Latrell Mitchell has reached out to Brad Fittler with the pair set to meet in his home town of Taree next week.
Fittler said he had spoken with the disgruntled Blues and Sydney Roosters centre this week after his controversial NRL.com interview in which he suggested racial discrimination was behind his Origin axing.
The NSW coach, however, said he had zero sympathy for people who reacted to social media, which Mitchell has done almost daily as his immediate future at the premiers becomes murky.
Mitchell posted a photo of a whiteboard with the message: "When a toxic person can no longer control you, they will try to control how others see you. The misinformation will feel unfair, but stay above it, trusting that other people will eventually see the truth, just like you did.''
As he joined members of the Emerging Blues at Sydney's Olympic Park, Fittler said of Mitchell: "Latrell rang me couple of days ago, we had a great chat, a lot of it was about what was happening in Taree at the moment [with the bushfires], so hopefully we get to see him next Thursday.
"He's on holidays. For a 22-year-old he has a lot on his plate at the moment.
"Hopefully he can have time to reflect and make some decisions.
Latrell Mitchell appears to have burnt his bridges at the Roosters.Credit: Getty
"His indications were we might catch up next Thursday up at Taree. We have a community event up there. It would be fantastic to see him.''
Just as he did in the Herald earlier this week, Fittler denied racial discrimination was behind Mitchell's Origin omission for games two and three.
"I'm fully aware of what he's going through. He's a young bloke and there are some big decisions to be made. I wish him all the best,'' Fittler said.
''He seems to be at the forefront of what is going on there [with racism and calling out online trolls]. I don't do social media. And I don't sympathise with many people who do social media and react to social media.
"It's ridiculous. Seriously. I tell [younger players] I don't so social media, it's up to them and it's their choice [to do it], but if you want to release some anxiety out of your life, don't do it.''
Mitchell is on the outer at the Roosters and it remains to be seen whether he will see out the final year of his contract in 2020 at the club.
Wests Tigers are not interested in entertaining Mitchell, and it appears the Gold Coast Titans are his best bet ahead of South Sydney.
There have been suggestions the Titans would only release a player such as Jai Arrow to interested rivals South Sydney if they could land a big signature like Mitchell.
Mitchell would be a perfect fit for Souths because of their links to the Indigenous community, but Souths continue to deny they are keen, while Mitchell himself has always made a point of not being compared to Greg Inglis, the Rabbitohs' former Indigenous superstar.
Fittler backed Mitchell to make the switch from centre to fullback. "The fact he's so big and fast and has so much natural talent, when it all comes right in the mind and he's motivated – Greg Inglis was similar, Jarryd Hayne was similar – you can't stop them.
"The potential is endless – but it's a hard road.
"If you look at all the fullbacks these days, a lot of them have been that Billy [Slater] mould – fast, extremely fit – but there have been fullbacks recently like Greg and Jarryd who are different kinds [of fullbacks] but just as effective.
"If he puts his mind to anything, he can do it.''