"A lot of the young boys just need to know how to do it week in, week out. The team needs some structure around it and someone like Kieran would be ideal.
"Nathan met with Kieran on Sunday and the message Browny is trying to portray is that this club is a family club and it is on the way up."
Newcastle missed out on signing Cronulla utility Jack Bird last week, as Bird opted to join the Brisbane Broncos instead.
But Buderus says the Knights need to land one big scalp and the rest will fall into place.
"Jack didn't realise that if he signed, a lot of big name players would come," Buderus explained.
"But you need to go after a hard head as well - James Graham would be perfect and Ben Matulino is in talks as well."
Newcastle has already captured the signature of one of the bright young talents that makes up generation next in North Queensland Cowboys rookie Kalyn Ponga.
Ponga inked a deal around $600,000-a-year, but Buderus says that money alone isn't the only reason the Cowboys star is moving to the Hunter.
"Kalyn hasn't come for the reasons people think," Buderus said.
"He has come for the belief and the vision that Nathan put in place. So we have one of the great up and comers at our club."
