MW wrote:What's the general consensus from Port fans on this forum? Socials are blowing up with sack Ken narrative...is it that simple?
I'm blinded by my dislike of Ken.
A lot of supporters have recently joined in the thinking that Ken isn't any good. But I've been off him for years, I'll chuck a few older quotes in below starting from 6 seasons ago to as recent as the start of last year.
But the thing is, we never really know how good a coach actually is.
If a coach does well and wins a flag, is that cause he's a good coach, or cause he got handed a team on a silver platter (Chris Scott).
If a team bottoms out, is that cause the coach lost the players, or was his squad never any good?
If a team makes a prelim, is that cause the coach was good, or cause covid lead to a favourable draw and home fixtures?
The thing with footy is you play the season with the coach you have. The fixtures are what they are for that year. The injuries are what they are. You don't get to take the same team in the same conditions with a new coach and re-run the simulation to see if there is a better result.
Footy is an industry with a million different variables that all play parts in the final result (some bigger than others), and you'll never be able to isolate and test an individual setting.
Is Ken a good, bad or indifferent coach? No one can say with any real certainty.
For mine, I'm off him, but then again, I'm just some pleb from the outside looking in without a true understanding of his actual abilities.
Tue Sep 19, 2017 10:08 am
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=41640&p=2200976&hilit=+ken#p2200976Trader wrote:I am not impressed with this move.
I don't rate our list and think he's done well to get as much out of it as he has, however I don't think Ken is worth 900k, and certainly not worth 4 years.
But, what's done is done, so I guess I better get used to it!
Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:21 pm
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=42440&p=2308634&hilit=+ken#p2308634Trader wrote:Heck, might even allow ken to approach a game with a positive mind set. Actually, scrap that, lets keep our dreams realistic...
Fri May 10, 2019 12:04 am
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=42488&p=2353134&hilit=+ken#p2353134Trader wrote:Um, wtf has ken done with selection. Midfielders out, small forwards in??
Amon and Johnson both in. Its like we are playing with 16...
Cant for the life of me work out what Trengrove has done wrong. Safe to say he'll be playing local footy next year.
Wed May 15, 2019 1:01 pm
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=42460&p=2354530&hilit=+ken#p2354530Trader wrote:Not only are we in the bottom 6 for retaining the ball when we go inside 50, we rank 16th of 18 for converting shots on goal. That is to say, on the odd chance we actually keep the ball and kick a score, it's likely to be a miss given how wide we are in the pockets.
It's a terrible game plan. I hate it.
I understand with Dixon out and our other 'bigs' generally being inexperienced as forward there are limited options for Ken, but I'd prefer we stuck someone up there and tried to play footy and lose, rather than play this terrible BS and lose anyway.
Wed Jan 13, 2021 3:15 pm
viewtopic.php?f=11&t=43259&p=2473973&hilit=+hinkley#p2473973Trader wrote:Booney wrote:You can give Hinkley one thing, either he or his manager are bloody good negotiators.
Two sides of the negotiation.
I'm not convinced this outcome is because Hinkley's side is good at it...