User blog comment:Bakublader1/Mal as Guardian?/@comment-4821105-20121216080155/@comment-3094698-20121216223427

mal is definately not useless in his current role. without him co-ordinating everything things would get very confusing for the guys in the field very quickly. this isnt season 1 with 6 people anymore, this is a team made up of almost 20 members who can be on active duty at the same time. 6 people is easy to co-ordinate, 20 isnt. and i havent even mentioned how they need someone to co-ordinate with the league as well since they get pulled into the bigger stuff more frequently now.

bottom line, i think mal becoming gaurdian could lead to a mix-up somewhere down the line because he wont be around to control things and someone could get seriously hurt, or worse.