February mailbag, part two: head coaches, joy, sadness and polls

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty ImagesIn part one of the mailbag we discussed the draft, the big picture and The Ringer (more so Bill Simmons). In part two we look at coaching, what was, what is and what may be.

1) If Mike Miller is not retained...who would you like to see as head coach? How long will you disappear from the fandom if we hire a) Mark Jackson, b) Tom Thibodeau or Jeff Van Gundy?

— Jslashnoel

I’m fine with Mike Miller. For no good reason. It’s entirely a feeling, which could be a projection of God knows what. It’s a small and impossible sample to fairly evaluate him — the Knicks could literally be coached by rolls of the dice and look better than what the David Fizdale experience…