He strangles offensive instincts and should ease up on others, too, individually But in contrast, he needs more structured plays. McMillan is a walking contradiction.
McMillan is a quality coach but an extremely slow learner. In-game adjustments? Forget about it, it takes him an entire season to complete an obvious analysis of one player!
So let me get this straight. 1. Nate is a quality coach 2. He is an extremely slow learner 3. He can't make in game adjustments 4. It takes him an entire season to analyze one player So how exactly is he a quality coach? Actually I answered this myself. Nate is a quality coach, just not a quality head coach. You know the people that have to learn quickly, make in game adjustments, and analyze players on the fly.
Why does McMillan consistently garner COY votes? Oh, yeah, because he's a quality Head Coach. Merry Christmas
I guess the same reason Mike Schuler actually won the award? The answer of course id he has a lot of talent on the roster. Hell, Mo Cheeks got COY votes
Not consistently "over the years", though. Wait. OK, I hear ya, if you're a mediocre man, then McMillan is a medicare coach. Fair enough.
Let's just keep in mind that Nate usually does exactly the opposite of whatever he tells the press he's going to do. What this actually means in Nate-speak is "I'm uncomfortable with the way he plays. I'm going to keep him on a short leash and probably bench him whenever he deviates from the playbook." barfo
Since February. It's now a week from January. And one would assume that, since Nate's been coaching for about a decade and Crash has been playing for about a decade (and a trade target of Portland since 2008) then he's seen a clip or two about how the guy plays
So, what exactly is the point, here? In practice, Nate simply said "let [him] play". Did he, like, say "don't let him play" last season?
Wallace seems to play better in a more unstructured offense. Nate tends to run a very disciplined offense.
I thought Wallace played good under McMillan last year with the exception of the beginning of that series against the Mavs.
I'm real interested in how Nate's coaching changes now that Roy is gone. It seemed to me, and perhaps smartly, that no matter the rest of the personel in the past, Nate made sure that the offense was designed to be optimal for Roy. The pace was for Roy, The iso's for Roy, the structure for Roy. And when you have a superstar like a healthy Roy, that only makes sense, get the most out of the best player, and the team will play well. Now, with Roy gone, there are much fewer reasons to structure the team and the offense the way it has been the last 4 years. I really am not sure what to expect. Is Nate flexible enough to completely change his style to fit the best players on the team today?
