Recently, the rumors that Lakers coach Vogel is close to graduation have spread, although this is not surprising, but the Lakers' ruthless treatment of him has caused a lot of emotion.
Many experts have expressed sympathy for Vogel, and some league insiders believe that it is unfair for the Lakers to push Vogel out as a scapegoat.
A former Western Conference executive said that the Lakers playing like this is not Vogel's problem at all, the Lakers' approach is "too garbage", without Vogel, the Lakers may now be a lottery team.
An Eastern executive also said that even if the Lakers really fired Vogel, it would not solve the stubborn problems in the team.
But that's the nature of the NBA business, and when teams keep losing, coaches are definitely the first to take the pot, after all, it's much easier to fire coaches than to handle player contracts.
Big Van Gundy, who has coached in the league for many years, also spoke for Vogel, saying that it was less than two years ago that Vogel helped the Lakers win the championship. There are many reasons why the Lakers are struggling today, but none of them are within Vogel's control. If the Lakers let him go out of class, they are clearly using him as a scapegoat, which is not worthy of respect.
But some experts said that perhaps Vogel really should not bear the main responsibility, but he continues to coach, the Lakers may be difficult to make any breakthroughs, reverse the decline, therefore, the Lakers want to change the coach is not unreasonable.