Bronco great open to helping Titans

BRONCOS legend Corey Parker has made a sensational offer to help save the embattled Gold Coast Titans.

Parker has offered to join under-pressure Titans coach Justin Holbrook’s coaching staff in a bid to turn around the Gold Coast as it heads for a third wooden spoon.

Holbrook is beefing up his football department for 2023 after the axing of assistant coach Jim Dymock and fitness chief Klint Hoare, with Titans powerbrokers declaring they will give the head coach all the support he needs.

Parker, the second-most capped player in Brisbane’s history with 347 NRL games, alluded to his interest in helping the Titans on SEN Radio.

“Would I help them out? Yes. What that looks like would have to be up to them,” he said. “They’ve got some great players, they really do, and a lot of upside. I’ve worked with David Fifita and those sorts of guys already.

“But they’ve got a soft underbelly about what they do. If there was an opportunity for me to help them out, I would certainly explore that.

“I had a role at Brisbane for a period of time but coaching is an itch that you always have. It goes away then comes back.

“If there was an opportunity to explore that at the Titans I would consider it.”

With Canterbury great Dymock departing abruptly last month, Holbrook’s support staff is lacking genuine NRL pedigree and profile.

Parker (pictured) admitted star power was important when it came to coaching the modern day NRL player.

“I’ve seen it first hand at Brisbane with the millennial player,” he said. “If you’ve been there and done that, it matters.

“It shouldn’t because you should respect your coach if you’re a player. But with the modern day player it just doesn’t happen like that.

“In the same breath, just because you’ve done a lot in the game doesn’t make you a good coach.

“From a personal level, I believe I could bring some value. Footy games are generally won and lost between Monday and Friday. That’s what I believe.”