Hasler was punted as Bulldogs coach on Tuesday afternoon after six seasons at Belmore despite having two years to run on his contract.

Now without a job, Hasler said he would move on as best he could.

“Life goes on, I can’t make any more comment other than that,” Hasler told reporters outside his home on Wednesday.

“I look forward to having a coffee. Your shout."

The Bulldogs missed the finals this year for the first time during his tenure at the club having taken them grand finals in 2012 and 2014.

And despite the club announcing earlier this year he had agreed to terms to extend his contract until the end of 2019, club boss Ray Dib said in a statement that agreement was not legally binding.

“The heads of agreement reached with Des Hasler for an extension of his contract were non-binding and a decision has been made not to renew his contract for next year,” Dibb said.

The Daily Telegraph reports Hasler is seeking up to $1 million which could see him take on his former employee in court.

A replacement has not yet been appointed.

Former Bulldogs captain James Graham, who has joined the Dragons on a three-year deal, said the playing group had let down the two-time premiership-winning mentor with a lacklustre 2017 campaign which the team finished 11th.

“His quest for a premiership became almost dogmatic,” Graham told Fox’s NRL 360. “There was no stone left unturned. His analytical side of the game was forensic. There was not much more he could have humanly possible given.

“As a captain, as part of the playing group we’ve got to bear some of the burden. I do feel like we’ve let him down a bit.”

Hasler had been instrumental in signing premiership-winning half Kieran Foran with NSW prop Aaron Woods also joining the club from 2018.

“He should have been given the chance to have that roster overhauled, which it has now,” Graham said. “I thought he should’ve been given the reins still.

“I regard Des so highly and will be personally indebted to him for bettering me as a man and a footballer.

“He took me to my footballing limits and took a lot of those boys to their footballing limits.”