I think your hope is very much in vain!!
He's going to be around, and making decisions until either the Penns sell / NRL takes over OR he dies.
Although I agree, the young ones won't look up to him so he is going to lack allies for a short while BUT you can bet he'll pick his favourites, get into their ears and promise them the world if they align with him, its the nature of the man, he can never really say goodbye, its the only thing he has in his life and he's going to stick to it as long as the sandwiches and pies keep coming.