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| I wanted both Vogel and Bird gone. |
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Wilt
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| Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 10:09 am Post subject: |
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| Chronicle wrote: | | Ironically Vogel means Bird in dutch |
German, too.
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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http://nba.nbcsports.com/2016/05/25/frank-vogel-says-it-would-be-inaccurate-to-say-he-begged-for-his-job-with-pacers/
| Quote: | Frank Vogel says it would be “inaccurate” to say he begged for his job with Pacers
This is all moot now. Frank Vogel has landed on his feet with a promising young Orlando team; Nate McMillan slid up a chair to take over the head coaching job in Indiana (which is an odd hire if Larry Bird wants the Pacers to play faster). But…
Frank Vogel wants you to know he did not beg for his job.
At the post-firing press conference of Pacers’ coach Larry Bird, he said that Vogel basically begged for his job. Vogel, speaking on ESPN Indianapolis Radio’s Dan Dakich Show Tuesday, via the Indianapolis Star:
Larry’s going to speak his mind. A lot of people talked to me about it who didn’t like that and it’s probably an inaccurate perception that I was begging him to stay. … I fully respect Larry and the process. He knew it was going to be an unpopular move but he did what he had to do.
“I felt like we were on the verge of some big things. We stood toe-to-toe with a 56-win team. I told my team after the series that were poised … I felt like I was going to be able to do that with this group. That was my only mention to Larry.”
Again, this is all moot.
The reality is Vogel was never Bird’s guy, Bird wanted the Pacers to play faster than they did last season (11th in the NBA in pace), and Bird thought it time for a change. He’s the team president, it’s his call.
But did Bird make the Pacers better with this move? Begging discussion aside, that is the question to which he must answer. |
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Raijin
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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Trashing your coach after firing him, great job. Keep it classy Bird, hope him and that team languish in mediocrity for the duration of his tenure.
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| Posted: Thu May 26, 2016 9:46 am Post subject: |
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| Eh sadly I think it will happen. |
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