Lert me just start by saying I have nothing about malc joining the coaching staff!!
Forget alll the Florida talk/hype. Been and gone.
My beef is that our club has now been in the same rut for the last 10 or so. We always seem (to me anyway) to recuite our secondery coaches from within the club, i.e ex players.
The club as we all know has been in the yoyo situation for a number of years. My point being is that the players we have and then bring into to coaching are all in the same mind frame. Which doe's not bring in new ideas, new paterns and new coaching styles. Therefore we will not progress forward onto the next level. We need to bring into the club a new face, with a different perspective that can move the club forward. Who that is, I dont know, but i'm sorry it aint mal alker, have him on the coaching staff, yes. But as second to McRea no..
We need fresh blood, to bring in new ideas for both attack and defence..

If we are looking for a new assistant what about John Pendlebury at Wigan? With Brian Noble rumoured to be leaving he may not figure if Wigan bring in a new head coach.

In his playing days Pendlebury was a clever ball playing loose-forward that could read a game well. John Pendlebury may be the type of person to offer the team some good coaching to improve our attacking play?

Why not make Malc the Defence and Motivational Coach? and leave the attacking coaching to someone else?