Taylor is still exploring his legal options after being sacked by the Rabbitohs over an incident with backrower David Fa'alogo at the club's end of season drinks.

He was thrown a lifeline this week by the Sydney Roosters after volunteering for a couple of hours each week to be the club's kicking coach.

"I don't know if I'm desperate to get back into the role that I had before, but I don't want to lose complete touch with the game," Taylor said.

"This was a great opportunity for me to keep my hand just in a little bit but still be far enough away from things to work out where I'm going and what I want to do."

He said the opportunity to work at the Roosters came about following several discussions with coach Brian Smith. The pair previously worked together at Parramatta before Taylor replaced Smith at the Eels as head coach in 2006.

Taylor's role is limited to a few hours a week and he said he would not be in the coaching box when the Roosters face the Rabbitohs in the opening round next season.

"Brian Smith mentioned to me that they had all their coaching staff in place, but there was an opportunity for me to do a bit of kicking with them," Taylor said.

"Still, time will tell whether I get that enormous desire and passion back about doing it all full-time again."

He admitted that life was tough with his wife, Lana Taylor, about to take time off from her four-day-a-week job to go on maternity leave. He said he had spoken to Fa'alogo - who was also sacked and now plays with English club, Huddersfield - after the incident but stopped short of saying he forgave him.