{"id":1053949,"date":"2022-04-12T14:55:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T14:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/12\/lakers-sack-head-coach-frank-vogel-after-missing-out-on-nba-play-offs\/"},"modified":"2022-04-12T14:55:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T14:55:26","slug":"lakers-sack-head-coach-frank-vogel-after-missing-out-on-nba-play-offs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/12\/lakers-sack-head-coach-frank-vogel-after-missing-out-on-nba-play-offs\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakers sack head coach Frank Vogel after missing out on NBA play-offs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image_2022-04-12_071125823-696x464.png\"   alt=\"Frank Vogel\" title=\"Frank Vogel\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The Los Angeles Lakers have sacked head coach Frank Vogel after a poor campaign which saw them miss out on the play-offs.<\/p>\n<p>Vogel\u2019s team won 33 of their matches, but lost 49 in a season which saw them finish 11th in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n<p>His final match on Sunday was a 146-141 overtime win over Denver Nuggets.<\/p>\n<p>Rob Pelinka, the Lakers\u2019 general manager, said: \u201cThis is an incredibly difficult decision to make, but one we feel is necessary at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the win over Denver, Vogel had said \u201cwe\u2019ll deal with tomorrow, tomorrow,\u201d as reports suggested he was going to lose his job.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the news on Monday, the Lakers issued a statement thanking him for his efforts, with the 48-year-old having led them to the NBA championship in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a tremendous amount of respect for Frank both on and off the court,\u201d added Pelinka, who is also the Lakers\u2019 vice-president of basketball operations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrank is a great coach and a good man. We will forever be grateful to him for his work in guiding us to the 2019-20 NBA championship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is currently no frontrunner to succeed Vogel and the process of finding a sixth full-time head coach since Phil Jackson retired in 2011 is expected to take some time.<\/p>\n<p>Vogel is the only coach, besides Jackson, to have led the team to a championship in 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>Lakers\u2019 star player LeBron James, 37, said he had nothing but respect for Vogel, despite failing to make the NBA post-season for only the fourth time in his glittering 19-year career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI respect Frank as a coach, as a man,\u201d added the four-time NBA champion. \u201cThe partnership that we\u2019ve had over the past few years has been nothing but just candid, great conversations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a guy who gives everything to the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After joining the Lakers in 2019 on a three-year deal, Vogel helped the team to the 2020 title in Orlando, Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was rewarded with a contract extension at the end of 2020-2021 as his side earned the reputation for being one of the best defensive teams in his first two seasons in charge.<\/p>\n<p>However, they finished the season in the bottom 10 in both offensive and defensive efficiency, ranking 21st in defensive rating after finishing first in 2020-21 and third in 2019-20.<\/p>\n<p>Missing out on the play-offs was hugely disappointing for the Lakers.\u00a0They lost 121-110 to the Phoenix Suns\u00a0which was, at the time, their seventh straight defeat.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"Uq38xNW6vRQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nsoromma Season 4 Winner: Nhyira Addo\u2019s family welcome her in grand style \u2013 Adom TV News (11-4-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Uq38xNW6vRQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Lakers have sacked head coach Frank Vogel after a poor campaign which saw them miss out on the play-offs. 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