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“I’m unemployed at the end of the footy season and I’ve not suggested I was going to retire,” he said.
“I’m keen to do something in the game, I’m not sure what it is right now. This has come up so I will talk to them about that … I wouldn’t take it on if I didn’t think I could make a difference.”
Bennett has a close relationship with Rabbitohs stars Latrell Mitchell, Cody Walker, Cameron Murray and Damien Cook. The 74-year-old said he left the “Pride of the League” on good terms.
“It was all good,” he said. “A lot of the people are still there from when I was there. I have great faith and belief in those people. We’ll see where those conversations take me now.”
Bennett was responsible for installing Demetriou as his successor and feels for the sacked coach.
“I know he’s a good coach, I know that,” he said. “Something has gone astray there, I don’t know what that is. I’ve had little conversation with anyone at the club for the past 12 months.
“You only look at Ivan Cleary at Wests Tigers. Things were going bad for him there, he got an opportunity to go somewhere else.
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“Lots of people would have said at the time he can’t coach or that he’s struggling. That’s not the case.
“I think Jason Demetriou is in the same boat. He knows his football really well. Something went amiss there, I don’t know what it was. There’s a future for him out there if he wants it.”
Bennett said he had great regard for Ben Hornby, who has been installed as the caretaker coach for the remainder of the season.
“I think the world of Ben, he was captain of the Dragons when I was coaching there,” Bennett said.
“I got him to coach with me at South Sydney. He will be good.”
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