Nate McMillan

[BlazerWookee]

Can you list specific instances where Nate McMillan made a move that either made you angry, or left you scratching your head?

 

[Magnum]

Well Jack played in quite a few games last year...

 

[ehizzy3]

martell webster was a bad pick as of now, although he certainly has the potential to become something good this year

 

[MickZagger]

Allowing Z-Bo to stand outside and shoot 3's too often.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Definitely playing Jack too much. I'm so happy that guy is gone

 

[SheedSoNasty]

Not putting Joel Przybilla in last year against the Cavs and watching LeBron drive to the hole for the game winner over Travis Outlaw.

 

[maxiep]

Can you list specific instances where Nate McMillan made a move that either made you angry, or left you scratching your head?

Sure there are all sorts of specific instances, but mostly he would infuriate me game after game by not playing Joel in the second half. Also, even when Sergio was playing well, usually he'd get the hook.

That being said, Nate is damn fine coach. I just wish I still didn't think of him as a Seattle City SuperThunder.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Mine? He put Brandon Roy in too soon after his injury during his rookie year. Almost a full minute too soon. It was against Houston and Brandon came in as a response to Bonzi Wells entering the game. I only had about fifteen seconds to boo Bonzi before I had to start clapping, hooting, and hollering for Brandon. It left me feeling a little boo-balled...

 

[SodaPopinski]

My big beef with Nate is that the team rarely recognized a 2-for-1 or a foul-to-give opportunity at the end of quarters. And that's down to coaching if it became a pattern, which it did.

With that said, I'm coming around on his overall abilities. When I saw that article last year (I think it was SI or USA Today) that broke down coaches and talked about teams' overall efficiency coming out of timeouts, I was shocked to see that Nate and the Blazers were leading that category by leaps and bounds over #2. You gotta give him a lot of credit for that, with a young team.

I just want to see him harp on those 2-for-1's and fouls-to-give. Momentum is huge at the end of a quarter, and too often last year we'd squander opportunities to either capture it or prevent the other team from getting it.

-Pop