After a unified response to the death of Phil Walsh, the AFL community has another chance to stand together for Adam Goodes, says Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley.
Sydney star Goodes is considering retirement, believing racial undertones are at play when he's frequently booed by crowds.
Hinkley says the AFL community must rally behind the dual Brownlow medallist, as it did in response to Walsh's death on July 3.
"The football community as a whole over the last four weeks has been fantastic, the way we have stood up and collectively stayed together," Hinkley told reporters on Thursday.
"I think this is another opportunity for us to show that.
"And we should respect a champion of our game and Adam Goodes is a champion of our game.
"In flat-out terms, it's really disrespectful."
Hinkley said the Goodes controversy was unseemly for the sport.
"I don't like it," he said.
"When you see what it is doing to Adam, you have got to be able to stand up and understand that that is somewhere we shouldn't go.
"If someone is feeling that much pressure from what is going on, I think it's a really poor look."
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