Giants' historic 'choke', why Hawks need to 'toughen up'

[@vigour6786]

Finally someone in AFL media showing common sense about the Hinkley and Ginnivan incident.

[@agmor1]

@vigour6786 Ken is so despised by his own fanbase that he needed other coaches to support him. He hasn't been able to get a list of stars to the finish line for 12 years because of his emotional fragility and the only defence for his tenure is "he's so nice!!!!!" Best of luck to him when his job is next on the line ... you know, next week.

[@Johny-jy5vo]

Time and place for everything Players shaking hands and about to chair Breust off Should have just said something in post match press conference

[@Jacka101]

@@Johny-jy5vo Exactly, can't believe the players who just won a crazy game of football have more class than Ken. Maybe instead of attacking the 21 year olds, he should be more like them.

[@vigour6786]

@@agmor1 "List of stars" 🤣

[@Power_Prawnstar]

​@agmor1 He's not despised, we like him, we just wanna win.

[@mishtah1]

Spot on, Kane. Storm in a teacup!

[@charlesca5763]

Sam Mitchell clearly forgetting the injections taunt he did to the Bombers. His team loves to dish it out but not take it back

[@MrB1514]

Hawks classic school yard bullies. Pick on everyone and squeal when someone stands up to them.

[@grantsmith505]

Sam Mitchell used to accidentally knee other players a lot when tackling as a player

[@oncearoundsaturn2511]

I'm no Port fan, but I loved Hinkley’s post game antics, and I bet his players loved it too. Pffft, all these ex-Hawthorn players having a sook, and the media desperately trying to beat up the whole thing!! 🙄

[@MattSpencer-g4x]

Hodgy Jordy Dermy all sooks

[@jaredburgess8381]

I'm with you. Not a PA fan but bloody glad Hinkley baked Ginnivan. It was Sam Mitchell who should have said "Well, Ginnivan shouldn't have been baiting the Port team; he deserved the sledge..." rather than exaggerating the whole incident and making out as if Ginnivan is a child who can't be held responsible for his own actions. The Hawks ex-players are making absolute TWATS out of themselves 😂

[@agmor1]

@oncearoundsaturn2511 Kenny was crying like a little girl after beating a Bottom 4 team not that long ago. You'd think he'd be more humble given his long career and lack of success.

[@adrianpepicelli4324]

How quickly the Vic's have forgotten the unsociable Hawks...all those media clowns were part of it😂😂

[@philkensebben6672]

I hate the argument that Ginnivan is “young”. He’s an adult, and just like an adult of any other age, your actions have consequences and you have to live with them. It’s really that simple

[@philsoutlook]

Exactly! Ginnivan is not 5 years old, he’s a fully grown adult. Yet people keep acting like Ken is an angry parent having a go at an under 10s kid at a local footy game.

[@MMABrosPOD]

This has got nothing to do with ginnivan. This is an embarrassment to the Port Adelaide football club, they played so well and should be so proud and yet the first eight questions in the press conference were about this incident that he didn't need to do.

[@Cobloaf69]

​@@MMABrosPODSookball, cry me a river mate. What did you expect after dishing out non stop dribble mixed with the pressure he's under? Heat of the moment

[@magpie7154]

@@Cobloaf69 Heat of the moment - if he can't cope with the heat, move on.

[@treyod4158]

So, you didn't do anything dumb or idiotic at 21? I highly doubt that.

[@skinz98gaming85]

Well done Kane, props where it's due

[@Johny-jy5vo]

Kane been giving gobbies to stinkley for years

[@Jacka101]

@@Johny-jy5vo Gobbling harder than B.T on Daicos

[@New14LO]

It was only last week a giants coach made contact with papley on the ground and everyone is over it. Ken made some comments 20m away and theres all this carry on. Wether wrong or right, it doesnt require more airtime.

[@themarkedman72]

it kinda does mate. You dont want it cause its such a bad look.

[@New14LO]

He already apologised and said if he had his time again he wouldnt do it, so what are we trying to achieve by still making it such a talking point?

[@agmor1]

@New14LO "A Giants coach" LMAO. Not a coach, but nice try attempting to conflate the two. McCartney didn't even see Papley, was trying to PREVENT a scuffle, apologised, was fined and we all moved on. Ken, on the other hand, is a cry-baby coach who has to enlist other coaches and his media mates to protect him from his own supporters. A born loser with a loser's mentality.

[@agmor1]

@New14LO Ken apologised? Maybe your hearing is better than mine because all I heard was some rationalisations about "emotions", blame-shifting to Ginnivan and talk of "regret". Of course, he regrets it. He's a narcissist who has been found out as emotionally fragile on the big stage. And he won't have other coaches wrapping their arms around him when his own fanbase want to rip his head off.

[@magpie7154]

@@agmor1 Well said.

[@jetzero25]

agreed hawks need to toughen up, its a good lesson for the boys and hopefully can show more growth next season! Ports pressure was outstanding and their numbers game really took away our game , well done and GL Power better team on the night and all season

[@daniellebcooper7160]

Sam Mitchel says he wants his players to be themselves, which is fine, but he also has to get it through to them that there are boundaries. Though apparently Ginni regrets his post, so maybe he's starting to mature.

[@ma3stro681]

Unlikely. He’s an attention seeking narcissist of the highest (lowest) order … 🤡

[@PeterM1-qx1tz]

If you dont adhere to team rules and things are going your way, everybody loves you. But when the Karma train comes calling, those same people who loved you will turn on you in a heartbeat. Ginni is going to learn that pretty soon if he continues to do things ''his way''. I guarantee behind the scenes there is a very big question mark next to his name on a whiteboard at Hawthorn.

[@Fabio-ns4ql]

Glass jaw statement by Kane had me ROTFLMAO.

[@agmor1]

@Fabio-ns4ql Cry-baby Kenny lashed out because he can't speak directly to his real enemy - his own supporters. Fragile, soft man perpetually on the brink of a breakdown.

[@Tosicc567]

Poor ginnivan couldn't cope with being told to "enjoy his flight" poor sam Mitchel, cant handle his team that gives this kind of disrespect in every game they play receiving it for once. Poor one out for hok

[@nedbarker2382]

Just a quick question, can you name a time those hawks have been disrespectful through out the season? I don’t remember a single time they underestimated there opposition

[@magpie7154]

Who said he couldn't cope?

[@questionable-ethics]

What are you on about? Ginnivan didn’t react to Hinkley at all

[@StuTheDon17]

​@@nedbarker2382 Ginnivan disrespected the whole PAFC during the week with his instagram post. In fact, it was the ultimate form is disrespect. Did you miss it?

[@roachmayne5794]

Ginnivan seemed to take it in full stride. It was Sicily who went to bat for him and made the situation worse.

[@chrisferguson237]

Port were playing for their entire season - sacrifice, injury, pain, pressure. Hinkley was coaching for his future, to stay with the club and team he 'loves', financial future to stay in the home he's built with his family. Everything! And then there's a Muppet, sacked by his last coach for exactly what he did in the run up and then theres Mitchell, sooking up because the $#/t his team were throwing came back and slapped them in the face. Your team Mitch, your responsibility, maybe they'll discard you again like your Captaincy?

[@nathand4500]

calm down. if you are that emotionally invested, maybe you need to get a life.

[@sotiriosnovatsis4529]

@@nathand4500He’s right. Sam Mitchell is a sook and a hypocrite.

[@magpie7154]

Haven't seen Hawk fans booing their coach yet?

[@chrisferguson237]

@@magpie7154 agree they are crap supporters

[@agmor1]

@@chrisferguson237 Kenny only coaches for himself. Low-quality bogan who made another player's celebration about himself.

[@flip8702]

I thought Sam was going to cry. He needs a big hug. 😂

[@jlinbkk7184]

Well done Ken..

[@editsforuxo]

that comeback from the lions though.. it was incredible. was at the game, and as i was leaving i saw so many disappointed faces. i’m sure that gws will do better next year.

[@PeterM1-qx1tz]

GWS play like millionaires.. and thats been their problem from day one. They all like doing the flashy stuff, but when it comes down to the meat and potatoes they get found out. If you are 44 points up and lose something has gone wrong with your defensive setup and given its happened a few times this year, either players are ignoring it, or the game plan simply doesnt stand up. If they cant sort that out they arent going to progress to that final day in September. Mick Malthouse at the Eagles had all the offensive talent in the world, but he insisted on a defensive game plan.. the Eagles would get a two goal lead and just strangle the opposition like an anaconda.. man on man across the field, turn it into a dogfight, .. when teams were forced to take risks the Eagles would bury them on turnovers. The 94 grand final is the best example of this. Eagles would apply relentless defensive pressure till a crack appeared and the dam wall would break.... Karl Langdon is a player nobody at GWS would have heard of, and he didnt have as much talent as half the GWS players have in their little fingernail.. but Karl Langdon is a premiership player... and guess who aint??

[@metallewd3472]

For once Kornhole, you get it right. Hawthorn sooooofffft.

[@Johny-jy5vo]

😂 what do I call the team that got the spoon then

[@StuTheDon17]

​@Johny-jy5vo The team that finished bottom have handled the negativity and slander like men. Hawthorn copped some chirp once this season, and they're carrying on like it's 9/11. Hawthorn chirped all season long and everyone tolerated it. The one time they copped some back, they cried. They are mentally weak.

[@Johny-jy5vo]

@@StuTheDon17 there is a time and place for everything Stinkley should have said what he wanted in post match press conference not when your about to chair off a champion after his 300th game Hawthorn has coped nothing but criticism for the last 3 years and have responded by coming from 0-5 to making a semi final

[@Jacka101]

@@StuTheDon17 Sam Mitchell stating what happened in the presser is carrying on like 9/11? I don't think it warrants much attention, however, the flogs in the media have to get their grubby little hands on it and pretend that they're journalists.

[@stevelozevski8151]

​@@Johny-jy5voThat was the perfect time to remind ginnispud of his really dumb comment.

[@Power_Prawnstar]

Ginnivan probably lost the Hawks the game in the end 😂 Well done lad, thank you

[@Ben.216]

Aggressive words Sam ..? Are you sure about that !

[@chair2335]

They need to change glenferrie rd to Snowflake lane

[@kenyeuong1773]

At the end of the day, Young Hawks disrespected Port. As a result it came back the other way and it is used as motivation to win the game. If you can dish it out you can take it.

[@Melbournelost66]

Hawthorn will be fine. This is the bitter pill 💊 I knew was coming. It's a young team, and they can understand what it's really all about. Reminds me 2011 when they lost to Collingwood in a preliminary final. I have no doubt they will become a mentally stronger team. At the end of the day, had Sicily kicked accurately, things could have been very different. They finished about where they should have. I'm very happy with the Hawks progress. Ps: not a big deal what happened Ginnivan or Hinkley. All blown up out of proportion.

[@olivercharrison1487]

Totally true biggest overreaction I've ever seen. Ken did nothing wrong

[@the_snackbar]

I'm a hawthorn supporter and I agree with Kane. We have to wear it and move on.

[@TP-Vocals]

Biggest overreaction I've seen all year is correct

[@davidagiel8130]

The last 12 teams have came back and won after a smashing in the first final, simply because of how the finals are structured. All we are witnessing every time is just the difference between top four and bottom four.

[@RobertJ-lk5bb]

The best take is Hinkley shouldn't have done it, and it is also not a big deal.

[@stevelozevski8151]

I thought it was hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sotiriosnovatsis4529]

@@stevelozevski8151Same.

[@scottharris2331]

Notice the big difference between how the two games were umpired over the weekend. No controversy during one game with plenty in the other, not mentioning the Hinkley ,Scicily incident. Hawthorn would have a bee in their bonnet because the Victorian umpires did not manufacture the win for them even though they attempted another big steal.

[@nicknorthcottfingerstylegu3493]

Daniher goal from a false deliberate out of bounds was the fix of that game. The AFL clearly wanted close finals after the port Geelong game and engineered things to get it for the sake of their “product”.

[@sotiriosnovatsis4529]

Kane, you’ve summed up the Hawthorn victim mentality perfectly. As an Eagles member, I was hoping for Port to lose so we could potentially get Hinkley as our coach; this just makes me like him even more. He did the right thing by standing up for his club and has nothing to apologise for. As for Hawthorn, I had a tremendous amount of respect for them and especially Sam Mitchell but that’s gone down the drain now. Mitchell, Sicily and all those former Hawk pundits should hang their heads in shame for their “woe is me” attitude. Sam Mitchell is the biggest hypocrite because he repeatedly enabled and supported Ginnivan’s behaviour which has now cost them a potential Premiership. They dished it out but couldn’t take it. It seems the glass-jawed Hawks are throwing their stones from an equally fragile glass house. HHFC - Hawthorn Hypocrites Football Club

[@jimmyriddle5246]

If you're a WC fan why would you want Hinkley? 12 years of over promising but under delivering has probably got a lot to do with his fragile mentality. Just doesn't know when the time is right. Had the opportunity to let his team bathe in the glory of a hard fought semi final win but chose to make it all about himself. The players never exchanged words, but the coach who's supposed to lead by example couldn't control his emotions. Is that what you want? How would he react in a GF? It's been 12 years and we STILL don't know

[@eponymous7910]

Enjoy watching your full back win multiple flags with the hawks matey

[@ma3stro681]

Hawthorn were never winning the premiership this year …

[@eddiehoulihan5604]

Ken’s the best

[@brad2064]

The head clutch at 11:40 says it all, staging for frees. Weak.

[@Cobloaf69]

Agreed, they did it all night. Saw chol do it and impey did it multiple times

[@brad2064]

The best thing to come of this will be the grudge matches next year.

[@edwardhowe4471]

As a Hawks supporter I agree 100% with Kane on this. Harden up Hawks.

[@TheReelRebel]

Bandwagon supporter mate - go support someone else

[@georgekay-ps1pt]

@@TheReelRebel i dont think he is a hawks supporter.

[@297fihsy]

So flat on the Giants. Feel like more than anyone they’ve thrown away a premiership. Brent Daniels has had a shocker of a finals series

[@willrice1817]

the switch up is crazy

[@johnnyruins9025]

Well said Kane Hawthorn can give it but they cant take it.

[@Swoopy4595]

Well said Kane. If you dish it out you gotta take it. Hawks are soft!

[@cmadelaide56]

There is the Hawks team / Hawks media take on the Hinkley thing, then there is everyone else with perspective and common sense. Glass jaw Hawks is bang on the money. Sicily almost in tears at the airport? That ain’t leadership, that’s a sook who can’t cope with losing. Move on.

[@sotiriosnovatsis4529]

Sissy-ly needs to reassess if he should be captain because his responses were embarrassing. Even more embarrassing is Mitchell saying he proud he was of the reactions.

[@25RADS]

I'm gonna be honest I disagree with this. if anyone Hinkley needed to apologise to Bruest doing it at the wrong moment of time before celebrating a players 300th.

[@brad2064]

That’s on Sicily, Ken was done before they lined up but Sicily kept it going and couldn’t even shut up as he was chairing bruest off.

[@stevelozevski8151]

If you're going yo be honest you'd be having a go at ginnispud 🤦

[@sotiriosnovatsis4529]

The Hawthorn Hypocrites Football Club should apologise to Breust. They had the opportunity to de-escalate the situation days before the match but Sam Mitchell chose to support and enable Ginnivan’s actions. And as others have said, Sissy-ly kept going after it was done.

[@boysdontcry5487]

Good Kane. Ginnivan mouths off on social media. other side use his comments as motivation. stfu son, or cop it. Sam Mitchell should speak to his player for giving the other team extra ammo. What people will remember is the win, not the media beat up.

[@krankheadkrank1408]

kane spot on with hawks reaction, sounded a bit sookie . but hinkley was still being an absolute nob. He was like the angry drunk uncle at a bbq . Gracious in victory is sometimes good too. sometimes

[@lukemate2783]

Kane right as per usual

[@PetraKann]

Great final. Port looked in control for most of the game but the Hawks persisted and almost pinched it in the end.

[@DJ-yj1vg]

The vic double standard never ceases to amaze me. Hawthorn should have stuck to playing football instead of bad mouthing opposition

[@LegendaryNoah742]

Great response from Kane. Hawks need to toughen up it's a small comment that Ginnivan didn't need to do on social media and caused all this. Plus with Port getting a fine, load of bullshit from the AFL in all case we should be giving out fines to Hawthorn for over reacting 🤦

[@Jamie_one_of_many_prophets]

Hawthorne’s reaction to Hinkley’s cheeky taunt was embarrassing. Sam has been a level-headed coach throughout the year but to assert Hinkley was being aggressive to a Hawthorne player namely Ginny is pathetic and refusing to have a conversation with opposition coach is weak. Captain of Hawthorne (Sicily) behaved like a petulant child on the verge of crying after they (Hawthorne) experienced some discipline. Hinkley’s taunt of an immature player should be celebrated but instead he’s portrayed as a villain. AFL personalities need to stop making conflicting statements. We don’t want robotic football personalities yet the very instance an arrogant team experiences some medicine they cry victim.

[@magpie7154]

Taunting an opponent after a victory is poor form.

[@georgekay-ps1pt]

you have no idea

[@glennthompson6754]

@@magpie7154 Correct. It has been blown out of proportion a bit by the media. Ginnivan should never have posted that tweet giving Port the extra motivation and Hinkley should have had a bit more class than to taunt a defeated opponent. Hinkley realized it wasn't an action to be proud of and apologized, case closed. As a Hawks man, I hope Ginnivan learns that his tweet could very well have cost his team a spot in a prelim. Not holding my breath though.

[@Jamie_one_of_many_prophets]

@@magpie7154 Disrespecting and discounting a team prior to competing against them is worse form. Furthermore Hinkley’s taunting strengthens the theatre of the game. Hawthorne became arrogant before achieving anything meaningful. An invaluable learning experience for them.

[@Jamie_one_of_many_prophets]

@@georgekay-ps1pt Who are you referring to?

[@timarbon994]

Have a sook Sam, playing victim is pretty weak.

[@207tex]

What about the fact the GWS stadium looked half empty, thats pretty embarrassing.

[@henryvdl3692]

It’s almost like they’re a young club in a rugby-heavy area

[@ma3stro681]

Waste of money for the AFL. They should be relocated to Tassie and renamed …

[@aeinzsawislp1977]

I gave that little tick till his 2nd season at the hawks to show his true colours and become an embarrassment, I was wrong, all this because he can't keep his mouth shut, did it at the pies and is doing it at hawthorn, this is the wake up call and at the end if the day it's just 1 measly small forward the hawkers will know what to do with temu David Warner

[@nataliegee9636]

Q for my trivia bank, when did we last have a situation where we had a single state for each of the teams playing in the prelim (ie qld, vic, nsw and sa)?

[@jamesmilka9174]

😂 Kano is spot on! How weak from the Hawks!

[@alexjones9038]

kane cornes is actually not even that bad

[@WillyWanka]

Mabior Chol should have been between Ratugolea and Alir, Alir just positioned better

[@WillyWanka]

Look at the sick feeling on the faces of the Hawthorn players. They want success badly and they will improve next year with that level of care.

[@stevelozevski8151]

Maybe

[@sotiriosnovatsis4529]

They did tremendously well this season but they need to drop the victim mentality if they want to win premierships.

[@sasr793]

Agree with Kane 150% on this one!

[@bellez6425]

Hawthorn supporter here: not disappointed one bit. Not one bit, Kane.

[@knight2425]

Spot on Kane, love the hypocrisy from the Hawthorn side

[@rjrobertson6353]

Wow, I cant believe I agree with Cornes on a subject. The ex Hawthorn players going on a witch hunt is a joke and shows they should not be commentators

[@avinandanpal]

11:57 there you go. I don't know if you sensed it.. the commentators on ABC Broadcasting channel were biased about the Hawks.

[@John-nl2kt]

I back Ken all the way. Maybe Sam should pull back at his childish self absorbed players. Toughen up 😅 DONT POKE THE BEAR Wizard that😂

[@craigking7067]

Dry your eyes Hawthorne

[@sdeane09]

as a hawks supporter, fair enough, move on, bit of a poor winner but lets not pretend it does not happen, its words, maybe Ginni will learn.

[@thefujidude7675]

Jack Ginnivan is a 21 year old, acting like a 16 year old child. Ken is a 57 year old, acting like a 16 year old child. That's the difference.

[@riangrant1]

More Hinkley bias from Korn. If that was Bevo or Adam Simpson he would have been saying how embarassing it was and how they are poor ambassadors for their clubs.

[@stevelozevski8151]

Maybe ginnispud should have kept his fingers off the keyboard

[@bentennyson6009]

Very aggressive words ? Lolz. Man up Sammy !

[@Dieselpower24]

Dish it but can't take it is the Hawks mantra, old and new.

[@robertgiese9211]

Since when is 21 a very young player 😂😂😂 . as it was Hawthorn was looked after by the umpires all night .Hawthorn can hand it out but apparently the coach and club can't handle any thing thrown back at them .Toughen up Hollywood 😂

[@danieljdtaylor]

Kane could not be more correct. The absolute cope from the Hawks and ex-hawk media personalities is embarrassing for them after how the club embraced their cockiness this year

[@sotiriosnovatsis4529]

Icarus flew too close to the sun and we all know what happened to him. The Hawks’ hypocrisy is a thing to behold.

[@Want0nS0up]

Do GWS lack fitness? They have had fadeouts during the season ( St Kilda nearly beat them at Manuka after they ran out of gas). Should they have a game plan that enables them to hold onto leads?

[@avinandanpal]

GINNIVAN IS NOT YOUNG, HE IS IMMATURE. It's great to have confidence. So instead he should have kept that message around his teammates.. that they are gonna win it. But no he wants to be flamboyant, he wants to be a critic 🤣 So where was he when Ken was giving it back? Hiding behind someone? I think.. I didn't find him in any camera angles. Anyway, WELL SAID KANE CORNES

[@poorlittlepinkus]

Here come all the crying hawks supporters. I thought you were winning by 40+ though? Port win by 30 without all your gifted free kicks. Softest fans in the league.

[@sotiriosnovatsis4529]

I’ll give a lot of the Hawks fans credit because I’ve read numerous messages from them saying that Ginnivan deserved what he got from Hinkley.

[@colronke7366]

What happened to the term let your actions speak louder Hinkley is a flog has done it to a lot of people throughout the year actually shows the calibre of the person

[@stevelozevski8151]

You should remind ginnispud about that

[@sotiriosnovatsis4529]

Hinkley backed his boys in by reminding Ginnivan what happens when you poke the bear. Hinkley’s actions did speak loudly and it seems the vast majority of the football public love it.

[@SilverByrne]

Hodge, Lewis and Mitchell such total sooks. I get they would have been feeling feelings about their loss but clearly heavily biased and coming from some pretty thuggish players. Hodge almost taking Wingard's head off? Mitchell making a needle gesture? Just two of many exmaples. The 'Unsociable Hawks' crumbling immediately when it comes back their way...

[@peterwhitehead4924]

Hinkley ruined 😠 moment for his team and disrespected hawks. Breust 300 game moment disrespected. Kane you were blinded by Port win. What would Hinkley have said if hawks won?

[@colinross6259]

I luv this Kane. A 21 year old makes a tweet to a friend. The result is a public spray at a players 300 th celebration. Prez D Koch has said by his silence that it is OK. So that means any PA game/celebration anywhere any time the officials deserve/can get a send off. No beef with the players. As the club officials have no respect for opposition players that makes them fair game for any team, any time. As no send off/celebration deserves respect. Bring it on. This statement is backed by PA Prez D Koch and 300 gamer K Cornes. The precedent has been set. No respect anytime.

[@caramelexspressofan]

Kane a bit close to Port and Hinkley for mine. Had this been another coach and a different club would he have said the same thing? 0%....any mention of where his brother works?

[@guyh9992]

Ginnivan is not a "very young player", he is 21 and has copped it from the likes of Cornes in the media for his antics since the go pro incident at the start of 2022; three whole seasons. Ginnivan knows exactly what he is doing, the notion that he can't control himself is absurd. "Entitled" and "precious" are the words that come to mind when thinking of Hawthorn's coach, players, supporters and ex-players in the media.

[@sotiriosnovatsis4529]

Well said. Couldn’t agree more.

[@ma3stro681]

Despised Hawthorn through the 2010s (Swans supporter), and was starting to respect them this season, but now Mitchell, Ginninvan & co have erased that respect … 🤡

[@joepro7138]

Aggressive words? 😅😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ma3stro681]

He’s as woke as DEI Laura Kane … 😂

[@madman94]

WE'RE A SOFT WEAK TEAM AT WHORETHORN, WE'RE THE GIANT GLASS JAW HAWKS!!!🎉🥳🤣🤣

[@Calvin-ks9cr]

'Dish it out you got hack it'

[@dongo9523]

Overall, it has been an over-reaction. But its still poor optics when the winning teams' coach is spraying a young player from 20m away. 10 minutes after this Hinkley has the ear of every AFL journalist, he could have easily lined them up and knocked them down and kept the high road. Now Port just looks like a bunch of sore winners. Embarrassing

[@stevelozevski8151]

It was fantastic and hilarious. See you in 14 days 🤦🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sotiriosnovatsis4529]

Young player? You mean an experienced premiership player with a history of this sort of behaviour who was traded by his previous club for this very thing?

[@dongo9523]

@@sotiriosnovatsis4529 Yeah he's 21 and has played 64 games, definitely not "experienced". What he said wasn't even directed at Port, but Port had to find a way to make it about them. Hilariously fragile

[@Skadooshed]

It’s pointless asking Cornes a Port question. His bias is obvious, as it is for any supporter for any club.

[@sotiriosnovatsis4529]

True, but he’s heavily criticised the club before.

[@Skadooshed]

@@sotiriosnovatsis4529 have you ever been to the footy and listened to the hardcore supporters bagging out their own club? They will do this on one side of their face while the other side is biting back at others who criticise their club. That’s what Cornes does.

[@nevvanclarke9225]

Aggressive... How is ken hinkley saying You want be flying this week Aggressive..... Seriously aggressive ....cecilly was the aggressor

[@ma3stro681]

*won’t & Sicily

[@StuPV]

Hawks couldnt handle the heat so had to get out of the kitchen, on and off the field. No issues with Sicily standing up for his guy, but Sam Mitchell's post game comments were weak as piss. Also great work from Hawthorn at retaining the 'clutch your head' coaching sessions so well

[@munkybizniss6348]

Give it a week and Port Adelaide supporters will be calling for Hinkley to be sacked all over again. The bloke is an emotional wreck because his own supporters have been tearing him to shreds for the better part of 5 years. He'll most likely cop a wack of 20-50k from the AFL for carrying on the way he did. Let your players do the verbal, you're a coach Ken. It's also quite silly to be completely silent on it all week and then only say something once you win.

[@konbe2861]

Ken is the one that needs to toughen up. Overreacting to a bit of banter between ginni and his former team mate then making a fool of himself by taunting an opposition player after winning. Ken is weak and had no class. No wonder they've never made a GF under his coaching.

[@stevelozevski8151]

Ken just added to the banter. See you in 14 days 🤦🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@magpie7154]

@@stevelozevski8151 Yeah but a senior coach allowing a tweet from a player get in his head?

[@sotiriosnovatsis4529]

Ken also gave a bit of banter. Seeing as you don’t have a problem with banter, you should have no problem with Hinkley.

[@sotiriosnovatsis4529]

@@magpie7154It won him the game. Well played, Ken.

[@stevelozevski8151]

@@magpie7154yeah but they won and ginnispud isn't seeing anyone in 14 days

[@Ilove_AFL128]

Sic tearing up? MAYBE BECAUSE HE HAD A SHOT AT GOAL AND HIT THE POST. i think anyone would tear up cuz of that mate

[@MH-db7hl]

Glad the pies got rid of Vaginni

[@JCStorm76]

Vaginni Lol

[@MH-db7hl]

@@JCStorm76 hope it sticks somehow

[@andymcrae4661]

No one is scared of hawthorn Sooky sooky la la

[@CongTran-h1g]

Should’ve disregarded port … hawks crying 😭 get over it , leave Ken alone, he did ok good on him, harmless, . Let’s go power 💪🏆🏆

[@jejona6989]

biased ex-Port Adelaide player, give us a break

[@PeterM1-qx1tz]

''we had a very young player, had some very aggressive words said to him by a much older man...'' Oh turn it up Mitch.. did you forget your ''needles'' sledge to the Bombers?. You know the old saying ''winners are grinners, losers can please themselves''... enjoy your flight to Bali !!!.

[@marcusbinks2678]

Kane conveniently forgets that Ginni never slagged the couch and they were meant to be honouring Luke Breust. I’ll just have to be satisfied that Ginni has one more premiership medal than Ken will ever have

[@stevelozevski8151]

He didn't just slag the coach. He slagged the whole team. Boy oh boy did it backfire🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@oliverhumphris4771]

He slagged the entire football club. I think they're well within their rights to fight back, hawthorn are a bunch of sooks not ready to play with the big boys

[@bradleycanning2146]

Yep Ken has nothing to stand on. Couldn't get across the line as a player and chokes as a coach. They will be employing Kenny to bring out the tarps by 2026

[@supercededman]

That'll make his teammates feel better. You showed them, Jack. LOL.

[@Cry_theonly]

Yeah they were meant to be honouring bruest, and your sooky captain is ignoring it to continue at hinkly,

[@FreddyJong-co6cb]

Collingwood premiership twilight or night grand final 2025😂😂😂😂❤❤😂😂❤❤😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@magpie7154]

What a shock a show of poor sportsmanship from a bogan coach is ticked of by Kane.

[@adrianpepicelli4324]

If it was an interstate club that carried on like the Hawks this year and the years gone by it would be reported ad getting ahead of themselves. Toughen up new generation, you want to talk the talk with the men better be ready for some to come the other way, don't play the 'young' card when it suits SOFT

[@agmor1]

Cry-baby Ken was blubbering after beating a Bottom 4 team this year after his own fans booed him off the ground. And the other coaches wrapped their arms around Poor Ken. And how does he respond after Mitchell warmly congratulated him? By sneaking behind Mitchell's back and mouthing off to a 21 year-old. Nothing but a choke artist and blame-shifter who will find any number of excuses as he can't get a stacked team to the finish line next week. A loser as a player, coach and a man.

[@sonjakozman1699]

Literally just won a final. Cry more

[@darrenjpeters]

Turn it up, champ. Hinkley has achieved more in his life than you ever will. If it's all right for Ginnivan to gob off, then it's ok for Hinkley to do the same.

[@unktopia]

The key here is a 21 year old. He's not a child. He loves antagonising opponents and fans and anything that'll get him attention. Maybe Sam should have a word to his players about being such arrogant winners.

[@agmor1]

@sonjakozman1699 Hinkley cried after beating a Bottom 4 side, so that's not really the insult you think it is. Kenny will choke next week while Chris Davies, Kane and Caro will run interference for Poor Kenny, blaming the cattle and not the emotionally fragile coach.

[@agmor1]

@darrenjpeters "Hinkley has achieved more in his life than you ever will". And less than a 21 year-old. LMAO.

[@davet5273]

Geez I hope Corn will be off all these AFL platforms once he’s at 7. Can’t wait for him to fade into irrelevance over there

[@michaelhand5302]

🧂🧂

[@davet5273]

@@michaelhand5302 lol not even man, not actually a hawks fan, just had a guttful of Corne. I’m at the point I’d take Caro over him

[@Cry_theonly]

So Kane was onboard the hawks all season, when no one else was until the end and it was a bandwagon, then he speaks another truth about your glass jaws and your off him? 😂😂 What he said is the epitome of your comment.

[@davet5273]

Guess I should’ve put a caveat on this comment. **not a hawks fan**

[@brentp9809]

The port players did there job on jack. Ken didn’t need to say anything. Sicily had every right to bark back. Tell me won hawthorn celebration that offended opposition clubs.. I bet most media departments at other clubs now want what hawthorn are doing.

[@andrewkerr5296]

Turn it up Sicily didn't just 'Bark back' he carried on like a sook

[@StuTheDon17]

You are incredibly delusional if you can't see how the Ginnivan post didn't offend the whole PAFC...

[@robertgiese9211]

All Hawthorn are doing is losing the games that matter .😊

[@stevelozevski8151]

You'd definitely lose your money🤦🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@brentp9809]

@@StuTheDon17 you’re missing the point. Ken could have said they used it as motivation in he’s post game press conferences. He doesn’t need to inflame the team that lost. The players celebrating did that. The players on the night did that. Ken didn’t play on the night. Be more smart. Tell the press about it. But let’s not forget. If loosing by 84 points the week before isn’t motivation enough, I don’t know what is. My opinion

[@JohnJohnson-tq8jt]

Jordan Lewis has nothing to offer😂

[@OrlandoRusso921]

'Cry me a river' Sam. A young player, they were going to war at 17, 18 years of age. Todays generation are soft, you going to dish it out, be prepared to get it back.

[@ma3stro681]

Spoilt little social media babies, believing all their “likes” actually mean anything in the real world … 😂🤡😵