100%. A few of the club legends are Knight Ambassadors & would be on the payroll , always be in and around the place . A position similar to what Brisbane have moved Langer into . At a function last year & saw a photo of the Knights football department . Must have totalled 50/60
. Coupled with the COE . Knights foundation coaches could only dream of the resources available now ! Thanks Wests 
I assume rhetorical ?
Joey left early last year. He said it on immortal behavior due to a medical condition he can't drive alone from Sydney to Newcastle."Bedsy would be perfect to head up the Elite Spine Academy in the Pathways. Johns brothers on the regular. Robbie O."
Elite Spine Academy ...I mean seriously? Why not call it the "Super Special Number One Best Elite Spine Force Academy" if we're making stuff up....
There's already specialist coaching for specialist positions at the Knights, Joey Johns AFAIK is still a consultant, and Matty doesn't coach. There's no insight here, they're already doing this stuff.
I agree with Gandpa, coaching is a skill that requires training and practice to develop.
BTW. Matty chose the media over coaching for peace of mind.
Matty Johns reveals why he hasn’t moved into an NRL coaching role
"I saw that trait come back in.”archive.sen.com.au
PS. I'm all for bringing in club/NRL legends to motivate, inspire and develop club culture but every great former player isn't automatically a great coach and every great coach doesn't have to have been a great player AND the Knights already do this stuff (like every other team) on the regular anyway.
PPS. How many examples do we need that TV commentators, no matter how good they were as players typically don't make good coaches (Slater isn't an exception here either as he's an assistant at the Storm and may be the heir apparent if Bellyache ever does retire).
If fairness not sure Joey would even say he was the best person to set culture
He also won a spoon
he's a born winner, something in short supply at the Knights.If fairness not sure Joey would even say he was the best person to set culture
best available coach to take over from AOB is already at the Knights
4 finals series in 5 years. Two women's titles...more winning than at the Bulldogs.
Also played in an era when culture wasn't even a word
. there are some videos on youtube of Joey going through attack and kick drills with a young Cleary. Watch themAlso played in an era when culture wasn't even a word
Joey was as loose as anybody .
Been a halves coach at a number of clubs
Not shore even he can coach what he had .
Man was a freak . As you said a born winner.Not many of them anywhere!
So? As I pointed out your Elite Special Squad Academy take was nonsense, the Knights already do specialist training and Joey has long consulted at the club as a specialist coach, and as it has since been pointed out he's now quit that for health reasons. Do keep up.
Cleary is another born winner . Even heard Joey say he is better then him . He will obviously be an immortal down the track . Not going to argue I'm bloody 65 years old . Don't sit around watch YouTube Videos
By all accounts he was the hardest training player at the club, if not in the sport, and set extremely high standards while he was here. I’d say he was a great example off the field.
As someone who was only 30ish in the 90's , I don't have to read about it. As Joey said himself one of the reasons he left Newcastle was because it was like living in a goldfish bowl. If you are a knights player prob still is
What do you mean? Admitted what?
You said..."People just read that he took a few petty pills in the off-season and say he was a loose cannon,"....but Johns admitted he took drugs, particularly ecstasy all through his career.
Yeah mostly in the off season and there were years where he didn’t take any at all. Most NRL players have probably done the same. They just haven’t shown the integrity to fess up.
