I saw it was Neil Henry who was addressing the Maroons at half time. What does Mal do actually ?
What Mal dose is the individual coaching. He is the guy who will go up to each player and give them the little one on one chats. Neil Henry on the other hand is the tactical one, he is the one that coaches the whole team on their running, their defensive line, positional play and attacking plays. He also has a good control of ruck defence, you could see it alot in Canberra when he coached there last year.
Sterlo, who is a NSW legend, is a smart footy brain, might not be the kind of coach that can get these players heads on straight. Phil Gould can do both, he would be the prime choice, but he has made it pretty clear that he dosent want to anymore, although im sure he could be persuaded.
If we want to copy the Queensland coaching format, Sterlo would be a great assistant coach and John Cartwrite could be head coach. 2 very respectable Blues who can communicate well.