Making the playoffs in five of the last six seasons wasn't enough for Frank Vogel to keep his job as head coach of the Indiana Pacers. The team declined to offer him a new deal after his current one expires at the end of the 2015-16 season, team president Larry Bird announced on Thursday:
Bird also told reporters that he spoke with Vogel on Thursday morning, with the coach asking him to "reconsider his decision and 'start all over.'"
Bird also shot down the notion of his former Celtics teammate Kevin McHale taking over for Vogel, saying he "would not do that to Kevin, to have him work for me. That's not fair. I respect him too much."
Indiana finished the regular season seventh (45-37) in the Eastern Conference and lost in seven games to the Toronto Raptors in the first round of the 2016 playoffs.
By most standards, making the playoffs was a positive overall result for a Pacers team somewhat in transition. Paul George was in his first full year back from a major knee injury, and Indiana was undergoing a stylistic change from what made it so successful in past years.
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