JOHN Worsfold has not ruled out a return to senior coaching but says he is not waiting by the phone.

The 2006 premiership coach stepped away from senior coaching at the end of the 2013 season after 12 years at the helm at West Coast.

Worsfold, 46, is the chairman of the AFL Coaches Association but has not held a formal coaching position since resigning from the Eagles.

He told Channel Seven on Monday night he wasn't itching to coach again but was open to the idea.

"If the opportunity was right and I felt ready to go back into that lifestyle then I’d still be keen to do that," Worsfold said.

"I'm not sitting here sweating on what's happening at clubs in terms of coaching personnel and what decisions clubs are making. That's the least of my worries at the moment."

Former Carlton president John Elliott nominated Worsfold as the man to chase should the club want a new coach.

President Mark LoGiudice continues to repeat that Mick Malthouse will see out the season, despite former Carlton player Mark Maclure saying the under-pressure mentor could be sacked this week.

Elliott, who oversaw the dismissal of four coaches in his tenure at Princes Park, believes Malthouse is unlikely to be at the club in 2016.

"I don't think he'll stay, unless they get close to the top eight," Elliott told Fox Footy on Monday.

If the three-time premiership coach is moved on, Elliott said he should be replaced by Worsfold.

Worsfold won flags as an Eagles player in 1992 and 1994 then coached them to victory in the 2006 Grand Final.

"If you are going to change your coach, you have to get a proven one," Elliott said.

"They've got to be looking around ... I'd chase Worsfold. He's an exceptional fellow.

"I regard he and (Stephen) Kernahan as the two best people I've met in football."

The Blues have been this season's biggest disappointments and the past three weeks have been particularly woeful.

Malthouse's 715th match as a VFL/AFL coach, which set a new record, ended with a 75-point defeat to Collingwood.

A loss against the besieged Brisbane Lions followed in round six before they were beaten by Greater Western Sydney at Etihad Stadium.

Malthouse, in his weekly message to Carlton members, called on fans to "stick with us" on Monday night.

"We owe you guys so much," he said.

"Supporters by definition support you through thick and thin.

"Things haven't worked out anywhere near good enough but we will continue to keep trying."

A six-day break is usually a source of frustration for coaches.

But the rush is almost a relief for Malthouse as he searches for absolution after the 78-point shellacking dished out by GWS last Saturday.

"We've got six days to get ourselves in order," Malthouse said.

"In many respects you say it's not enough time.

"But we would rather get out there and see what we can do to redeem our performances."

Ruckman Matthew Kreuzer is set to return against Geelong on Friday night, but otherwise there are few sources of optimism for Carlton fans.