{"id":422693,"date":"2024-09-20T21:16:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T21:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=422693"},"modified":"2024-09-20T22:08:01","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T22:08:01","slug":"hinkley-demands-pressure-be-lifted-off-him-for-port-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=422693","title":{"rendered":"Hinkley demands pressure be lifted off him for Port loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Port Adelaide<\/a> coach Ken Hinkley<\/a> \ufeffhas attempted to take the heat off himself after his side's 36-point loss to Sydney in Friday night's preliminary final<\/a> at the SCG.<\/p>\n

Hinkley now has coached a record 12 seasons without a grand final appearance, standing alone with a record he and the Power would rather not have.<\/p>\n

It's not one he wants to hold, but he has urged externals to \ufeffsee the bigger picture.<\/p>\n

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It's not just his fault that the side has failed to reach a grand final.<\/p>\n

But there is growing pressure on Hinkley, who has now coached his side to four losses from their last four preliminary final outings.<\/p>\n

\"Power<\/p>\n

"I'm not silly enough to not acknowledge that I have been the constant at the footy club (and not making a grand final)," Hinkley said in his post-match press conference on Friday night.<\/p>\n

"But it's not one person (at fault). We should stop that story.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"This is a whole club thing that goes on. It's not one person responsible.<\/p>\n

"If we had have got through (to a grand final), it wouldn't have been me (who did it). And if we didn't get through … it would be us.<\/p>\n

\"Power<\/p>\n

"I think that's the language we like to use. It's about us, not me necessarily."<\/p>\n

However, the coach, who has one year left to run on his contract at the Power, knows he will still be the one shouldering the most blame.<\/p>\n

But he'll continue to front up for his club and guide them through another flag tilt in 2024.<\/p>\n

"But I do understand that as the head coach, you cop the brunt of that (losing)," Hinkley said.<\/p>\n

\"Port<\/p>\n

"I'm OK with copping the brunt. But the reality is, you can't do this without a full club, you just can't. No one person is going to do that on his own.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"I understand the story will be, 'We failed to get there', but we had a decent crack at it."<\/p>\n

And Hinkley, who has absorbed the most pressure from the failings to reach a grand final since 2007, admits he's been leaning on those closest to prop him up.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"I've had great support from my family but also from my footy club," he said.<\/p>\n

\"Travis<\/p>\n

"We understand the storylines that go with my position. It's part of the job. I'm OK with that, I can deal with that.<\/p>\n

"I don't necessarily enjoy it, but the reality is, it's part of what I do. And if I can't cop, I shouldn't be here."<\/p>\n

Hinkley sees the loss pretty clearly.\ufeff<\/p>\n

\"Jason<\/p>\n

"They were planning a better brand of footy tonight. Whether we were fresh or not fresh, whatever the excuse. Sydney were just better," Hinkley said.<\/p>\n

"They were more polished than us. That wasn't around freshness, that was just around the way they played."<\/p>\n

The last time Port Adelaide made a grand final was in 2007 when they lost to Geelong by a V\/AFL record 119 points.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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