Ken Hinkley’s future has been the talk of Adelaide for the whole season, and Power chairman David Koch has given his greatest hint yet that a deal could be imminent.
AFL: Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley fronts the media following his team’s round 21 clash with Geelong.
Koch said it would be “silly” not to have talks completed by September.
Suggestions emerged last week that a verbal agreement had been reached between Hinkley – in his 11th year at the helm – and the club for a three-year deal, but Koch said discussions remain ongoing.
“I won’t say anything,” he said when asked to confirm or deny the verbal agreement.
“We always said we’d have discussions in August – we planned that from the very start. Discussions are ongoing at the moment, and when we’ve got something to announce, we’ll announce it.
“We said … that we’d start discussions in August. I…