The Indiana Pacers and president Larry Bird announced they would not renew head coach Frank Vogel’s contract on Thursday after more than five seasons on the sidelines, which caught the eye of Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra.
Candace Buckner of the Indianapolis Star shared Spoelstra’s takeaways from some of Bird’s comments:
Spoelstra’s remarks came after Bird said, “I’ve decided that it’s time for a new voice around here,” when talking about Vogel, via the Pacers. Bird added, “My experience has been good coaches leave after three years.”
While Bird played for four different coaches during his career with the Boston Celtics from 1979-92 (Bill Fitch, K.C. Jones, Jimmy Rodgers and Chris Ford) and actually coached the Pacers himself for exactly three years (1997-2000), coaches such as the San Antonio Spurs’ Gregg Popovich (started in 1996) and Spoelstra himself have found extended success during longer tenures.
Buckner mentioned Spoelstra has the support of Heat president Pat Riley, which is largely because he won two tit ...
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