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It is easy to pick a coach of the year when their team has a great list. So let’s look past the likes of Ross Lyon and John Longmire to study the coaches who don’t have a successful team.
The coaches to examine are Damien Hardwick, Guy McKenna and Ken Hinkley.
Damien Hardwick
Soon to be known as “finals resurrector” Hardwick has brought back faith to the Richmond Football Club. The ‘Tiger Army’ have united to break the membership record in 2014 due to their overwhelming progress as a football team.
Richmond have over 60,000 members.
Hardwick has set up a good path for years to come.
Some of their young guns can become a treacherous force against opposition teams in coming years. We have seen the development of Brandon Ellis this year as the Tigers climb up the ladder.
When Richmond have faded out against the top sides it’s usually because of a young list playing an experienced list. Other times it is because Richmond haven’t developed enough to play four quarters of high quality, high intensity, premiership football.
Guy McKenna
Last year McKenna’s position as Gold Coast coach was questioned as he went 15 rounds without a win.
This year McKenna is starting to prove why he was selected as Gold Coast coach. The progression from the rising Suns has been impeccable.
Gold Coast’s recruiting team takes a lot of credit as the Suns have a near perfect balance of experience and growing stars.
Under McKenna’s guidance the AFL community can see that the Gold Coast Suns are going to be premiership contenders when their first round draft picks have a lot of games under their belt.
The Gold Coast Suns have not stopped improving this year as they begin to make Metricon Stadium an intimidating place for other teams.
Ken Hinkley
Before the season started commentators weren’t expecting a new coach to have a big impact on Port.
That’s why Hinkley stands above the rest for coach of the year.
Hinkley has reinvigorated the Port Adelaide Football Club and has given his list a new look which is starting to be widely respected among other club’s supporters.
As the third youngest playing list in the league and sitting in eighth position. The Power becomes a scary thought looking into the future.
Hinkley has brought his team from being beaten by GWS (2012) to beating Sydney only a few weeks ago.
If the Power do make the eight they aren’t expected to go far in a finals campaign but supporters are already overwhelmed on how well Port are performing.
Confidence is a high at the Port Adelaide Football Club as members are already pleased with their team’s achievements this year.
The ‘F’ word is starting to be said by the Port Adelaide Football Club community.
Ken Hinkley deserves a lot of credit for the improvement of what was a “basket case” team at Alberton.
Many media outlets have published articles about how PAFC provides a blue print for other ‘cellar dweller’ clubs, these clubs had multiple chances to hire Hinkley, some coaching selection panels would now be regretting their choices.
Ken Hinkley has proved that he is the “right man” for the Port Adelaide Football Club.
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