Dear Coach McMillan;

This was even more egregious last year when were even younger than we are now. There’s no reason to throw everything you can at a losing season if it doesn’t help you in the future. There are simply too many young players not getting the amount of minutes needed to grow. The goal year should have been this year, or probably next from the very beginning, and this coach and GM have been going all out for right now for over a season and a half at this point.

We’re not there, and acting like we are is only going to dilute our chances when we finally get there.

EVERYONE benefits. You didn’t give this as a choice. Bench Blake behind Bayless. Did you see how Miller played AGAINST us last year? When he was actually STARTING and allowed to run the floor?

and then sneak up on some people.

Asked Dec. 4 whether Miller had made any progress with fitting in, McMillan paused before initially offering a one-word response: “No.”

Then McMillan expanded his answer. He compared Miller’s reserved nature to a person who sits silently in a room, and whose emotions are impossible to read.

“Because that’s who he is,” McMillan said. “The progress is — no, he doesn’t talk. He’s a very, very quiet individual. And he is to himself. It’s almost like — sometimes silence is worse than someone who talks.”

Definitely increase the rookies’ run in the short term. If they really make our team SO BAD as to justify playing Blake 30+ minutes etc then we can switch back. But if they bring the energy our team has been lacking all year, let them play through their mistakes! We seem to put a premium on drafting hard working, intelligent players. By letting them play I truly think they would improve at a frightening pace. But if our coaches prove to be smarter than us and the “youth movement” fails, then by all means put the veterans back on the floor and gun for the #7 or 8 seed. Even with a skeleton roster and little chance of winning against an elite team, playoff experience is much more valuable to this team’s future than a late lottery pick since we can’t find minutes for our most recent late lottery pick despite his good play and our rash of injuries.

I’m not sure which of your qualities I admire more:

1. Showing loyalty to inferior players even though it is killing your team

2. Your stagnant predictable offense

3. Scrapping

4. Your somewhat uncomfortable relationship with Brandon Roy

5. The fact that you’ve been preaching defense for three years and your team still gives up more points in the paint and fast break buckets than the rest of the league combined

6. Your bum ankle

Sincerely,

The Fans