{"id":411421,"date":"2024-07-11T09:45:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T09:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=411421"},"modified":"2024-07-11T13:05:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T13:05:37","slug":"hinkley-hoping-assistant-stays-put-as-eagles-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=411421","title":{"rendered":"Hinkley hoping assistant stays put as Eagles circle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Port Adelaide<\/a> coach Ken Hinkley<\/a> wants highly-rated assistant Josh Carr to take charge of the Power one day, but admits he may not be able to do anything to stop him heading to West Coast<\/a>, with the Eagles now searching for a new coach.<\/p>\n

Hinkley today acknowledged Carr's coaching potential \u2013 as well as his own inability to keep him tied to the Power.<\/p>\n

"Josh will be an outstanding coach in his own right. I would love that to be at Port Adelaide, but I don't control Josh's decision-making," he said.<\/p>\n

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The Eagles' decision to part ways with Adam Simpson<\/a> on Tuesday has sparked a chain of events, with Carr emerging as a potential candidate for the vacant position.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While wanting him to stay in South Australia, Hinkley said he would back his assistant if he sought out the West Coast role.<\/p>\n

\"Josh<\/p>\n

"If Josh has something that he wants to pursue, I would be very supportive of that for Josh," he said.<\/p>\n

Conjecture around Carr's future comes as the Power is faced with doing what no team has done this year: beating Gold Coast at home.<\/p>\n

Hinkley isn't taking the challenge lightly despite the Suns' loss to North Melbourne last weekend.<\/p>\n

\"Josh<\/p>\n

"They had a disappointing game last week," he said.<\/p>\n

"We heard what Damian (Hardwick, Gold Coast coach) said, we expect that they'll be breathing fire a little bit, and for us to go out there and match that.<\/p>\n

This article was produced with the assistance of<\/strong><\/em> 9ExPress<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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