Shout out to Bernie with that .800 win percentage.
Faxodox
Mike brown .592 wasnt terrible either
LoveTheHustleBud
Recent COTY mike brown is terrible?
Mitch/jim gave dantoni an old slow big-heavy group. He showed he was still a good coach in Houston after us.
Clearly Vogel was a-okay
We’ve hired fine, we’re just impatient and need a scapegoat when we don’t get instant gratification.
akiboy8204
Vogel was cool.
mtrn3
Indictment on ownership than anything else.
noneedforeathrowaway
I actually think this is a bit unfair to Mike Brown, D’Antoni, even Byron Scott. And Frank Vogel, obviously. Mike Brown got screwed by the bad chemistry post the CP3 veto, and then again with 2012/13 Dwight and Nash being fools gold, despite expectations…Also, we were a 3 seed that first year and lost to that NBA Finals KD, Russ, Harden, Ibaka Thunder team. Which is more than acceptable in my book.
D’Antoni got screwed by Kobe’s Achilles tear. That team was kinda like our current teams, not going to blow you away in the regular season but watch out for us in the post season. I still think a healthy Kobe, Dwight, Pau, and Nash would have run the tables even as an 8. IIRC we were surging at the right time before the tear too. What could have been….
Byron was literally brought in to be a familiar face during Kobe’s swan song. He was not supposed to win. He was supposed to placate Kobe while we tanked. Those teams were constructed to be bad.
Frank won a Chip and was unjustly fired because of injuries, panic over a perceived big 3 that I always felt was clearly never going to work, never won anything and fizzled out right on schedule, and as a scapegoat for maybe the worst trade in Lakers franchise history. Justice for Frank Vogel.
BaullahBaullah87
Somebody really tried to argue that we let go of good coaches and used Walton as an example lol
wowsocoolbro1
To be fair, a few were specifically hired to tank
Yommination
Bad ownership
mgurf1
D’Antoni playing Earl Clarke over Pau was madness. Something I didn’t really get… Mike Brown got fired a few games into that second season when the team was woefully underperforming. Darvin got SO much leeway. Shoulda been gone in the fall.
StoneColdAM
Phil Jackson was an established winner when he was brought in after the Lakers had some coaching duds during the first few years of Shaq and Kobe. This front office should’ve taken the same approach vs a rookie head coach
jaypooner
Frank Vogel was a good coach. He lost the locker room trying to get Westbrook under control but he’s exactly what we need to be honest. He is a defensive mastermind who is capable of adjustments.
Minute-Ad-6894
The Lakers have had some pretty bad teams since Phil Jackson left
lamp_irl
Please put some respekt on our tank commander Byron Scott
m_abdeen
Tbf Vogel was a good coach, like not great but above average, I really believe we would’ve ended up the 5th seed or better if he was coaching this year.
Also I believe it would’ve been a relatively easy repeat without Solomon Hill dive on Bron, that would be 2 consecutive years for Vogel as a champion coach
The_Quality_4k
I can’t fucking stand Mike D’Antoni.
ELI_40
Let Reddit coach the Lakers
rug1998
I liked vogel
alexamerling100
Coach Pockets is gone.
kb24TBE8
Should have kept Vogel
awddre
Pelinka needs to go next if the next coach doesn’t work out
Ok_Matter_8108
I’m sorry to say this, but we as Lakers fans are spoiled. We may have to go through a real rebuild to be contenders again.
GovernmentDoingStuff
Vogel was a great coach for the Lakers. People forget how fucking good the bubble Lakers were
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Vogel was fine…
Jeanie loves nepotism hires
Had a championship with Vogel.
Shout out to Bernie with that .800 win percentage.
Mike brown .592 wasnt terrible either
Recent COTY mike brown is terrible?
Mitch/jim gave dantoni an old slow big-heavy group. He showed he was still a good coach in Houston after us.
Clearly Vogel was a-okay
We’ve hired fine, we’re just impatient and need a scapegoat when we don’t get instant gratification.
Vogel was cool.
Indictment on ownership than anything else.
I actually think this is a bit unfair to Mike Brown, D’Antoni, even Byron Scott. And Frank Vogel, obviously. Mike Brown got screwed by the bad chemistry post the CP3 veto, and then again with 2012/13 Dwight and Nash being fools gold, despite expectations…Also, we were a 3 seed that first year and lost to that NBA Finals KD, Russ, Harden, Ibaka Thunder team. Which is more than acceptable in my book.
D’Antoni got screwed by Kobe’s Achilles tear. That team was kinda like our current teams, not going to blow you away in the regular season but watch out for us in the post season. I still think a healthy Kobe, Dwight, Pau, and Nash would have run the tables even as an 8. IIRC we were surging at the right time before the tear too. What could have been….
Byron was literally brought in to be a familiar face during Kobe’s swan song. He was not supposed to win. He was supposed to placate Kobe while we tanked. Those teams were constructed to be bad.
Frank won a Chip and was unjustly fired because of injuries, panic over a perceived big 3 that I always felt was clearly never going to work, never won anything and fizzled out right on schedule, and as a scapegoat for maybe the worst trade in Lakers franchise history. Justice for Frank Vogel.
Somebody really tried to argue that we let go of good coaches and used Walton as an example lol
To be fair, a few were specifically hired to tank
Bad ownership
D’Antoni playing Earl Clarke over Pau was madness. Something I didn’t really get… Mike Brown got fired a few games into that second season when the team was woefully underperforming. Darvin got SO much leeway. Shoulda been gone in the fall.
Phil Jackson was an established winner when he was brought in after the Lakers had some coaching duds during the first few years of Shaq and Kobe. This front office should’ve taken the same approach vs a rookie head coach
Frank Vogel was a good coach. He lost the locker room trying to get Westbrook under control but he’s exactly what we need to be honest. He is a defensive mastermind who is capable of adjustments.
The Lakers have had some pretty bad teams since Phil Jackson left
Please put some respekt on our tank commander Byron Scott
Tbf Vogel was a good coach, like not great but above average, I really believe we would’ve ended up the 5th seed or better if he was coaching this year.
Also I believe it would’ve been a relatively easy repeat without Solomon Hill dive on Bron, that would be 2 consecutive years for Vogel as a champion coach
I can’t fucking stand Mike D’Antoni.
Let Reddit coach the Lakers
I liked vogel
Coach Pockets is gone.
Should have kept Vogel
Pelinka needs to go next if the next coach doesn’t work out
I’m sorry to say this, but we as Lakers fans are spoiled. We may have to go through a real rebuild to be contenders again.
Vogel was a great coach for the Lakers. People forget how fucking good the bubble Lakers were