Whateley - Wednesday | Full Show (17.06.26)
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It's Stuart Waitley. Thanks for listening to the podcast. In this episode, the art of coaching with Ken Hinckley, the eminently sensible Phil Davis, athletics broadcaster Mitch Dyer, but at Sunday racing on a terrific day of crickets, Melbourne Storm CEO Justin Rodsky, and nerdy stats, the hyphens with Peter Blucher. You can get in touch at any time. Waitley at sen.com.au. Thanks for listening. Enjoy. Wednesday morning. This is your town. This is your station. This is Waitly. Good morning. It wasn't hard to figure out why last weekend's footy was lacking that little something. You could make the case the four most intriguing teams were left in the sheds. Fremantle is the competition leader. Any opposition team with aspirations will now be studying what's happening out west and where the vulnerabilities might lie in a team that has won 12 on the trot.
Justin Longmuir has his team humming, but will need to fortify for what's coming over the border. Hawthorne still looks the most likely contender from this state, but Sam Mitchell's team has won only two of its past six games. And its last showing raised questions of temperament as much as conversion. You'd imagine it gave the coach plenty of material when his team reconvened. Collingwood has been shuffled all the way back to 13th with just five wins to its name. Craig McRae's tasks are plenty. Striving for momentum, managing important retirements, making decisions on the underdeveloped youth and working through injuries to key defenders. Plus the declared ambition to bring players to the club to return to contention next year.
That's a full bill for any coach. And Carlton resumes rather curiously in a better position than 2023 at the corresponding time. An interim coach has never been in this position, having won four in a row at the start of his tenure. Does the Blues' rise continue? Do they take a ping at 10th? It's a question Josh Fraser told us was in the hands of the senior players when last we saw him two Sundays ago.
I think that conversation around the 10 will be led by the players, whether they want to chase something now. We're probably in that position where that conversation can happen at some point. We're still growing our game. We've traditionally been a strong contest team. We're trying to grow it from the contest out. There's some role stuff around that. But even deeper than that, I think the next 10, well, post-buy, a 10-week block gives us a chance to look at how we're training, look at how we're educating, and just maybe tinker and adjust a few things there.
Do you want to chase something now? We debated this at length on Crunch Time with Kenny and Simmo on Saturday, and Todd Morris subsequently tells us that the Blues have decided to live in the moment rather than declare an ambition. So the art of coaching comes in various forms for the intriguing teams coming off the bye, and this is where we rely on Ken Hinckley every Wednesday.
Hello to you, Kenny. Good morning, Gerard. Well, that's a bit of a full schedule that we've got that you've just run through there, so plenty to talk about and plenty to discuss and some interesting stuff to discuss as well, I would have thought. You've got your Knicks paraphernalia on? Gerard, I thought I had to put it on just to make sure you noticed. Now, I do have a habit of claiming the winner. And this is one of those moments. This is one of those moments. I went to Madison Square Garden to watch the Knicks play back in about 2018-19 on Christmas Day with my family. And this was my purchase on that day. Nice. I've managed to keep it for seven or eight years to bring it out at the right time because at that stage, the Knicks weren't much good.
Yes. They were playing the Bucs that day and it was a bit of a bad day for the Knicks. But this morning or for the last few mornings, the Knicks fans have all been happy.
Yeah. I have a Knicks cap. I wore it to the kids' footy on Sunday morning. They asked, are you a Knicks fan? He goes, yeah, sure, why not?
Yeah.
That's my motto, win and get on board.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:00–12:52
2
What insights does Ken Hinkley provide about coaching?
12:52–19:57
3
How do the Blues approach their current season?
19:57–38:01
4
What challenges does Collingwood face this season?
38:01–58:58
5
How would Lockie Neal improve Collingwood's team?
58:58–59:49
6
What are the implications of Collingwood's recruitment strategy?
59:49–1:02:41
7
What does 'Tackle Tough Together' mean for mental health?
1:02:41–1:04:02
8
How can sport influence mental health awareness?
1:04:02–1:51:40
Speakers
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