During last year's offseason, due to the "21-year playoff first round out + James gradually aging", the Lakers management had to force the formation of the "Zhan Wei Mei" super big three. After all, if the Lakers management hesitates slightly, they may completely miss the championship window at the end of James's peak...
However, even if the Lakers formed a "Zhan Weimei" big three combination, but also introduced Anthony, Howard, Bradley and other strength veterans, but in the end due to "the three giants can not produce a chemical reaction, the team rotation lineup is seriously deformed" because of the new season, the Lakers only got 33 wins and 49 losses in the eleventh place in the West.
In the new season, the Lakers are sitting on the "Zhan Weimei" big three - low driving low, not only missing the playoffs, but even the playoffs can not get a place. And such a poor team record, after the end of the season, the Lakers have to account for the fans who support them and the shareholders of the team. But James, Wei Shao and other players with large contracts, the Lakers are not good at directly "cutting" them, so that they can "back the pot" for the team's bad record.
So after the end of the last regular season game of the season, Vogel became the first choice for the team management to "open the knife". At the end of the season, Pelinka gave a tribute speech: "Vogel is a great coach and a good person. We'll always be grateful to him for bringing us the NBA championship for the 19-20 season, it was a very difficult decision, but we thought it was necessary. ”
Although Pelinka does not directly mention "laying off Vogel" between his words, he does not leave the dismissal of Vogel. In the end, Vogel "got out of class" and became the first operation of the Lakers offseason...
Refuse to coach! After Vogel 's class', no one wants to become the new Lakers coach?
After Vogel's "class", Jazz coach Quinn Snyder, Philadelphia City coach Doug Rivers, Green Kai President Stevens, University of Michigan coach Juwan Howard and other famous coaches, for a while and the Lakers are related, are considered to have a high chance of becoming the Lakers coach next season.
However, they did not give the Lakers face, but openly refused to coach the Lakers. Jazz coach - Quinn Snyder, although the team leader has often been reversed in the playoffs in recent years, but his regular season team performance and coaching ability is obvious to all, even if this year's Jazz playoff record is not good, jazz management is unlikely to let him directly "leave the class".
And according to recent media reports, Snyder has no interest in coaching the Lakers. The reason why he rejected the Lakers is that on the one hand, the contract with the Jazz is not over, and on the other hand, he is not accustomed to the Lakers' behavior towards Vogel.
Green Kai president, Stevens, made it clear in a show that he would not consider serving as the Lakers' coach. And according to Celtics reporter Chris Mannix, one of the reasons Stevens is not interested in the Lakers is that he and the former Lakers coach Vogel are very close.
In addition, Rivers and Howard have also made it clear that they are not willing to become the Lakers coach. The former is rather faceless and says , "I'm not their coaching candidate, I have a job myself and I'm happy with my current job, while the latter wants to stay at the University of Michigan because my son is about to enter college.
That is to say, the four manager candidates who are currently talking about the Lakers are unwilling to replace Vogel and become the new coach of the Lakers due to various superficial reasons...
I thought that after Vogel's "class", the Lakers have both superstars (James, thick eyebrows, Wei Shao), and the background (17 championship blessings), as well as a huge market such as Los Angeles, they should become the "fragrant food" in the eyes of most head coaches, but I did not expect that today's Lakers seem to have become the "hot potato" in the eyes of major coaches.
So, with superstars, a foundation, and a market, why is it still so difficult for Lakers to choose a coach?
1, the Way the Lakers management fired Vogel is not decent. After the last game of the Lakers' season, ESPN reported in advance that Lakers coach Vogel has completed the last game of his Lakers coaching career and is expected to announce the decision to leave tomorrow.
There were even reporters who faced Vogel, who led the Lakers to two consecutive wins, after the Lakers vs Nuggets, and asked him about his views on leaving class early, when Vogel was obviously provoked out of anger - I didn't hear any, I just enjoyed tonight's game. ......”
I thought that after such an "episode", even if the Lakers really wanted to fire Vogel, they would let him suspend the "class" and let him leave with dignity. What can be punched in the face is that the Lakers posted a text the day after the end of the season - "Thank you, head coach", and officially announced the dismissal of Vogel.
In this way, the Lakers management made espnon reports a fact, they really did not give Vogel any face, but he was also the head coach who helped the team reach the Finals and win the championship, and did not get any respect at all...
2, the Lakers' poor lineup, it is difficult to have a breakthrough deal. Last offseason, the Lakers introduced Wei Shao, and when he still couldn't play the personal performance of the superstar, he was doomed to rot in his hands.
After all, next season's salary is as high as $47.06 million, the championship team does not need him, the rotten team is not in a hurry to want him, and it is really difficult for the Lakers to trade him out in the offseason.
And the glass attributes of Wei Shao + James, who is one year older + thick eyebrows, are doomed to be another "mess" that is difficult to clean up next season. At that time, even if Rivers, Stevens and others are willing to take over, they may not be able to do better than Vogel this year.
3. James and lakers management intervention in the manager's work. Since James grew into a supergiant, he not only has considerable influence on his teammates, but even the team's head coach has to "obey" him to a certain extent. After all, James's status and ability are there, and it will always be the head coach who suffers the "excessive rebellion", not James.
And in addition to James, the Lakers management also intervened a lot in the manager. For example, Pelinka, Lambis and others not only did not communicate with Vogel in advance when the team lineup changed (Westbrook trade), but also let go of Caruso, Pop and other defensive toughsters; and after Vogel led the Lakers to win the championship, they still "pointed fingers" at him...
In summary, because "the way the Lakers fired Vogel is not decent, the overall lineup next season is difficult to change qualitatively, and James and lakers management intervene in the manager's work", after Vogel officially "left the class", the Lakers, who have superstars, have a background and a market, have not become "fragrant" in the eyes of the outside world...