Challenges facing the final 4 coaches | The Art of Coaching with Ken Hinkley! (16.09.26)
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Why did the Swans concede 100 points to Fremantle and what can coaches learn from that collapse?
The Swans conceded 100 second-half points to Fremantle in round 18, and then in round 22, Brisbane belted Hawthorne. And this is the dynamic. This is the art of coaching here, Kenny. These two match-ups, they have very recent examples, and they ran very heavily one way at the end. What's this like for, let's do Dean Cox first. How's he approaching this, knowing he's already seen the awesome force of Fremantle when they were at full strength?
Yeah, well, he can't afford to worry about it, Gerard. That's the reality. I mean, he kept them to 11 points in a half. So that's what he's going to lean into. He's going to lean into what we actually did do versus what we didn't do. And I'm thinking, I'm just checking back on the scores. We played Sydney ourselves about five or six weeks earlier before we played them in a present. We beat them by 110 points. That's
right,
yeah.
How does Dean Cox’s experience against a full‑strength Fremantle shape his game‑plan for the prelim final?
And then we took a completely different team and faced a completely different team in Sydney, and they beat us by six goals in a prelim final. So, you know, recent history tells me it's not that big a deal. You know, recency bias can scare you a little bit, but it can actually prepare you better. Because of that, you know, and you get the, you know, does Dean get a great opportunity because he had a look at the powerful free man and he's ready for a more powerful free man and he's got a different team altogether too with a different attitude. He'd also go, well, we defend them. When we had pressure on them, we got them in trouble. We've just got to be able to keep the pressure on them for four quarters.
And if Dean's coaching anything currently, I'd say he's coaching that more than anything else in his team. A complete buy-in about a complete team effort about getting it done against what looks like it has been all year. Let's be fair to Fremantle. They've been the best team all year. by performance, by ladder position, sewed up the top of the ladder with about three, four weeks to go. And Justin will lean in from the powerful second half, going, if we play the football that we're capable of. And I just feel like Fremantle learnt a lot. They learnt a lot the week before last.
What does Ken Hinkley say about recency bias and using recent results to prepare a team?
I think they learnt a lot more last week about finals football. And, you know, you heard Caleb Sorong, the three times I think I heard him interviewed either pre-, during-, And the day after a game, which we had him on crunch time, and you go, well, they learned a lot, Freo. They learned a lot about consolidating in the contest and making sure the contest was first and foremost and that we controlled our movement and we went where we wanted to go, not where the oppo wanted us to go. So... Dean's got some challenges. Justin's got some challenges. They're going to go to a prelim final knowing the prize is huge. And both for the first time, we're going to have a first-time coach at least going into a grand final the next week.
Yep. And on the other side of the equation, so you were there at the Gabber in round 22 when Brisbane completely dismantled Hawthorne. And this was interesting because Sam Mitchell had set this game up in the lead-up. This is where we find out where we are. And they got a rude lesson that night. And then in the aftermath, he was immediately saying, hey, if we play again, it won't look like that.
Why is pressure for four quarters crucial against Brisbane and how can a coach enforce it?
And now he's got to live it.
Well, it won't look like that. And it won't be the same. Because remember, they picked the second ruck that night. They picked Reeves into their team, so they won't have a second ruck in their team this week. They'll have a different side for a start and they'll have a different attitude, but they're going to face the same problem. They're going to face the competitive and contested nature of the Brisbane Lions, and that's what got them in trouble that night. I remember the game clearly. It was ferocious Brisbane. Was it Brisbane on the rebound again? Was it a response Brisbane? I've been trying to think, but they were ready. And their best players, Lohman played, I think he might have kicked five. I think he might have got five in that game where he kicked about two or three of them on his left.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why did the Swans concede 100 points to Fremantle and what can coaches learn from that collapse?
0:00–0:52
2
How does Dean Cox’s experience against a full‑strength Fremantle shape his game‑plan for the prelim final?
0:52–2:02
3
What does Ken Hinkley say about recency bias and using recent results to prepare a team?
2:02–3:02
4
Why is pressure for four quarters crucial against Brisbane and how can a coach enforce it?
3:02–3:43
5
How did Fremantle’s learning from previous finals influence their strategy at the MCG?
3:43–4:37
6
What role did Faggs’ ‘grumpy’ week play in building team accountability before the grand final?
4:37–5:27
7
Which two coaches are expected to appear on grand‑final day and why does that matter?
5:27–6:30
8
How does Ken Hinkley balance confidence in the Lions with the possibility of a three‑peat?
6:30–7:15
Speakers
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