The lakers' poor performance this season has put coach Vogel under great pressure, and there has been news of his unstable position before, and more and more people are quite critical of him. Recently, former NBA star Arenas said in his podcast program "No Chill" that Vogel's performance in 2020 leading the team to win the championship can only give a C rating, and also said that the Lakers should have won the championship in 2020.
On the show, Arenas was dismissive of Vogel's performance during the 2020 Lakers championship. In his view, the Lakers against the Heat in the Finals that year "simply could not lose the championship", because the Heat at that time was too far behind the Lakers in terms of star combat strength. But even so, the Lakers were still dragged into the G6 by the Heat to win the championship, which proved that Vogel's platoon deployment was too bad, "His coaching philosophy is first of all problematic." ”
However, Arenas' words are also full of loopholes, mainly the following points:
1. The attribution of the NBA championship is inseparable from the star combat strength of the two warring sides in the Finals, but it is not entirely determined by the star combat strength. If, like Arenas, decides who wins the championship based on the league rankings of the stars of both sides before the finals start, then the game will not have to be played again. Besides, how does Arenas explain the results of the 2004, 2011 and 2019 Finals? Will the Pistons, Lone Rangers and Raptors outperform their respective opponents, the Lakers, Heat and Warriors?
2, in the 2020 Lakers to win the championship, Vogel is really just a puppet? On the show, Arenas used Vogel's use of Howard to prove that Vogel was a stupid decision, not knowing that during the 2020 playoffs, Vogel showed his coaching skills precisely in the use of the inside.
In the second round of the West End against the Rockets, Vogel immediately hid Howard and McGee's double interior line after a little testing, using a small lineup to complete the "Gentleman Sweep"; and in the West Final, Vogel returned to Howard, successfully limiting Jokic. Isn't that Vogel's credit?
3. Vogel's coaching skills also lie in his tuning of the Lakers' defense. In the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons, the Lakers' defensive efficiency is in the league's top three. The Lakers' declining defensive efficiency this season is related to lineup changes, and the responsibility cannot be pushed to Vogel.
4, Arenas said that the Lakers' 2020 championship is at his fingertips, but he did not know that before the playoffs began that year, not too many people were optimistic about the Lakers winning the championship, and the Clippers were considered the biggest favorite to win the championship, and they were also considered to be the Lakers' nemesis. After the first round of G1 and the second round of G1 lost, there were many people waiting to see the Lakers joke. It wasn't until the Western Conference Finals that fans found that the Lakers had gradually improved with the performance of the playoffs and finally grew into a championship.
In fact, like Arenas, there are not many players and fans who give all the credit to the players, and deliberately demean the role of coaches in order to maintain the players. Another characteristic of them is that whenever the team does not perform satisfactorily, they will always throw the pot to the coach to carry it and beat it to the bottom, even if the coach has just led the team to win the championship. Before Vogel, Kerr had also been the target of criticism by some Warriors fans in the first two seasons. This is the helplessness of NBA coaches. (Supine Braces/Hairy)