Port Adelade’s head coach declared, “If he is not fired, we leave the team.”
During Port Adelaide’s 48-point rout of the Western Bulldogs on Saturday, star midfielder Zak Butters was benched. Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley has taken aim at Butters.
Vice captain Butters amassed 33 touches and scored a goal himself as the Power captain Connor Rozee led from the front with 36 disposals, seven clearances, and a goal as his midfield comrades trampled the Dogs.
VIEW THE VIDEO ABOVE: Following the most recent worrying occurrence, Ken Hinkley chastises his own star player.
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However, just a few weeks after receiving the most recent of many fines from the AFL, Butters has found himself in a bit of trouble.
He and Bulldogs legend Tom went back and forth off the ball.
Liberatore, after which Hinkley was observed conversing with him on the bench.
Commenting, Gerard Healy stated, “I don’t think there’s any issue that the AFL is going to address but clearly there’s an issue that Ken Hinkley and Zak Butters need to address.”
He has received three or four fines for infractions, and his message is essentially, “Pull your head in, just go play football.”
Hinkley’s counsel was, according to Butters, “about a bit of stuff off the ball.”
