Watch the best coverage of the 2025 AFL finals series, including every game until the Grand Final LIVE with no ad-breaks during play, on Kayo. New to Kayo? Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n WHAT’S GAMBLING REALLY COSTING YOU? Set a deposit limit. For Free and confidential support call 1800 858 858 or visit gamblinghelponline.org.au.<\/p>\n The Bombers have had similar talks with Hinkley about him joining Brad Scott\u2019s staff.<\/p>\n \u201cExtraordinary that one of them (teams interested) is Sam Mitchell\u2019s club, Hawthorn,\u201d Wilson said on Seven News.<\/p>\n \u201cYou remember what happened in the finals last year, it was the story of the finals really, with the Jack Ginnivan saga and Sam Mitchell\u2019s words about Ken Hinkley after the game.<\/p>\n \u201cBut Sam Mitchell has spoken to Ken Hinkley about a potential role at Hawthorn. He would like to be challenged by someone like Ken Hinkley, and thinks there\u2019s room for another voice in his football department – they wouldn\u2019t be getting rid of anyone, just adding to what they\u2019ve already got.<\/p>\n \u201cEssendon didn\u2019t want to comment but I\u2019ve had it confirmed have spoken with Hinkley about a role with Brad Scott and his team at the Bombers.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019ve reached out unofficially but soon to be officially, and they won\u2019t be the last.\u201d<\/p>\n ‘I didn’t think we had any chance!’ | 13:45<\/p>\n Hinkley has previously been linked with Carlton in a potential general manager of football role.<\/p>\n After the Power\u2019s final-round win over Gold Coast, which sent him off on a high note, Hinkley declared right now coaching anywhere else would feel almost like cheating.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m in love with the Port Adelaide footy club … that\u2019s not easy to walk away from,\u201d Hinkley said.<\/p>\n \u201cI need a bit of time to let the dust settle and find out whether I\u2019ve still got the competitive edge to want to compete.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know. Going against Port Adelaide doesn\u2019t seem anywhere near right.\u201d<\/p>\n However he is widely expected to, after a break from the game, gain interest in a fresh role inside the AFL system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hawthorn and Essendon have both spoken to former Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley about joining their football departments,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":["post-94429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n