Matty Johns conceded he “wouldn’t even consider” placing his hand up for the New South Wales teaching position however refused to shut the door completely on the prospect.
Blues coach Brad Fittler faces an unsure future after shedding this 12 months’ Origin collection with a recreation to spare, with many pundits calling for ‘Freddy’ to get replaced.
Several candidates have been bandied about, together with the likes of Ricky Stuart, Phil Gould and each Andrew and Matty Johns.
However the latter, who has but to educate an NRL or consultant recreation, merely couldn’t decide to the position with the required dedication attributable to his a number of media commitments on TV and radio.
“When that came out this morning, that people were saying to have a yarn to me (about coaching), I’ve had about five phone calls,” Johns instructed SEN Radio.
“Not from media, from people going, ‘Matty if you do get it, what are you thinking,’ I had a few phone calls but no.
“The bottom line is, I’d never put my hand up but you’d also say, ‘You never say, I’ll never do it,’ you just don’t know what circumstance is going to come up in the future.
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“Bottom line is they’re not looking for a coach at the moment.”
Johns was linked with taking on the Samoa nationwide group put up alongside his brother and is considered one of many sharpest minds within the recreation.
But he merely can’t see himself within the teaching sales space any time quickly along with his media profession, even when the Blues job contains six weeks in the course of the rugby league calendar.
“The Origin job to even consider it, you’d actually look at it and say, ‘If I can’t give the campaign 100 per cent focus, my entire focus,’ then I wouldn’t even consider it,” Johns mentioned.
“At the moment I’ve got that much on my plate, you couldn’t find the hours to do it, it’s not just the coaching, you’ve got sponsors, dinner, charities and whatnot to do.
“It’s a lot bigger job than just coaching a side for six weeks.”
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