H or H - Your preference

[btoz_01]

And then there were 2... Hardwick or Hinkley ?

Now that Jade the blunt Blade and Richo have been told theyre not in the last 2.
Who would you pick Hardwick or Hinkley?
Hinkley for me on a 2 year +1 year option.

 

[Freezer]

Have a leaning toward Hinkley - for no known reason.

 

[yellow_and_black]

Re: And then there were 2... Hardwick or Hinkley ?

Now that Jade the blunt Blade and Richo have been told theyre not in the last 2.
Who would you pick Hardwick or Hinkley?

I didnt know Richo had been eliminated but I still like Hinkley.

 

[TigerMasochist]

Leaning towards Hinkley.
Apart from Hardwick having been bypassed in his three previous attempts plus his trying to save a joker down the sock with Port, my main inkling is because.
In recent years clubs contesting finals have been happy to evict assistants that have won a senior role. Losing their key, talented assistant at such a crucial time doesn't seem to bother the senior coach or club.
In contrast Bomber has jumped straight on the front foot and insisted the Cats will not release Hinkley till the finals are done.
Just how much influence, what role does Hinkley have for the Cats that Bomber so desperately needs to keep him as his right hand man when other clubs are comfortable making do without.

 

[Rosy]

Neither fills me with enthusiasm and neither fills me with dread. Maybe Kenny being a fellow Camperdown kid and good mates with my b-i-l might tip the scales in his favour, same as I never liked Hardwick as a player might tip them against him. I don't know enough to have a strong opinion either way, and I really don't care, but I certainly hope those doing the "process" get it right. Won't be pretty if they don't.

 

[marsinvenus]

Leaning towards Hinkley.
Apart from Hardwick having been bypassed in his three previous attempts plus his trying to save a joker down the sock with Port, my main inkling is because.
In recent years clubs contesting finals have been happy to evict assistants that have won a senior role. Losing their key, talented assistant at such a crucial time doesn't seem to bother the senior coach or club.
In contrast Bomber has jumped straight on the front foot and insisted the Cats will not release Hinkley till the finals are done.
Just how much influence, what role does Hinkley have for the Cats that Bomber so desperately needs to keep him as his right hand man when other clubs are comfortable making do without.

Maybe they are close and Bomber is inflating his stocks to help him over the line with us

 

[tigertime2]

Hardwicke will get the job, that is my view. all this nonsense about how he does not interview well is a myth - he has the Port job if he wants it and is in the final 2 here. Harwicke is a pure football coach - Hinkley is a salesman, albeit an upgrade on Wallace. Nothing wrong with either, they are different and which ever way the board goes we will do well.

 

[Ty Esler]

I am fine with either one. The club has stuck to its guns and done exactly what it said it would, make a careful decision about the best possible candidate. Good luck to the both of them

 

[ZeroGame]

At the start I wanted Hardwick with Hinkley next, I've now swapped those around
Nothing to do with that 3/4 time video, I thought that was just run of the mill stuff, but I think he has had more of an impact in Geelong's sustained run of success than Hardwick has at Hawthorn who really did do a Steven Bradbury

 

[ILuvLids]

Now that we know that Richardson and Rawlings have been told that they aren't in the running anymore means that I'm leaning towards Hinkley. But it was surprising that Richo didn't get to the final cut. Hinkley has been a the cats during the sustained period of success.

 

[craig]

H or H eh ....... just a question .... which H is which. :-\

 

[Ty Esler]

I am also very happy that BT was absolutely and completely wrong in saying that Richardson would get the job on AFL teams Thursday night. After he got the Brad Scott call right it would very very weird to have to start taking him seriously, rather than just a random opinion generator.

 

[Baloo]

Well, looking at this poll the sentiment was split. Reading the comments though most who prefer one over the other seem to be able to accept either candidate.

Could this go down as the most accepted decision in RFC history ?

 

[Tigerbob]

Could this go down as the most accepted decision in RFC history ?

I am pretty sure the majority of Richmond fans were happy when Wallace got the coaching job too. :hihi

 

[Baloo]

Fair point.

Actually, that reminds me of how spot on Damien Streets/Weaver was of his assessment of Wallace 5 years ago. Eerily acurate.

It's a shame Weaver is contractually/morally bound to not give his opinion on the Tigers these days. I'd love to know what he thinks of the candidates.

 

[scottyturnerscurse]

H or H?

I'll take, as Greg says in Chopper, tapping his forearm where the needle with heroin goes, Division H.

Because nothing else will save us from another five years of misery than some, super strain of opiate.

Last year, I convinced a non-footballer following Australian, without a team, to barrack for the Tigers.

This week he asked me how we were going. I told him as such. He told me his grandfather was a Pies man.

I then urged him to jump ship.

Defining moment in my football life...telling a punter to support Collingwood over us.

I bow to the altar of Claw. He speak good.

 

[Tigers of Old]

I feel uneasy about reports of Hardwick feathering his nest at Port if this doesn't come off for a couple of reasons.

1) because it suggests that his heart may not be in coaching the Tiges.
2) because he might want to go back to port at some stage if our job ever gets too hard.

I have no evidence of either of the above and i can understand why he might cover his bases but it leaves me a touch cautious.

 

[Dyer Disciple]

I feel uneasy about reports of Hardwick feathering his nest at Port if this doesn't come off for a couple of reasons.

1) because it suggests that his heart may not be in coaching the Tiges.
2) because he might want to go back to port at some stage if our job ever gets too hard.

I have no evidence of either of the above and i can understand why he might cover his bases but it leaves me a touch cautious.

I share your unease but I keep changing my mind on it.

At first I wasn't too happy about it, but on further contemplation we don't know if Port have chased Hardwick hard more than he pursue them. If so, you can't fault a guy for listening to offers and keeping his options open. I think most of us would do the same professionally.

If Hardwick dropped out soon after the Port offer then I wouldn't have bemoaned his loss, however the fact he has stuck fat with this process to the end, continues my gut feel he prefers out job.

I'm happy with that and wouldn't begrudge him having listened to other offers while awaiting our process. As I said on another thread I think coaches from outside clubs are more excited about the opportunity at a AFL club than specific love of a club itself. That comes a little later. I don't think Hardwick is much of a risk down the track, if he is the right man he will succeed and if he is not or some other unforseeable happens the timing is unlikely to be ideal for him to facilitate a change to Port. I think our fears make this more feasible than reality does.

Here's hoping anyway. :hihi

 

[Tony Braxton-Hicks]

Hardwick won't jump ship. That would be weak and it would damage his credibility.

 

[tigertime2]

I feel uneasy about reports of Hardwick feathering his nest at Port if this doesn't come off for a couple of reasons.

1) because it suggests that his heart may not be in coaching the Tiges.
2) because he might want to go back to port at some stage if our job ever gets too hard.

I have no evidence of either of the above and i can understand why he might cover his bases but it leaves me a touch cautious.

Nonsense - I would do the same as him.