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He has polaroids of you too? Absolute insanity.
Why Ken Hinkley is the coach of the year
How do you put paragraphs in these comments? So unnecessarily ugly.
Why the pressure is on for Michael Voss and his Blues
“The Power were never a true contender [while Voss was an underling at Port]”
Only won a minor premiership and led Richmond in the fourth quarter of a home Prelim in 2020. What would constitute a ‘true contender’, exactly?
Why the pressure is on for Michael Voss and his Blues
How about we spare a thought for the Port Adelaide fans who have to suffer through yet another superficial assessment of Ken Hinkley’s interminable tenure, his 58.7% win percentage falsely inflated by a 30-3 record against the Suns, Saints and Roos.
How long is too long for a coach's tenure?
“Good news for Hinkley”. Stuff Hinkley. It’s about time more was made of good news for Port Adelaide.
2023 Best 23s: Why this forgotten Port speed demon could save Ken Hinkley's job
“It’s a sign of Hinkley’s quality as a coach that he has devised a defensive structure that, with the odd exception, is able to punch above its weight, specifically in the height department. None of Tom Jonas, Aliir Aliir, Trent McKenzie and Tom Clurey are big, powerful backs, yet they don’t often get monstered by opposition talls.” Don’t remember the time he left Dougal Howard in the reserves, and a shabby North outfit that could only manage a grand total of 1 goal the previous week, went thermonuclear with 10 goals to Ben Brown alone, then. Oh yeah, what a mastermind.
2023 Best 23s: Why this forgotten Port speed demon could save Ken Hinkley's job
It’s true. Ken’s record against top-4 sides is horrific, as is his record at Adelaide Oval (23 wins and 23 losses in night games at the venue, despite the fact Port have been contending or thereabouts across that entire span). His vaunted 60% win/loss record as constantly spruiked by Koch is something of a mirage, given he enjoys a combined 35-7 record against the Suns/Saints/Roos/Blues. The lack of scrutiny on metrics like this is absolutely ludicrous, and as a Port fan myself, I’m baffled that ‘Brendon the 1st’ is getting defensive. If not for the clutch heroics of Chad Wingard and Robbie Gray, he’d have been sacked years ago.
'Long enough is enough': GWS and Port need to get on the new coach train
Bingo. Had the league waited until at least 1993 for some mythical collective golden offer, South Australian football would’ve completely withered on the vine.
The "damned spot" on the Port Adelaide prison bar guernsey
Ah yes, the all-powerful position of the SANFL in 1990. What with its multimedia rights worth less than nothing; West Torrens about to be liquidated (hence the shotgun wedding with Woodville); 120 year old South Adelaide effectively homeless and without a catchment; a handful of other clubs struggling; and an increasing talent drain to the east, all on the eve of the game going full-time professional.
You can fantasise about an alternate universe where Port decides to rot until
1993 with the rest of its minnow colleagues, anticipating a golden offer that would never come, but in reality the horse bolted when West Coast and Brisbane paid $4,000,000 up front for their licenses in 1986.
The VFL/AFL was never going to admit a South Australian entity without extracting many pounds of flesh, on its terms — and the power imbalance was only going to increase with each passing year. It’s the height of delusion to believe otherwise.
The "damned spot" on the Port Adelaide prison bar guernsey
Allowing North to merge with Fitzroy was the right move. Even if the fear that they’d convert the advantages into 3 or 4 more flags in the Pagan/Carey-era materialised — which it did with Brisbane anyway — the joint venture would have attracted a new generation of fans and would probably be sat here now with a solid membership of around ~40,000-45,000.
Removed article
No mention of being tagged out of the game and beaten hands down by an Essendon second-gamer, surprisingly?
Cripps named AFL MVP
The PAFC applied for the licence, financed the campaign for the licence, and won the licence due to the AFL wanting the second SA team to be an existing club with an existing supporter base. The divergence of Power and Magpies operations was forced upon it by the SA Football Commission, and this error was rectified at the end of 2010 when the entities merged. It’s been almost a decade. Update your bookmarks.
Port Adelaide: A divided and confused fan base
Just FYI, Robbie Gray and Sam Gray aren’t related.
AFL top 100: Round 7 Magpies vs Power preview
Port could name Boak at fullback, it doesn’t preclude the fact he has been back playing as a pure midfielder this year, hence his whopping disposal and associated engine room numbers. Should be named in a proper midfield slot.
My All Australian side after Round 6
Boak’s new role this year is back in the midfield finally. He was half-forward last year.
Beyond that, I can honestly say I have not seen a worse attempt at one of these, across any sport, in the 30-odd years I’ve been cognitively aware of men chasing imprisoned air around courts and fields.
My All Australian side after Round 6
Tredrea did follow West Coast growing up, as being Port Adelaide through and through he despised the Crows. Once Port won the second SA AFL licence he wasn’t going to play anywhere else.
A look back at the 1996 AFL draft
Port fans are always worried with Hinkley holding the reins:
2014: 11-2;
2017: 14-8;
2018: 11-4;
2020: 15-3;
2021: 18-5;
6-2? Let’s fast-forward to the part where the author pretends the inevitable back nine/September crumble didn’t happen.
Why Ken Hinkley is the coach of the year