Overview

• His final game is scheduled for Friday night against Gold Coast at Adelaide Oval before a handover to assistant Josh Carr.
• Port publicly set Carr to take over in 2026, a drawn-out transition that prominent pundits argue undermined authority and clarity.
• Garry Lyon and Matthew Lloyd criticized the approach, saying a club can have only one senior coach and that Carr should have been installed this season.
• Port has slumped to 13th in 2025 with multiple heavy defeats, including several by more than 70 points, and is not expected to reach 10 wins.
• Hinkley reflected on a 58.45% winning rate over 297 games, seven finals campaigns and four preliminary final losses, calling the near-miss record a lasting sting.