Adaptability, effective communication, and accountability will be the hallmarks of how Indiana's new head coach relates to his team.
In introducing Nate McMillan as the team's new head coach at a press conference on Monday, the Indiana Pacers subtlety revealed the qualities of the voice they were searching for along with what they are hoping it will say.
"We're here today to announce our new coach of the Indiana Pacers," said Bird. "I'm really excited to have Nate (McMillan) to be a part of this. I didn't know until a few days ago whether he was really interested in being a head coach again, but after finding out that he was going to Sacramento, in search of a head coaching job, it made it pretty easy for me to ask (General Manager) Kevin Pritchard, (who) had him in Portland, a lot of questions and spent a lot of time with Kevin and found out that we had our man right here.