{"id":466011,"date":"2025-08-18T20:22:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T20:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=466011"},"modified":"2025-08-18T23:16:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T23:16:52","slug":"how-succession-plan-failed-exhausted-hinkley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=466011","title":{"rendered":"How succession plan failed 'exhausted' Hinkley"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ken Hinkley's<\/a> tenure as coach of Port Adelaide<\/a> will come to an end with his worst season at the helm results wise, and the coaching succession plan put in place is a big reason for the struggles.<\/p>\n

\ufeffA frustrated Hinkley said he was "glad" it would all come to an end soon, after a full year in the club's succession plan handover, which will see assistant coach Josh Carr take over in 2026.<\/p>\n

The Power finished second on the ladder last season, but will not even reach 10 wins 12 months on.<\/p>\n

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It will be the first time Port Adelaide, while coached by Hinkley, has failed to win 10 games in a season.<\/p>\n

\"Ken<\/p>\n

They lost to a struggling Carlton side by 54 points in round 23, blew a lead against Fremantle in round 22, lost to Geelong by 88 points in round 21\ufeff and lost a Showdown to Adelaide by 98 points in round 20.<\/p>\n

"I'm glad it (the end) is here now. \ufeffTo be honest, I'm sick of the wait. It's been a bit of a battle to get here," Hinkley said after his side's loss to the Blues.<\/p>\n

Essendon champion Matthew Lloyd feels for a clearly "exhausted" Hinkley and believes he has been put in a tough spot.\ufeff<\/p>\n

"\ufeffI've said before he's a coach, I would've loved to play under him because I love the emotion and the way he taps into emotion. You can't be an emotional coach all the time, I think that's probably been a problem for Port, where they ride waves of emotion," Lloyd told Nine's Footy Classified.<\/p>\n

"But you can see Hinkley is exhausted. In my opinion, he hasn't been able to use that right throughout the year when you're a coaching knowing you're just coaching out time and you know you're going at the end of the year.<\/p>\n

"It'll be interesting in terms of attracting players over the off-season. Can they attract players or\ufeff are they a club that has really fallen down the list of where you want to go to."<\/p>\n

\"Josh<\/p>\n

Lloyd believes the Power should have made the move to Carr the moment they decided upon the succession plan, saying the incumbent coach now has a tougher job in 2026 because of how far the club has fallen this season.<\/p>\n

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"\ufeffThe moment they thought Josh Carr was their man, I felt he should've been the coach. So, round 1 of this year," Lloyd told Nine's Footy Classified.<\/p>\n

"Like what Sydney did with Dean Cox. Carr should've had a year under his belt in 2025.<\/p>\n

"\ufeffAnd that's where you'd be disappointed for Josh. He'd love to say 'you know what, I am the coach' like Andrew McQualter or Adem Yze 'it's on me', but it's hard to know where to lay the blame because of the confusion around the succession plan."<\/p>\n

In 13 years under Hinkley, Port Adelaide has made five preliminary finals, but has not won any of them.<\/p>\n

Since 2020, the Power have finished 1st, 2nd, 11th, 2nd and 3rd. They currently sit 13th with one game to go.<\/p>\n

They'll be hoping to find some spark and energy to see off Hinkley and club great Travis Boak, when they host Gold Coast on Friday night.<\/p>\n

A win would have huge ladder ramifications<\/a> as the Suns must win one of their two round 24 games to make the eight.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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