Caro dismissed claims made in Melbourne media that Port Adelaide had struggled since Phil Walsh left as an assistant coach in 2014 and that current assistant Michael Voss was the source of midfield woes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt staggers me, I\u2019ve got to say, after two games,\u201d Caro told the FIVEAA sports show. \u201cThat was a really disappointing loss on the weekend, but doesn\u2019t experience tell you that Showdowns don\u2019t always reflect what goes on for the rest of the season?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not suggesting that they don\u2019t have a huge amount of problems, but to turn on Ken Hinkley after what he has achieved since he came to that football club is really surprising,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Caro rejected claims that Hinkley has no \u201cplan B\u201d for Port Adelaide.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think that\u2019s true, and I don\u2019t know how you can say it after two rounds.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s under the pump, the captain\u2019s under the pump, and they all know that.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have absolutely no doubt they will bounce back against Essendon, and of course they should. Let\u2019s just wait until the middle of the season before we make any more big statements about the coach.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think sometimes we just search for stuff when we\u2019re looking for a story. That doesn\u2019t mean that they weren\u2019t absolutely repulsive last weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n