Axed former Rabbitohs coach Jason Demetriou has damaged his silence, declaring his “ambition to teach within the NRL hasn’t waned in any respect”.
The 48-year-old was sacked by South Sydney powerbrokers on Might 1 following a pair of board conferences that finally led to his demise.
Demetriou, talking to The Every day Telegraph, defined he believes his current expertise will solely strengthen his coach credentials for any future roles within the NRL.
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He additionally defined that he doesn’t “maintain a bitterness in the direction of South Sydney”, regardless of being compelled to endure weeks of hypothesis surrounding his future.
“In truth, I do know I’ll be a greater coach for having skilled this problem,” he stated.
“In these previous few days I’ve been in a position to mirror on so many issues I’m happy with as a coach and the opposite facet of that’s that there are such a lot of learnings that I take away from the robust occasions.
“What I’m not going to do is sit nonetheless, I’m going to continue learning, I’m going to be watching each sport, breaking down the traits each technically and tactically.
“I’m positive when the subsequent alternative comes alongside, I’ll be able to hit the bottom operating.”
Ben Hornby, who was Demetriou’s assistant, has taken over as head coach for the rest of the 2024 season and it looms possible Wayne Bennett will return in 2025.
Demetriou has been praised for the style by which he’s dealt with his exit, sending an emotional textual content to his gamers after his departure.
Star five-eighth Cody Walker additionally broke his silence on Wednesday, revealing the taking part in group “really feel some duty” for his sacking.
“I feel everybody within the squad felt some duty for JD dropping his job as a result of on the finish of the day we weren’t getting outcomes, we weren’t successful video games of soccer and we weren’t acting on the soccer discipline,” Walker stated.
“I couldn’t think about what was going by way of every of their minds as they had been going by way of that. Realizing JD, he’s all the time fairly constructive in the best way he’s considering.
“His household are most likely those who trip the wave essentially the most. As footy gamers, we undergo all of this media stress, all of this, we don’t take into consideration who it impacts.
“It falls again rather a lot on our households. A whole lot of our households don’t know find out how to deal with that. From the underside of my coronary heart, I really feel for (Demetriou’s spouse) Nat and the women.”
Demetriou additionally spoke of the challenges the Rabbitohs confronted after the 2022 season, by which he led them to a preliminary ultimate in his first yr in cost.
Bennett departed a yr earlier, leaving the membership after happening to the Panthers within the 2021 grand ultimate.
“Historical past exhibits it’s not simple taking on from Wayne and I do know lots of people have spoken because the resolution was made towards me in regards to the problem of being the succession coach after Wayne,” Demetriou stated.
“That first season we not solely misplaced Wayne, we misplaced Adam Reynolds, Dane Gagai and Jaydn Su’a, however we had been robust sufficient to construct by way of our season to make a preliminary ultimate.
“I’m happy with that and equally happy with the taking part in group that yr.’’
Demetriou additionally handed his greatest needs to Hornby, saying: “All I take away is proud and fond recollections of the lifelong connections I’ve made with so many people and I want all of them the perfect”.
Initially printed as ‘I’ll be prepared’: Demetriou breaks silence on Souths exit as celebrity points emotional message
