According to reports, in a show, Lakers star O'Neal rarely angrily spewed out his old club Lakers, he thought that the way the Lakers fired Vogel was too dirty, and their practice of not greeting people was really disrespectful. In addition, he also began to call on coaches in the league not to go to the Lakers results coach position, because this is a pure waste of time. He also said that if he were Vogel, he would choose to resign voluntarily.
From O'Neill's anger, it is not difficult to see that the Lakers' move to sack Vogel in the playoffs makes him feel very dissatisfied, and this is not just O'Neal's reaction. The incident came after the Lakers held a team-wide press conference after the end of the last regular season game of the season to summarize the season and look forward to the future. And just as the team coach Vogel was attending the press conference, the Lakers suddenly informed him of the dismissal, and without any warning, Vogel, who was still in the dark, left class. Many fans and media outside the world believe that the Lakers' way is very inappropriate, and there is no respect for Vogel at all.
The main reason why Vogel was fired by the team in such an undignified way is that he became the "scapegoat" for the Lakers' poor performance this season. In the offseason, the Lakers have assembled a seemingly competitive but very deformed lineup. And after the season began, their chemistry got worse due to problems with the team's lineup itself, coupled with a series of injuries. They have been criticized by the outside world at the beginning of the season and can still be in the top eight in the West, but when Davis was injured again, the Lakers' ranking began to decline, and eventually missed the playoffs.
Despite the team's big problems with their squad this season and injuries being one of the most critical factors that have destroyed them, they ultimately put the main problems down to Vogel. Although Vogel did have problems with the deployment of the lineup and the tactical arrangement of the scene this season, the Lakers could not sack him in such an inappropriate way. On the one hand, for Vogel, the squad of the team this season really makes him "difficult to cook without rice", and many times he is just backing the team's poor performance. On the other hand, Vogel is also a meritorious coach of the Lakers, leading the team to win the championship after joining the team, even if it is only to look at this point, the Lakers should respect Vogel.
And the adverse consequences of this are ultimately paid by the Lakers themselves. After firing Vogel, team management reportedly targeted the team's new manager next season on stevens, Snyder, Rivers, Mark Jackson and Juvan Howard. But after learning of their involvement with the Lakers, many of those coaches quickly responded. Among them, Stevens made it clear that he did not want to become the head coach of the Lakers, and according to relevant reports, the biggest reason for his refusal was that he and Vogel were very close, and seeing his friends being treated like this, he certainly did not want to become the Lakers coach.
Snyder, who is still leading the Jazz to the playoffs, has also publicly rejected the Lakers' coaching position, on the one hand, even if the Jazz are eliminated early again this season, the Jazz will most likely snyder. Snyder himself, on the other hand, said he was unaccustomed to the Lakers' treatment of Vogel. And james is very interested in the head coach, mark Jackson, who once single-handedly built the Warriors' championship-winning lineup, and currently looks like he will hardly take over the Lakers' coaching whip, and he is not willing to muddy the waters of the Lakers. In addition, Both Rivers and Howard rejected the Lakers in more euphemistic terms.
From the current situation, the Lakers' disrespectful approach to Vogel has made many coaches in the league unhappy, which is also a big reason why they still haven't reached an agreement with other coaches. In addition, the Lakers are currently difficult to select a coach, there are several reasons. First of all, the Lakers' current roster is undoubtedly a mess for any coach, Westbrook's big contract is still not resolved, James's age will increase further next season, Davis' state continues to decline under the influence of injuries, the average age of the team is still old, and the young players who play strong are facing the problem of contract renewal.
Under such circumstances, the Lakers must make major adjustments in the offseason to allow the team to return to the championship race next season. If they become the team's manager, the new head coach of the Lakers must participate in the operation of the team, which is also a big problem for them. Secondly, it has to be said that the interference of James and management in the head coach is also an important reason for many coaches to be discouraged from the Lakers. Since James grew into a superstar, he not only has considerable influence on his teammates, but even the head coach of the team has to listen to James's arrangement to a certain extent.
From the perspective of James's career, whenever there is a problem with the team, James almost does not have to take too much responsibility, and the head coach is always one who carries the pot for the team, which I believe has been well understood by the coaches who have coached James. In addition, the Lakers management also has a lot of interference with the head coach, such as Pelinka, Rambis and others, not only did not communicate with Vogel in advance when the team changed the lineup, such as trading Wei Shao, letting go of Caruso, etc., they also continued to point fingers at Vogel after he led the team to win the championship, which made Vogel's position in the team was once very embarrassing. Based on the many restrictions in the Lakers, many coaches dare not take over the coach's whip.
The Lakers' management's disrespect for people does not only happen to the head coach, but also to the players, for example, O'Neal was traded by the Lakers without being greeted, which makes the coaches and players feel disrespected by the team. In short, the Lakers are currently paying for the consequences they planted, and they have encountered a lot of setbacks in the first operation of the coach after the end of the season. In addition, in such a situation, I believe that many players in the offseason will also have doubts about joining the Lakers.