Ken's salute to the 2026 Brownlow | The Art of Coaching with Ken Hinkley! (23.09.26)
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Why is Nick winning the 2026 Brownlow considered a surprise?
I know you'll have had a chance to talk Nick on Sports Day, but just just give me your acclamation of the the best player in the game now.
Clearly is that he is the best player in the game. You know, eighteen out of twenty two games he votes in. You know, he's averaging what, one point four votes per game, Jared. Per game across his career. I mean it's it's it's great. He should have had more than one. And I was so pleased for him.
How have recent umpire voting changes affected Brownlow predictions?
So so pleased for Nick to to win to win the Brown Lab because imagine turning up there like he's had two the last two or three years. Everyone's telling him he's gonna win it. I th I I think I heard one of his interviews. I learnt not to look at the betting markets. Yes. And uh and that's that's that's unfair, isn't it? But the uh you know, the other change in the Brownlee was clear, Jared. The the other change that the umpires had the stats.
What did the hosts miss in their Brownlow multi‑player sweep?
There was I I don't think I've heard anyone talk about a game where someone got the votes that they shouldn't have got. No. Like and in some ways I think that takes a little bit away from the medal 'cause it's it's almost predictable. So you can almost run, you know, the the award winners throughout whatever compet throughout whatever television show or radio show that's going you can actually run the award winners and you probably should end up with a Brownlow medalist now. And your your multi, you I can't believe you missed your own.
Still managed to miss Kenny. So that that was a how you
missed your multi. You couldn't have missed Rankin, surely.
Which players were highlighted as strong contenders for the medal?
Yeah, no, it all all the so I don't put opinion in it, I just run a sweep and exactly what you've just said. Just a sweep of how they polled and Dawson beat Rankin and um what was the other one that tipped over? Um Oh Horn Francis and and Butters. Yeah, which in that earlier Butters got so much. Yeah.
He's he's first I mean, he he's one of the ones clearly that in sixteen games he was on twenty six or something. So uh I I d I was watching that vote, Camp Jerry. You know what I s I was drawn to the most? 'Cause Nick was so far in front by then.
What insights did Ken Hinkley share about preparing for Grand Final weekend?
I was drawn to Ed Richards, Butters, and Bottton Pelly playing together. Yeah. That's what I was drawn to. And I'm going, Oh, gee, they're gonna be hard to stop. Bont's had thirty three or something, Zach's had twenty six and you know, Ed only ended up with about mid teens, I think. But I thought, Oh, gee, that's uh that's a pretty powerful group. There's a lot of votes coming that way.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why is Nick winning the 2026 Brownlow considered a surprise?
0:00–0:21
2
How have recent umpire voting changes affected Brownlow predictions?
0:21–0:42
3
What did the hosts miss in their Brownlow multi‑player sweep?
0:42–1:11
4
Which players were highlighted as strong contenders for the medal?
1:11–1:43
5
What insights did Ken Hinkley share about preparing for Grand Final weekend?
1:43–1:59
Speakers
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