I can see your argument Armchairflyer, but:
At 02:11:42Z the captain entered the cockpit, just before the stall warning stops, the airplane was at 35800 feet MSL, 9100 feet/min sink rate, airspeeds below 100 KIAS, pitch 12 degrees nose up and engines at 102% N1. Neither first officer provides an account to the captain what is happening.
All of that is immediately visible to the Captain when he enters the cockpit and all would have known that.
I accept that a brief to him may have been appropriate, but he had visibility of that and the ability to ask questions. Imperfect CRM let us say. But again, lousy situational awareness.
G