Newcastle coach Adam O'Brien departs

Newcastle Knights coach Adam O'Brien is leaving the NRL club despite having two years on his contract.

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00:00Good week, firstly, how are you holding up?

00:02Oh yeah, I'm good.

00:05It's made easier because both parties are in agreeance that it's the right time.

00:10So, yeah, I feel energized.

00:13I'm looking forward to training today.

00:15I enjoyed training yesterday, which tells me it's a right time.

00:20That's why it's not a sad time for me, because there's so many good memories.

00:23And I know, you know, I didn't deliver, I fell short on what people would have hoped,

00:28but it wasn't through having a passion for the join or through...

00:32I guess my wife will get her husband back or get to...

00:37I do want to make it clear, I want to finish what we started this year.

00:42I'll be still very present, you know, today.

00:45Over the next two weeks, I'll be at the presentation ball at the end of the year.

00:49I'm not running away today, but look what's next.

00:52I need to, there's no doubt I need to get some energy levels back,

00:56but I know that that will come because I'm still a deep passion for the game.

01:00I don't necessarily want to be the lead singer for a long time.

01:04I'll do the back-up vocals for a while.

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