PORT Adelaide is confident coach Ken Hinkley will not be going anywhere, with the club soon to look to secure him to a new deal beyond 2018.

There have been reports linking Hinkley to the vacant Gold Coast position, with the experienced coach seen as a perfect fit for the Mark Evans-driven Suns build.

However, Port CEO Keith Thomas has dismissed those reports, reaffirming Hinkley's commitment to the club.

"I think there's no prospect that Ken will be going anywhere. He'll be with Port Adelaide," Thomas told SEN radio in Melbourne.

Hinkley, who has been at the helm at Port since 2013, is contracted until the end of the 2018 season and Thomas said the club would soon look to discuss a contract extension.

"We just decided at some point through the year that we'd wait until after the season, which is where we are now," Thomas said.

"We'll get to that pretty quickly. I'm pretty relaxed about it.

"Ken is absolutely committed to this group and the program we're on.

"We feel as a whole club that we perhaps missed an opportunity this year, but we're certainly on a track that we're confident about and I'm pretty sure we'll be able to sort it all out pretty quickly."

Thomas said chairman David Koch's comments about the Power's youth policy at selection for Saturday night's elimination final against West Coast were overblown.

The Power's season came to a crashing halt with a heartbreaking two-point extra-time loss to the Eagles.

"It was after an emotional final and I think the context was that everyone's got an opinion about selection, but we move on," Thomas said.

"I didn't think at the time it was particularly offensive. When you take a snippet you can make of it what you want.

"Ken and David understand each other's roles and they get on well and I'm sure it's not a problem."

Chairman David Koch also weighed in on Hinkley's future on 5AA radio in Adelaide.



"I don't know why there is this talk about Ken going to the Gold Coast because he has got another year at least to go on his contract," he said.



"Over the summer we will talk to him about extending that.



"That is the timetable Ken Hinkley wanted and we have such respect for Ken Hinkley, that is exactly what we're going to do."



Koch described the defeat as the club's "most devastating loss".



And he laid blame squarely on the players.



"We blew it. We know we blew it," he said.



"We didn't have the composure to make the most of the big moments, and when you kick 10.16 in an elimination final, you're never going to win."