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

7.0

4star

CL

3.5

4star

HO

29.2

5star

D

8.4

3star

K

3.6

2star

HB

4.8

4star

CL

1.0

3star

HO

15.6

5star

of all people.

Know your place man

 

[Enviable Tradition]

"No cup Ken. You're a loser and you're already sacked"

Would be close to the mark I reckon.

 

[PowerLil]

*days to go

 

[1954]

If Port miraculously win the flag this year, this thread needs to be made into a full-blown Broadway musical. I nominate Evan Handler to play Hinkley.

With Chelsea Handler to play David Koch.

 

[Prison bar Pete]

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*days to go

It can't come quickly enough!

 

[PAFC66]

What did Kenny say to Gawn?

 

[EskimoPAFC]

What did Kenny say to Gawn?

"I know you stole me ****ing coke zero you giraffe looking campaigner"

 

[TazD]

Kenny has the weirdest beefs.

 

[Us against the rest]

What did Kenny say to Gawn?

You're Gawn mate no finals for your mob.

 

[RossFC]

 

[Alberton Proud]

cLasSic kEnNy

Lol

 

[PowerLil]

Usual bs, full of nothings and Kenny buzzwords like energised, possibly can, hopeful, opportunity, challenges, tough, injuries, right way. Does he actually have any footy nouse?

 

[Willsy10]

I don't see what the issue is with the Hinkley v Gawn clip.

Like the May incident the week before it looks like Gawn overreacting again but overall it is a nothing story and obviously a slow news week if it is getting air time.

I know it's cool on here to criticize Ken for everything but come on, I'm failing to see what he has done wrong here. If he said something it was probably just a little dig like "thanks for the goal Max" and Gawn has bit back because he seems to be a bit fragile at the moment and you can get under his skin easily.

 

[dirty2]

I don't see what the issue is with the Hinkley v Gawn clip.

Like the May incident the week before it looks like Gawn overreacting again but overall it is a nothing story and obviously a slow news week if it is getting air time.

I know it's cool on here to criticize Ken for everything but come on, I'm failing to see what he has done wrong here. If he said something it was probably just a little dig like "thanks for the goal Max" and Gawn has bit back because he seems to be a bit fragile at the moment and you can get under his skin easily.

Hinkleys fault for everything. I will criticize him as much as I like.

 

[tribey]

how quickly y’all forget

 

[rogerjames]

Idiot!! Doesn't he know you stop , so you're well rested for the next week like the 11x premiership coach kenny Wenny does

Their ability to keep regenerating can't be ignored. I believe they are cheating to keep players financially happy outside of the salary cap but thats up to the Afl to police properly. What can't be disputed is their effective player development & that they are well coached.

 

[rogerjames]

I am sure that I will easily get to 200 posts as the ****er is going nowhere until seasons end!

When Koch states something that's what happens. And therefore he stays to seasons end.

 

[Enviable Tradition]

I don't see what the issue is with the Hinkley v Gawn clip.

Like the May incident the week before it looks like Gawn overreacting again but overall it is a nothing story and obviously a slow news week if it is getting air time.

I know it's cool on here to criticize Ken for everything but come on, I'm failing to see what he has done wrong here. If he said something it was probably just a little dig like "thanks for the goal Max" and Gawn has bit back because he seems to be a bit fragile at the moment and you can get under his skin easily.

Ken clearly lacks impulse control too.