The Art of Coaching with Ken Hinkley! | Whateley (13.05.26)
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What insights does Ken Hinkley offer about coaching departures?
Ken Hinckley is with me. Hello, Kenny.
Morning, Gerard.
How are you today? I'm good. I'm good. So your first experience from our side of the fence of a coaching departure. How did you take it all in yesterday?
Yeah, well, interesting is probably not quite the accurate word, but fascinating when you think about some of the things that were being said and done prior to the actions being taken by Michael and the club over the weekend.
How did Michael Voss's coaching tenure impact Carlton?
because of the build-up and all the scenarios that were going around, the performance of Carlton and their fade-outs that were real for everyone to see. Then the admission of the list being not quite as strong as it needed to be with the list manager leaving late last night when we were actually on doing the show. So there was a fair bit to play at yesterday and there was a lot of consequences and fortunately for Carlton, For Michael, the great consequence for him is that he now gets a break and he gets to breathe a little and not have to deal with the scrutiny that he was copping for the last nine weeks in AFL football because that's real. When the ledger says 1-8 and you're at a Carlton football club who wanted better than that, you're always faced with the questions every Monday, every game day after the game.
after the performance, and you have to try and explain to them, I thought Michael did an amazing job right through those first nine rounds to hold his head high and try and put some perspective into the performance, but the reality was 1-8 was always a troubling moment.
The press conference was notable for that. There was a lot of effort made to say this is not about wins and losses, and yet it repeatedly deferred to 1-8 as sort of an inevitability. Here's just a little taster.
I mean, we're 1-8. As Graeme said, like, we're 1-8. So I think we've won 12 games out of the last 40. Same again. I think we're 1-8, 12-40. We're 1-8. No Carlton supporter wants to be sitting here at 1-8. And we're not sitting here today saying it's just win-loss.
There are universal truths that run through this and repeated themes. It's hard to land that press conference. I always think that. But there is a level of losing that just doesn't get absorbed.
And that's exactly right. That little clip there was perfect. That's the reality. One and eight is the scoreboard and the scoreboard always gets you. Everyone knows that in footy and everyone who goes into coaching knows that. If the scoreboard gets that bad, and I did hear 12 and 42 was what I think I heard at one stage too. So ultimately there was just too big a gap between the wins and losses for the players. for the Carlton hierarchy to continue with Michael. I think it was untidy at the end of last year, let's be pretty clear. There wasn't a lot of hope, I think, for people who sat outside of Carlton that Michael would make it through to the end of this year and get renewed. Anyhow, almost before the season started, I thought, when the way it was playing out with Charlie Kernow leaving and a couple of other things going down.
So you go, well... It was a challenging task for Michael to take on and, you know, we're not surprised we land here today. But as I said, you know, a few weeks back, Michael needs to ask the question and he had to ask the question, you know. And I wrote down, Vossie called it, the club done it.
What are the consequences of a poor season for a coach?
That's exactly how it played out. Michael said, no, this is going nowhere. And the club said, yeah, we agree. And it's time for us to part ways. And I think both parties, this is the first time I've viewed it from the outside, as you said, I think both parties handled it pretty well with as good as they can. You've got to try and explain a performance and a sacking of a coach. It's not going to be easy at any time, I don't think. It's just more around the reality is we're not where we want to be We need to make change. What other options do we have? They've changed the CEO. They've changed the football manager. They've now changed list and recruiting manager. They've changed the president. Everyone knows we can't change 44 players.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What insights does Ken Hinkley offer about coaching departures?
0:00–0:27
2
How did Michael Voss's coaching tenure impact Carlton?
0:27–3:20
3
What are the consequences of a poor season for a coach?
3:20–6:48
4
How does coaching impact player morale and club culture?
6:48–13:48
5
What challenges does Carlton face in rebuilding its culture?
13:48–20:33
6
How does Ken Hinkley compare coaching styles and their effectiveness?
20:33–23:37
Speakers
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