Gold Coast executive chairman Dennis Watt has lauded the pulling power of Brisbane coach Wayne Bennett but insists he isn't plotting their reunion at the Titans.
Watt served on the Broncos board for more than a decade and ended a four-year stint as chairman before joining the club's NRL neighbours last December.
Bennett has one year remaining on his Brisbane contract and, with no plans to retire as a head coach, has reportedly knocked back a non-coaching role at Red Hill from 2020.
What he does next remains a mystery, with the proximity and predicament of the Titans an obvious option for the seven-time premiership winner.
Watt thinks the master coach isn't a spent force but in backing rookie coach Garth Brennan says there have been no discussions of a move down the highway.
"Wayne's still got plenty to offer. He's still got the (Brisbane) dressing room," Watt told AAP.
"People are taking unders to stay there at the Broncos under Wayne, which is a big tick."
Brennan's men sit 12th, five wins outside the top eight in the first season of his three-year deal.
His first act as coach was to recommit young halfback Ashley Taylor to a long-term contract, and he's also lured Canberra's Shannon Boyd and Penrith's Tyrone Peachey to the club for next season.
Watt indicated those inclusions, plus the return of utility Tyrone Roberts and splattering of talented youth, would mean Brennan faced a more thorough examination in 2019.
"Our expectation is that we're a top-eight side (next season)," Watt said.
"We're pretty comfortable with where we are at the moment with Garth.
"We see him as a young coach on the rise. He's got an awful lot going for him, a coach of the future."
The Titans host first-placed Melbourne this Saturday before a throwing final-round farewell party for retiring North Queensland great Johnathan Thurston.
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