KEN HINKLEY will not coach Port Adelaide if the team does not make finals in the immediate future.
However, Hinkley says he is comfortable with the arrangement and the pressure that it brings.
Hinkley confirmed on SEN SA on Tuesday morning that he has clauses in his contract relating to the Power making the top eight.
The Power players feel the magnitude of Saturday's big loss. Picture: AFL Photos
He didn't go into detail about what those clauses were, but it was reported on Monday night that the Power needs to make finals either this year or next year for Hinkley's contract to roll over into 2021.
"If we don't make finals, I won't be the coach of the football club in the near future," Hinkley said.
"That's what we should be and that's what we set out to be.
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"I'm very comfortable I'll fulfill the entire part of my contract and possibly more if that's what we can do as a football club."
The 11th-placed Power are on track to miss the finals for the fourth time in the past five years after last weekend's embarrassing 86-point loss to North Melbourne.
They have to hope cross-town rivals Adelaide do them a massive favour and beat the Western Bulldogs, and then defeat Fremantle by a big margin in the final game of the home and away season on Sunday.
Already under contract with the Power for another 12 months, Hinkley signed a three-year extension at the end of 2017 after attracting serious interest from Gold Coast.
"As I was two years ago when I signed (the contract), I'm more than comfortable to accept the responsibility of performance," Hinkley said.
"This is a much better group than we've had.
"You don't have to worry about clauses in contracts if you perform at the level you think you can.
"I know and think we can perform at a very high level consistently in the near future."
Hinkley has coached the Power for the past seven seasons.
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The Power reached the finals in his first two years in charge, famously making a preliminary final in 2014.
Last weekend's loss to the Kangaroos was the equal-biggest margin under Hinkley, tied with the round four defeat to Greater Western Sydney in Canberra in round four, 2016.
"I should take most of the blame," Hinkley said.
"I don't shy away from that as the coach of the club.
"I'm here to help get the best out of the players and, clearly, we didn't get that out of them."
